So...umm...The Secondary

Each failed player then sounds like a 70’s disco band.

I mean, look at that picture again. That’s a hell of a nice catch, and Bell was right there despite making a lack-of-experience-type mistake. I think he’s a player.

Jarrett Bush… not so much. If you need somebody to look good running up to a pile after the play’s over, then Jarrett’s your man.

he’s really slow, he got burned alot in San Fran last year.

Very good point. I agree with ya. BUT I do think he has worn out the special teams " value" though. Even in an uncapped year 3 million is just too much for his performance. I would be a horrible coach or GM so my opinion does not matter much…….. JSOnline dedicated a whole article about him (Bush) last year.

http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/73146002.html

The team leaders in special teams tackles last yr were #1 Bishop with 22 next …… #2 you guessed it, our local alcoholic Spencer Havner with 21 1/2 and then #3 Derrick Martin, with 21. According to
http://www.packers.com/news/stories/2010/03/30/1/

As a person he is a good young man ( Bush), but he makes average players look like Jerry Rice. Given the fact of how effective the spread offense can be against the 3-4 even our 3rd and 4th DB’s become important. Hopefully, this year a OLB or S or CB someone, ANYONE can hit home on the QB’s just a little quicker.

 I am very excited about Burnett. I will be rooting for him during camp.

Looking at the Ravens and Steelers over the past 5-7 years, what premier safeties can you name? I’m not talking decent or good, I’m talking premier as in All Pro. All I can think of is Chris McCallister of Baltimore. Largely because the CB’s role is to cover the sideline and be able to make open field tackles. That’s their role. 70% of the time they are playing in zone. The Safeties have perhaps the most difficult task in covering the majority of the field.

Now, when we did get burned, it was usually when the opponent spread the field. Our hit of injuries at the CB position hurt severely. When the opponent spreads the field against the 3-4, that actually makes our D more vulnerable as opposed to the 4-3. So, while out of the base, we may have perhaps the best D in the division. When we are spread out, we really need to rely on our CB’s. Looking at our schedule, here are some teams that spread the field often and may give us trouble: MN, PHI, DAL, NE. That’s 4 teams. The rest of the teams on our schedule run primarily out of the base formation more than half the time. That’s another reason for picking a Safety over a Cornerback.

Looking ahead to next years draft, it is clear that we need a CB and OLB (pass rusher). Our Dime Formation is used when we face the Spread Offense. It features 2 big guys from the defensive line that can collapse the pocket (Cullen Jenkins and BJ Raji) along with 2 pass rushers on the outside (Clay Matthews and Brad Jones). Last season, Jones wasn’t able to do this role effectively. It hurt missing out on a good pass rusher in the draft, but the board simply didn’t go our way. If he does prove me wrong and becomes a beast as a pass rusher, we are sitting pretty good this year. As for the CB position goes, we should be healthy again. We got our Safety, now we have to hope our CB’s stay healthy this year. For those that watch College Football, keep an eye on Prince Amukamara of Nebraska. He’s 6’1 200 lbs. He’s the size TT likes for CB’s and he’s clearly on the rise. He’ll be entering the draft early next year and he’s one I’d like to get.

I hate to say it, but a lot rests on Brad Jones’ shoulders this year. When our D is spread out, Jones drastically needs to up his game by being a force as a pass rusher. I hope he does this, I really do.

I think a few times now, Jabooty commented on the increased importance of the safety in our 3-4 defense so while he didn’t address corner, he did address our Dbacks. He also didn’t address our OLB but he did address our DE which was an effort to fix the same problem. Maybe the issue is we all thought it was corner and OLB that were the issue when in actuality it was DE and Safety…I guess we’ll find out next year. Hopefully our corners stay healthy this next year though and we’ll see what we really have.