Quote:Let me make it clear that I didn't say Jordy Nelson wasn't a good WR.


I'm not scared of him against this defense. This defense is going to be significantly better this season.


Save your time telling me about the rookies and taking time to adjust.


Simply adding Gipson and Malik Jackson with a healthy Marks makes this defense noticeably better. Add Fowler, Ramsey, Jack, Yannick, Day, another year of experience for Telvin....We aren't going to be bottom feeders any longer. This team is now talented enough on both sides of the ball to be a contender.


Another year of experience in this offense for Bortles, Yeldon, Hurns, JT, ARob, Cann, a returning Linder, a solid addition in Ivory, when healthy a quite good OL in Beachum, Greene and hopefully a healthy Lee...


It's time to shine, folks.

 

 

Let's assume two things for the purposes of this discussion:

 

1)  Despite his accomplishments and abilities as a WR, Jordy Nelson is not the second coming of Randy Moss; and

2) Because Ramsey is a rookie, he can't possibly cover Nelson man to man.

 

There IS such a thing as safety help over the top.  Gipson is certainly capable of helping to bracket Jordy Nelson in those instances where Ramsey is on him, right?

 

This would leave the remaining receivers in single coverage.  Certainly you concede House and Amukumara can handle the remaining Packer receivers one on one..right? 


After all, if these guys were so great, there would have been minimal drop off when Nelson went down...right?

 

Here were the Packers receiving numbers from last year.

 

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/te...b/2015.htm

 

As you can see, Cobb caught a lot of balls, but for only 10.5 a catch.

 

Davante Adams and James Jones caught 50 each, with Adams averaging <10 ypc.  Jones averaged 17.8 YPC, but he is currently unsigned and 32.

 

Make no mistake, that Packers offense is capable of some amazing things as long as Rodgers is their QB.  Furthermore, until our defense gels, they are capable of making costly mental errors.  But the Packers are NOT indefensible to this team.  Nelson has a lot of savvy, and his return will help the Packers this year, but it's no stretch to say he won't be the same guy.  He'll be 31 by the end of this month.  Even without the ACL, that's an age where decline could start to creep in.  On top of that, he would be barely a year removed from a torn ACL. (Lest anyone think I'm being a homer here, I know Fowler is returning from an ACL as well.  But he will have had an additional four months to heal from his injury by the season opener.)  Finally, there is a reason why Ramsey was a consensus top 5 pick in this draft-a strong defensive draft.  He is a world class athlete with good size to boot.  He's inexperienced, but he has the physical attributes to make him a formidable cover corner.

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