James Starks 2014 Report Card – Packers Players Grades

1) Introduction:  James Starks was signed to a short term contract for 2014 – 2015 on a prove-it contract for a player who has not had the impact the team had hoped since his breakout 2010 Super Bowl contribution.  A punishing runner with good vision, Starks is a fierce competitor and good team mate, but […]

James Starks Green Bay Packers 2013 Evaluation and Report Card

1) Introduction:  James Starks was, if anything, an afterthought prior to the Packers’ 2013 season. After Ted Thompson spent a pair of draft picks on Eddie Lacy and Johnathan Franklin, the thought was that the rookies, along with a returning DuJuan Harris and/or Alex Green would make up the Packers’ backfield rotation. But that was […]

Packers James Starks: 2012 Player Evaluation and Report Card

1) Introduction:  After missing his entire senior season at Buffalo due to injury, James Starks fell to the sixth round of the 2010 NFL Draft. The Packers stashed him on the PUP list to start the season before activating him for their week 13 game against the San Francisco 49ers. Starks was the Packers’ starting […]