1) Introduction: Remember during the offseason when everyone called the Packers soft and demanded more toughness? People were mostly talking about the defense. Nobody expected a wide receiver to raise the Packers’ level of toughness, but Jordy Nelson did just that. 2) Profile: Jordy Nelson Age: 28 Born: 5/31/1985 in Manhattan, KS Height: 6’3″ Weight: 215 College: Kansas […]
Packers 2013 Report Card
James Jones 2013 Green Bay Packers Evaluation and Report Card
1) Introduction: James Jones is another example of a Packers wide receiver increasing the team’s overall toughness. Jones missed more than two games with a knee injury, then returned and played hurt for the next month. He also played through a broken rib late in the season. Jones risked further injury during a contract year, […]
Jermichael Finley Green Bay Packers 2013 Evaluation and Report Card
1) Introduction: Jermichael Finley has transformed from unknown rookie prospect who chewed out his own quarterback to the prototype for the new receiving tight end to the guy with limitless potential and limited realization. But through out that all, Finley has always been an enigma; was Finley really as good as 2009 or as bad […]
Brandon Bostick Green Bay Packers 2013 Evaluation and Report Card
1) Introduction: Brandon Bostick was another player that fans and the media alike filled with boundless optimism. After years of “will he or won’t he” performance swings from Jermichael Finley, fans were looking for another big target to stretch the middle for Aaron Rodgers and focused on Brandon Bostick, a converted wide receiver who had […]
Jake Stoneburner Green Bay Packers 2013 Evaluation and Report Card
1) Introduction: As one of the bigger name rookie free agents that Ted Thompson managed to sign this offseason, Stoneburner was expected to be another “diamond in the rough” for the Packers. A productive player at Ohio State, Stoneburner bounced back from wide receiver to tight end during his career and made most of his […]