Green Bay Packers NFL Draft prospect profile: S D.J. Swearinger Player Information: D.J. Swearinger 5-10, 208 pounds Hometown: Greenwood, SC STATS NFL Combine: Vertical: 37 inches 40 time: 4.67 225-pound bench: 17 reps Broad jump: 124 inches 3-cone drill: 6.7 seconds 20-yard shuttle: 4.11 seconds News and Notes: Hard-hitting three-year starter and captain of the South […]
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NFL Draft Prospect Profile: Jonathan Cyprien, S FIU
Green Bay Packers NFL Draft prospect profile: S Jonathan Cyprien Player Information: Jonathan Cyprien 6-0, 217 pounds Hometown: North Miami Beach, Fla. STATS NFL Combine: Vertical: 38.5″ *40 time: 4.56 *225-pound bench: 18 reps *Results from Mar. 7 Pro Day News and Notes: Started three years at Florida International after making seven starts as a freshman in […]
2011 Packers Defense: Where Does The Buck Stop?
I have been watching a lot of football these past two weekends, and I think the only NFL game I didn’t watch at least part of was Denver vs. New England. (Really, was there a point to seeing that one?) And while I’ve cached away a lot of observations, there are a couple big things that have stuck with me. The most impressionable of these, I believe, was the way the San Francisco 49ers defense handled the New Orleans Saints.
Packing the Stats: Regression of The Secondary
The Packers may be perfect in the win-loss column, but it would be foolish to assume that everything with the Packers is going perfectly. The last 3 years the Packers have fielded competitive teams each with its own Achilles’ heel; in 2009 it was the offensive line, in 2010 it was the running game and […]
According to Hobbes: Packers Offseason Primer on the NFL Combine: Safety
Cornerbacks: Here’s the tenth and final of a series of articles, looking specifically at the NFL combine and the Packers’ drafting tendencies. (Read here for the rationale for this series, here for quarterbacks, here for running backs, here for wide receivers, here for tight ends, here for offensive tackles, here for offensive interior linemen, here for defensive ends, here for outside linebackers, here for inside linebackers and here for cornerbacks). This article will use the combine numbers from previous players drafted by GM Ted Thompson as a guide for what safeties are likely to fit into the Packers’ scheme.