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Packers Won’t Miss Crabtree

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Mar 162013
 
Former Green Bay tight end Tom Crabtree did his best work off the field

Free agent tight end Tom Crabtree signed a multi-year contract with the Buccaneers

ESPN Wisconsin’s Jason Wilde actually wrote the following two sentences: “The Green Bay Packers knew they were taking a risk by not giving tight end Tom Crabtree a restricted free-agent tender. On Friday night, that decision came back to haunt them.” That decision came back to haunt them? Are you kidding me?

While Crabtree is an All-Pro on Twitter, he’s a journeyman tight end. If general manager Ted Thompson really cared about retaining the 27-year-old former Miami of Ohio standout, he would’ve tendered him at $1.3 million. He didn’t because Crabtree isn’t worth $1.3 million. That’s not to say the Packers didn’t want him back, but if you think Thompson is losing any sleep over this latest defection, you’re kidding yourself.

With Jermichael Finley, Andrew Quarless, D.J. Williams, Ryan Taylor and intriguing second-year man Brandon Bostick all expected to return in 2013, the Packers are well-stocked at tight end. And it would be a pretty big surprise if Thompson doesn’t use a draft choice on this position next month. Crabtree will be missed most on special teams, but fortunately, the team has plenty of capable bodies there as well.

I keep hearing people say that Crabtree was the team’s best blocking tight end last season. True, but that’s damning him with faint praise. Minus Quarless, Green Bay’s other tight ends in 2012 consisted of a guy who didn’t want to block (Finley), a guy who’s too small to block  (Williams) and a guy who’s still learning how to block (Taylor). In reality, Crabtree is nothing more than adequate when it comes to this part of the game. He tries really hard, but he simply lacks the bulk strength to be overly effective in-line.

Whenever I thought about the potential problems facing the Packers in 2013, I thought about center, left tackle, defensive end, left outside linebacker, inside linebacker, safety and kicker. The possibility of losing a tight end with 18 catches and 4 touchdowns in three seasons never once crossed my mind. But then again, I’m not one of those bloggers who relied on Crabtree to appear on their impossible to listen to podcasts every other week. In that regard, and in that regard only, he will be very difficult to replace.

Four Is Enough At Tight End

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Sep 012011
 
Crabtree is battling for a roster spot at tight end

Crabtree is competing for a spot on the final roster

There’s no question Green Bay has five tight ends who can play in the league, but that doesn’t mean they all have to play for the Packers this season. Unless whoever is No. 5 on the depth chart has the potential to develop into a quality starter – and I don’t believe any of the candidates have that kind of ability – keeping four players at the position is enough.

It’s impossible to know who’s currently the low man on the totem pole, but a logical guess would be either Tom Crabtree, Andrew Quarless or fifth-round draft pick D.J. Williams. All three have attractive qualities. Crabtree is a strong blocker and special teams player, Quarless is an impressive athlete and improving blocker and Williams is a natural pass catcher who seems to have an innate feel for the position. But I haven’t seen anything to suggest that any one of the three is going to be an impact player on offense in the future. To be fair, it’s probably too soon to make a long-term assessment of Williams, but his size (6’2, 245) suggests he’ll be more of a role player than an every down player at this level.

If Thompson decides to keep only four tight ends, I have a feeling Quarless might be the odd man out. That’s because coach Mike McCarthy seems to really value Crabtree’s blocking and Thompson would be very reluctant to release a draft choice (Williams) after only seeing him on the field for six weeks. I also think Quarless is the one backup who might have some trade value. Not only is he very young and very athletic, but he started four games for a Super Bowl-winning team. Of course, those are the exact reasons I think he should stay, but I just have a feeling that he could be a former Packer by late Saturday.

Review: Packers At Colts

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Aug 282011
 
McDonald needs to get stronger in the upper body

McDonald needs to get stronger in the upper body

People say you only have to watch the last two minutes of an NBA game. Well, that saying proved true for the NFL on Friday night in Indianapolis. The Packers, who couldn’t do a thing on offense for the first 28 minutes of the second half, scored 11 points in the final 35 seconds to beat the Colts 24-21. After re-watching the entire game (hey, what else is there to do with a hurricane bearing down on the Northeast?), here are three thoughts:

1] The depth on the offensive line could be a problem. Backup tackles Derek Sherrod and Marshall Newhouse have bright futures, but I’m not sure either is ready to take on some of the NFL’s best defensive ends. While Sherrod looks a lot more comfortable at tackle, he still had trouble keeping rushers away from the quarterback on Friday. And it wasn’t just one type of player that gave him problems. He was beaten by power and by speed. It looks like this year’s No. 1 pick could be spending his game days as one of the inactives – at least early on. Newhouse is the better player now, but he’s had his share of problems in protection as well. He needs to be more consistent with his footwork. He has a tendency to shuffle to cut off the rush instead of kick-sliding. The former TCU star might be OK if pressed into service, but can Green Bay take that chance?

The situation on the interior isn’t a whole lot better. While Nick McDonald played his finest game of the preseason on Friday, he hasn’t shown the strength in practice (or last week against the Cardinals) to consistently hold his own against powerful defensive tackles. The former Grand Valley State star relies more on technique than on natural ability, and that’s a tough way to make a living for a young player. Ray Dominguez often looks awful in those one-on-one drills in practice, but he does OK in the games. I think he’s a better long-term prospect than either McDonald or rookie Caleb Schlauderaff, but he’s not ready to step in and play either. Evan Dietrich-Smith is the team’s best current option to replace any of the interior starters. He doesn’t have much talent or upside (that’s why he was cut a year ago), but he usually finds a way to get the job done. The best option, however, might be to acquire a veteran after final cuts.

2] I know outside linebackers Jamari Lattimore and especially Vic So’oto played well against the Colts, but I wouldn’t be so quick to get rid of Brad Jones – especially with Frank Zombo expected to miss at least a few regular season games. While the former Colorado star hasn’t made very many plays this summer, there’s something to be said for experience. He’s started 12 games since joining Green Bay in 2009 and the team has won 9 of them. Jones doesn’t have the speed of Lattimore or the size of So’oto, but he knows the scheme and he’s seldom caught out of position. The same can’t be said for So’oto, who has struggled to diagnose running plays in practices and games. He also doesn’t move in space nearly as well as Jones. As for Lattimore, he simply can’t play outside linebacker at 230 pounds. He might be able to contribute on special teams and as a pass rush specialist this season, but that’s about it.

If Zombo were healthy, I’d consider releasing Jones to make room for one or maybe even both of the undrafted free agents. But as things stand now, the Packers need to have at least one experienced outside linebacker behind Clay Matthews and Erik Walden. I still think Lattimore has a higher ceiling than So’oto, but it wouldn’t surprise me a bit if the former BYU star grabs the roster spot. He’s more equipped to play right away. Besides, the odds of another team claiming Lattimore on waivers are low. There’s not a huge need for 230-pounders who are still learning how to play with their hand off the ground.

3] If it comes down to it, I’d keep a fifth tight end over a fourth running back, a second fullback, a 10th offensive lineman or a sixth cornerback. That’s because either Andrew Quarless, D.J. Williams or Tom Crabtree would have more value to the team this season than Dimitri Nance, Quinn Johnson, Dietrich-Smith, Schlauderaff, Pat Lee or Josh Gordy. Besides, which tight end would you get rid of? Quarless is the best option should something happen to Finley. Williams has cooled down after a hot start, but he’s too talented to give up on after only five weeks. And Crabtree is the best special teams player and the strongest blocker.

If the numbers don’t add up and the Packers absolutely positively have to get rid of a tight end, I’d very reluctantly dump Williams. As much as I like the former Arkansas star, the emergence of fellow rookie Ryan Taylor has made him less important to the team’s present and to its future. Speaking of Taylor, the more I see of him, the more he reminds me of Mark Chmura. Both players were drafted in the late rounds out of a current Atlantic Coast Conference school and they are similar in size. The Packers can only hope Taylor develops into a Chewy clone on the football field – and a much better human being off of it.

IT’S TOO SOON TO GET EXCITED

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Aug 032011
 
Former Razorback is off to a fast start in Green Bay

Tight end D.J. Williams is off to a fast start with Packers

Before anyone puts Marshall Newhouse and D.J. Williams in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, let me tell you a story. In 1988, I covered the Philadelphia Eagles’ training camp for a local TV station. That team featured a head coach named Buddy Ryan and high-profile players like quarterback Randall Cunningham, tight end Keith Jackson, wide receiver Cris Carter, defensive end Reggie White, linebacker Seth Joyner and cornerback Eric Allen. So guess who I was sent to interview about a week into camp? Martin Booker, a little-known wide receiver from Villanova who had spent the previous season on injured reserve. Why him? Because the incredibly fast word-class hurdler had been lighting up Lehigh University for days.

I went into the cafeteria and found Booker (who, by the way, turned out to be one of the nicest professional athletes I ever met). As we walked the few hundred yards to where the cameras were set up, hundreds of fans cheered wildly (not for me). They loved the hometown hero who proved to be the one receiver the strong-armed Cunningham could never overthrow. After the interview, I shook hands with Booker and wished him the best of luck. He gave me a smile and started on his long walk back to the dorms. He would be gone less than three weeks later.

Life at Lehigh became a lot more difficult for Booker once he started running routes against the No. 1 corners. He was no longer able to get away from the line of scrimmage as easily as he did against backups Izel Jenkins and Eric Everett, and even with his blazing speed, he wasn’t able to separate himself from Allen and fellow Pro Bowler Roynell Young. Booker soon started to slide his way back down the depth chart. By the end of the following week, nobody was cheering for him anymore. Nobody wanted to interview him anymore. In fact, even the coaches seemed to have forgotten about him.

That’s the thing to remember about young players in training camp – the better they do early, the more difficult the challenges become later. Newhouse won’t be facing second-year defensive lineman C.J. Wilson and rookie outside linebacker Ricky Elmore all summer. Pretty soon, the competition will be much stiffer – both in practice and especially in the preseason games. That applies to Williams as well. The middle of the field will look a lot different in a few weeks when the starters take more repetitions in practice and players from the Browns are fighting to make a good impression on new coach Pat Shurmer.

Look, I’m not down on Newhouse and Williams. In fact, I’ve written extremely positive things about both players. But I’ve already had a number of Packer fans – very smart Packer fans – ask me if Newhouse is now the heir apparent at left tackle or if Williams could push Jermichael Finley out the door after the season. And they’re asking me that after one practice in pads. One! Just remember – the coaches, the local beat reporters and 99.9% of the blogs (not this one, of course) were praising offensive tackle Breno Giacomini at this time a year ago. A lot can change between Aug. 1 and Aug. 20. Just ask Martin Booker.

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TAYLOR HAS A CHANCE TO STICK

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Jul 122011
 
Rookie should only get better at his new position

Taylor should only improve at new position

With so many solid tight ends on the roster, it’s hard to imagine a seventh-round draft pick with only one year of experience at the position making the 53-man roster. But after watching how Ryan Taylor played against Tennessee in the Music City Bowl, it’s even harder to imagine him not making it. That’s how impressed I was with Taylor, who caught a career-high 9 passes for 85 yards in his final college game.

Taylor certainly didn’t look like a player who was primarily a reserve linebacker and special teams standout until his senior season. The 23-year-old showed solid receiving instincts – understanding where to settle in zones and how to locate open areas. He also attacked the ball in the air and dropped his shoulder after the catch in an effort to gain extra yardage. As a blocker, Taylor worked extremely hard, but he was not stout at the point of attack when matched against strength. It’s important to remember, however, that he played his senior season at 240 pounds. He’s expected to report to training camp closer to 260, and that added weight – along with improved technique – should allow him to fare better in this aspect of the game.

It’s easy to compare Taylor to Spencer Havner, another player who made the switch from linebacker to tight end. But that wouldn’t be fair. Havner was asked to make the difficult switch during his fourth NFL training camp. Taylor, on the other hand, will enter the pros with a full season of experience at the position. He’s also a better athlete. His hips are more fluid and he ran a 4.65. Havner is a bit stiff and he was timed at 4.77 five years ago.

OK, so is Taylor going to be a better tight end than Andrew Quarless, Tom Crabtree and D.J. Williams this summer? Probably not, but he may not have to be. Head coach Mike McCarthy loves players who can help the team in many different ways, and nobody on the roster will be more versatile than Taylor. Along with tight end, he’ll be able to play fullback and linebacker and he’ll be a stud on special teams. That’s a lot of bang for the buck.

Jermichael Finley is the only tight end guaranteed a roster spot in 2011. That’ll leave Quarless, Crabtree, Williams and Taylor to battle it out for three openings. (I removed Havner from the equation). Quarless is the best athlete of the group, Crabtree the best blocker and Williams the best receiver. Taylor isn’t the best at any one thing, but he might be the best combination of all three. Add in his versatility and his fine work on special teams and I like his chances of being around for the opener. There’s even a chance the Packers could keep five tight ends if all four youngsters impress in camp. Far-fetched? Just remember, this is the team that kept three fullbacks for the past two seasons.