Rank Em Defense poll #2

Kampman74 · Joined: 30 Apr 2007 Posts: 8049

Alright we are at the slow part of the off-season so I figured lets get some talkers going.

Rank the Packers defense in order of importance, meaning that if player 12 goes down we are NOT using it as excuse at the end of the year as to why we lost, but player one we can use as a reason why we lost. Rank them in order of who is playing well and in turn is going make our defense good.

There should be no debate as to who is the most important to us on defense.

1) Clay Matthews III

But who is number two. Vote on the poll and if someone is not there that you should feel should be there, post them and say why. LETS GO!!!
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GBPACKMAN4LIFE · Joined: 17 Dec 2007 Posts: 18076 Location: Spokane, WA

I think Tramon is the most important player on the defense, ahead of CMIII. Tramon was the second-best player during our title run in '10, and the gap wasn't very big between him and AR.
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packerjmf · Joined: 19 Jan 2006 Posts: 2001 Location: KC

Burnett might be up there this year. He's definitely not the second best player on our defense, but if he goes down we'd be stuck with Haha and Richardson or Banjo back there. Even if we went with Hyde, that would still leave two players with 0 seasons of experience playing safety at the NFL level.

DavidatMIZZOU · Joined: 09 Apr 2009 Posts: 10518 Location: The ZOU

Is this the best or most important? I think Raji is the most important. We need better play from him and the NT position. The defense has been poor since the Super Bowl. Not coincidentally, Raji's play has been equally poor during that stretch. I think it starts right there. If he does well, the rest of the defense will do well.
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GO PACK GO!

Frank-O · Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2014 3:21 pm Post subject:

I went with Raji. We need that physical anchor on our dline. He is the only vet we really have and he needs to step up big time. If he can play up to his potential we're set. And I think having a dominant NT in the 3-4 can go along way. My second choice was Shields.
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Kampman74 · Joined: 30 Apr 2007 Posts: 8049

Kampman74 · Joined: 30 Apr 2007 Posts: 8049

My vote went to Daniels. He is going to be a beast this year.
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deathstar · Joined: 06 Jun 2012 Posts: 766

I think that the difference between 2010 and the next few years isn't Raji's play, although that has declined as well. The difference is our inability to stop the pass. Woodson and Williams were solid, but it was really the play of Shields stepping up that solidified our pass defense and prevented repeat viewings of the Cardinals playoff game.

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Skypilot · Joined: 14 Dec 2013 Posts: 1225

I'll go with Mike Daniels, who is now a leader on the Packers' defense. He will be a tone-setter for this defense in its effort to get more aggressive and proactive; then, Peppers and the CB's. The Packers do need more from Raji and Hawk (among others) but those two aren't close to the 2nd most important player. Hawk isn't, anyway. 'Cleaners' aren't hard to replace.