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[Packerraymond]

Just now, Mazrimiv said:

Yeah, he's simply not the same player today that he was as a rookie.  Unfortunate part of the game.  Stokes is looking like a promising player who had his career derailed by injuries.

If only receivers just ran 9 routes every play. Stokes would be an all pro. He just loses too much speed changing directions now.

[mikebpackfan]

3 minutes ago, skibrett15 said:

I thought nixon was playing mostly slot?

Not the last couple of games. Nixon outside, Bullard in slot, Williams as Safety #2 in nickel (so essentially “base”). 

[Arthur Penske]

On 10/15/2024 at 9:28 AM, packfanfb said:

Schultz initially reported that Watson had a high ankle sprain after the Vikings game. That turned out not to be the case. He's not reporting Wicks is "week to week." Could be true, but perhaps not. 

He gonna be 0-2 now?

 

[vegas492]

10 minutes ago, Old Guy said:

I'm holding out hope, fading, for that version of the kid. 

I am as well.  Sure looked great as a rookie when JA went out.  Just hasn't come back to that kind of player.

[Mazrimiv]

Even if he's active, I'd expect GB to give Wicks a light workload with the rest of the group healthy.

[incognito_man]

32 minutes ago, Old Guy said:

I still think Stokes is going to be the guy. Also, I'm very aware I could be wrong. 

Stokes is done

he always was done

[skibrett15]

24 minutes ago, Mazrimiv said:

Even if he's active, I'd expect GB to give Wicks a light workload with the rest of the group healthy.

100%

I doubt he plays tbh.  Bunch of limited practices when there's no contact, then game day and full practice DNP/inactives.  Probably misses 2 weeks

[craig]

46 minutes ago, Mazrimiv said:

This was true until the ARI game, where he played exclusively outside.

Nixon was outside against Rams two weeks ago, when Jaire was out.  So it's been a couple of weeks. 

Kind of awesome to have **completely** flipped the 3 safety-safety-slot positions from last year, and to love what we're seeing from all three of Williams-Bullard-McKinney.  

Plus with Cooper usage going up, it seems like the middle of the field is a different world.  Having Bullard-Williams-Cooper all being most-of-the-time players, and looking good, that's pretty awesome for rookies who aren't first rounders.   

[craig]

52 minutes ago, Mazrimiv said:

Even if he's active, I'd expect GB to give Wicks a light workload with the rest of the group healthy.

Yeah, even if he's 100%, I'm not sure why he'd get many snaps ahead of Reed-Doubs-Watson anyway?  We've rarely (if ever?) had all four of those guys healthy at the same time.  Hope he's healthy soon, and that however the snaps and targets get distributed, that it all works!   

[Scoremore]

16 hours ago, craig said:

Yeah, even if he's 100%, I'm not sure why he'd get many snaps ahead of Reed-Doubs-Watson anyway?  We've rarely (if ever?) had all four of those guys healthy at the same time.  Hope he's healthy soon, and that however the snaps and targets get distributed, that it all works!   

Seems to me Wicks is suffering from the dreaded sophmore slump.  I'd put him behind Melton as #5 the way he's been playing this year.  Let him rest up and get his head straight.  Reed, Watson, Doubs, Melton, and Wicks.  Boy needs to step up his game. 

[coachbuns]

23 minutes ago, Scoremore said:

Seems to me Wicks is suffering from the dreaded sophmore slump.  I'd put him behind Melton as #5 the way he's been playing this year.  Let him rest up and get his head straight.  Reed, Watson, Doubs, Melton, and Wicks.  Boy needs to step up his game. 

Not sure I'd go that far but not much difference between #4 and #5 wr.  Wicks has shown how good he can be (I guess all of them has done that) but has certainly dropped the ball way more than he should have.  

[Uffdaswede]

17 hours ago, incognito_man said:

Stokes is done

he always was done

We just thought if we cooked him longer he would become a rare talent.

[Old Guy]

1 hour ago, Scoremore said:

Seems to me Wicks is suffering from the dreaded sophmore slump.  I'd put him behind Melton as #5 the way he's been playing this year.  Let him rest up and get his head straight.  Reed, Watson, Doubs, Melton, and Wicks.  Boy needs to step up his game. 

No chance he's behind Melton, the guy who fell down and caused an INT. I know it can happen to anybody. Just like a few drops can happen to anybody.

Wicks is better than Melton. Wicks led the league in separation per route last year. His route running is elite. Melton is a plus JAG. 

[incognito_man]

1 hour ago, Uffdaswede said:

We just thought if we cooked him longer he would become a rare talent.

Year 7 will be his breakout year

[ThatJerkDave]

I would also pose that Nixon is a better tackler than the other guys at outside corner.  Not that any CBs are great, but game on the line, and you have a guy running at Stokes, Valentine, Ballentine, or Nixon, which do you want to make the tackle?