Packers Huddle

Just seeing this. Given the chance, I would have voted for Josiah Deguara, which makes it an 8-7 win for the #30 spot.

HeavyD wrote: ↑

26 Jun 2020 12:47

Just seeing this. Given the chance, I would have voted for Josiah Deguara, which makes it an 8-7 win for the #30 spot.

Me too. 9-7

Labrev wrote: ↑

26 Jun 2020 11:25

TheGreenMan wrote: ↑

26 Jun 2020 09:59

YoHoChecko wrote: ↑

26 Jun 2020 08:54

I genuinely HOPE Deguara deserves this spot.

I just don't expeect much from rookies in general under MLF and from rookie TEs especially in any system.

I'm with you there, it's not only hard to vote for him because he's a rookie TE, but because who's in front of him too. This offense is going to see what they have in Jace. And I don't think Tonyan is going to be replaced quickly in the receiving game.

Judging by what the Packers to be wanting to do on offense, Deguara might be very valuable this year, but won't show up on the stat sheet much as our backfield looks pretty darn good right now. Really, really curious what they have planned for him in the backfield down the road though (where I think he'll get the most looks).

Who's in front of him is part of why I am voting for him. Jace is not insurmountable competition; he is a second-year guy who needs to prove himself not appreciably less than Deguara will have to. Lewis is pretty limited at this point: blocking-specialist, not more. Tonyan, maybe this is the year he puts it together but we have been waiting for a while.

It's a pretty open competition, as far as I can see; whereas the competition at CB starts at CB3 (if that, I think Sullivan is a heavy favorite).

I don't think Jace is insurmountable, just simply the fact he hasn't gotten very much playing time yet. Tonyan, albeit in his third year now, I think is very underrated in terms of impact he can have on the team in the receiving game. I don't think the problem was either Jace or Tonyan not being able to put together their game, but Graham taking most of the snaps in 2018 and 2019. Graham looked downright terrible most of the time, where I think we couldn't have seen anything but improvement if Jace or Tonyan were on the field instead.

Fun fact: It's Jace's birthday today (24).