Second Sight
Footballguy
I see what you are saying. I was interpreting that as "Will they put Nelson as a slot player" vs. Nelson being moved to the slot as plays are being called, similar to how Wayne and Fitzgerald and AJ and some others do. For me, it is cleared for me to say "I don't think they can do this with Wallace." With Rodgers, the accuracy and the awareness to make the calls are there but not so with Wallace.TheLurkerBelow said:Actually, Jordy caught both of his TDs last week from the slot position. Green Bay was moving him around quite a bit while trying to exploit favorable matchups for him, which obviously worked that week. How much they'll keep doing that with a different QB I don't know.Second Sight said:The value/production takes a significant hit. Without the long ball connection that is such a big part of Nelson's weekly point value, the only way to recapture that is to use him in the red zone, which will go to Lacy if really close or Wallace as a scrambler (something that is overlooked but he actually does quite well).
It really isn't in the Packers' style of play to suddenly make him a slot player, especially if Cobb returns (the timing probably doesn't look likely for that though).
Also, with the weather turning colder, this is the time of the year where the Packers would want to start running it a bit more anyway, especially getting the Vikings, Falcons and Steelers at home. I know it looks odd to say "run on" and "Steelers" in the same sentence but this group of Steelers can be run on and they are aging a week every day when they are on the field.§
Either way, the production isn't going to remain unless they do something unforeseen.§
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