Packers Signing Sammy Watkins To 1 Year Deal

[Nitro]

Watkins is talented but injury prone.  Another team will see him play a partial season.

[Jerry Jabber]

Love the comments from Ravens fans on Watkins after this play

 

 

[Rico]

3 hours ago, Bill from NYC said:

Tua still has much to prove, but he is alredy 10x better than EJ was when Whaley saw fit to give away the store for a receiver (a move that most posters here applauded I might add). 

I never watch Clemson games, but I have to admit that watching Sammy’s highlight reel from there, he looked like a total beast…an early version of Deebo Samuel, only better. I don’t remember applauding the trade-up, but I was excited to see what he could do.

[DCofNC]

I was hoping he would come to Buffalo late in the year, bubble wrap him until the playoffs.  He’s a top 10 talent, when he plays and actually tries.  Too bad we’ve only seen that about 4 games in his career.

[bigduke6]

there is a reason Sammy is on his 5th team already.    

[filthymcnasty08]

3 TD mega game coming week 1

 

Crickets and footsie problems for 16 weeks after.

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

4 hours ago, Jerry Jabber said:

Love the comments from Ravens fans on Watkins after this play

 

 

this is literally his career in a nutshell.

[HappyDays]

6 hours ago, Bill from NYC said:

Whaley saw fit to give away the store for a receiver (a move that most posters here applauded I might add). 

 

That's because as fans all we have is the tape. We didn't know Sammy has poor football character and motivation. Unfortunately Whaley in a lot of ways was like a fan as GM. All he cared about was finding talent, he never tried to build a team around the right people.

[BADOLBILZ]

30 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

 

That's because as fans all we have is the tape. We didn't know Sammy has poor football character and motivation. Unfortunately Whaley in a lot of ways was like a fan as GM. All he cared about was finding talent, he never tried to build a team around the right people.

 

 

Whaley was a talent collector but the main issue with those Nix/Whaley Bills was that they weren't in sync with their coaching staff and didn't understand the locker room dynamics well enough.

 

They drafted talented players but then they put them on a rudderless ship of bad coaching and a dearth of leadership.    Watkins was a prime example........he was put in a WR room with no veteran leadership AT ALL.   Not having anyone to show him how to be a pro was a disaster for both him and the organization.

 

You can go back to Marv and Brandon as GM's and every year they were picking guys like Marshawn Lynch and Donte Whitner and Aaron Maybin........immature 20 year olds........and just throwing them into a bad situation.

 

On pure scouting acumen it's not even fair to compare Whaley and Beane........Beane isn't a scout..........he NEEDS that expensive, deep staff of personnel men because that's not his thing.

 

But as I said at the time.......Whaley HAD TO GO.......the Bills needed an executive GM not a "specialist" scout GM like Whaley.

 

An organization like Pittsburgh can have road scouts as GM's because the Rooney's can handle every other aspect of team management and Dan Rooney really was a football guy as well.

 

The Pegula's were lost in pro sports...........and really remain that way in hockey where they haven't quite turned over the reigns to a powerful Beane/McDermott type leadership dynamic yet.  

 

They needed an executive like Beane that would put an end to the rudderless dynamic between coach/gm/owner that had each faction making moves that made the other look bad.

 

Marrone playing who he wanted instead of who Whaley intended........Whaley making personnel moves that Marrone vehemently disagreed with.........and then Pegula's sticking their nose in periodically like giving Dareus that absurd contract(No way Overdorf approves a contract that size without morality clauses for a repeat offender like that).    

 

They were all over the f*cking place organizationally.   

[MarkyMannn]

22 hours ago, eball said:

 

I’m gonna have to say yes.  8 years, 5000 yards, 34 TDs…for a #4 pick overall.  One 1000 yard season.  His best two years were actually his rookie and 2nd season with Buffalo.  By far, his moment of glory was his postseason with KC the year they won the SB, but it’s not enough.

 

B-b-b-b-b-b-bust.

 

Reminds me of the Donte Whither logic. It's not Sammys fault he was drafted #4.  😃

[without a drought]

Lizard people should wear green.

[Bill from NYC]

3 hours ago, HappyDays said:

 

That's because as fans all we have is the tape. We didn't know Sammy has poor football character and motivation. Unfortunately Whaley in a lot of ways was like a fan as GM. All he cared about was finding talent, he never tried to build a team around the right people.

Yes, and he was way too willing to give away our best reources.

[T master]

If any one can give Sammy's career a boost it's Rogers but it's going to take a heck of a lot to replace Adams that's for sure but if Sammy can stay healthy he could definitely help the cause .