(02-17-2023, 02:56 PM)Speedy Thomas Wrote: Let's go to the expert.

Packer Backer, what do you have for us?

(02-17-2023, 03:43 PM)MC Howley Wrote: I watched almost every Packers game... and I can tell you, hes a legitimate game changer. Watch the highlight reel I posted below.

We saw what a returner did for the Chiefs in the Super Bowl... imagine Joe always having amazing field position off kickoffs. They were green lighting him 5 yards deep into the end zone once they realized what they had, and LaFeleur said he had the green light at all times to take it out, and 9 times out of 10, was insanity what he did for them doing so. 

(02-17-2023, 04:03 PM)casear2727 Wrote: Not sure why we need a great returner?  Did we ever have 2 returns in a row without a penalty this season?



I jest, a solid returner eats up yards for the offense.  I was hoping we would grab a Mims, Parker Washington or Tyler Scott type in the draft, but this guy works.

(02-17-2023, 04:15 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: Well, we are one of the worst Return teams in the league, this actually would be a great pick up for us if we could grab him.

It IS one of our weaknesses. Nice thread MC Howley...

Would love to bring this guy in along with an OT in FA.

(02-17-2023, 04:15 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: Well, we are one of the worst Return teams in the league, this actually would be a great pick up for us if we could grab him.

It IS one of our weaknesses. Nice thread MC Howley...

Would love to bring this guy in along with an OT in FA.

(02-17-2023, 04:19 PM)MC Howley Wrote: I live in Green Bay now, so I am always brainstorming how to steal the local talent and bring them to the Bengals haha!!

My thought is... he won't break the bank, and would be an absolute game changer. Also, someone that nobody is really talking about at all nationally, not on any Top 50 FA list or anything. Which is wild because he is unrestricted. Likely takes on a small deal I bet, $3-5 million at the most? Hard to comp someone like him.

Also wild he was on the Raiders when we played them in the playoffs in 2022... but he was only playing CB, not returning kicks.

(02-17-2023, 04:24 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: Yeah, I remember him as I watched quite a few Packers games last season and he stood out big time. He is secure with the ball #1 in 
what you want in a Returner, he has great vision, burst, speed and quicks in space and like you said, wouldn't cost a ton. I bet the Pack
bring Nixon back especially with what Rodgers said about him in your OP, but hey, they make bonehead decisions at times, that FO.

(02-17-2023, 05:07 PM)MC Howley Wrote: Found an article where Packers fans are trying to figure out what he is going to want or will get for his contract.

"If I were Nixon’s agent, I would point to what Berrios got last season, a two-year, $12 million contract with a $5.5 million signing bonus and $1.5 million in guaranteed salary, as a comparison. It’s harder to make the case that Hines, the only other significantly paid fifth-year returner, signed his contract to be a special teamer. For reference, Hines has 305 carries and 239 receptions in his NFL career. On the flip side, Berrios has only registered 106 receptions in his career despite actually playing “receiver” on paper."

https://www.acmepackingcompany.com/2022/12/24/23525082/green-bay-packers-keisean-nixon-contract-projection-punt-returner-kick-returner-2023

(02-17-2023, 05:19 PM)XenoMorph Wrote: outside of returns is he a Saftey?

(02-17-2023, 05:16 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: I see him signing for $5M over 2 years with a team, call it a prove-it deal for the one year wonder.

(02-17-2023, 05:35 PM)MC Howley Wrote: Uhhhhh I dont know. If you watched Packers games... the dude proved it. Hes a game changer. 

(02-17-2023, 05:47 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: One season wonder, so far.  He did squat in 3 years with the Raiders.

(02-17-2023, 05:05 PM)MC Howley Wrote: Legit, Rodgers was smirking clearly thinking "holy shit" every time this guy rang off 40-50 yard punt returns so excited as he was putting his helmet on getting ready to go on the field..... BUT, then usually, they went out there and went 3 and out and chucked a long bomb on 3 and 1 that went incomplete lol. 

(02-17-2023, 05:07 PM)MC Howley Wrote: Found an article where Packers fans are trying to figure out what he is going to want or will get for his contract.

"If I were Nixon’s agent, I would point to what Berrios got last season, a two-year, $12 million contract with a $5.5 million signing bonus and $1.5 million in guaranteed salary, as a comparison. It’s harder to make the case that Hines, the only other significantly paid fifth-year returner, signed his contract to be a special teamer. For reference, Hines has 305 carries and 239 receptions in his NFL career. On the flip side, Berrios has only registered 106 receptions in his career despite actually playing “receiver” on paper."

https://www.acmepackingcompany.com/2022/12/24/23525082/green-bay-packers-keisean-nixon-contract-projection-punt-returner-kick-returner-2023

(02-17-2023, 07:00 PM)MC Howley Wrote: So did Ohio State, how did that pan out for LSU and Joe Burrow?

(02-17-2023, 07:22 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Seriously?  That's not quite an "apples to apples" comparison, in the least.  Burrow missed his shot as a starter at OSU, because of an injury that hampered him through the Spring that year.  Justin Fields was healthy, got the reps and won the job.  What you're talking about is a back of the roster DB, who spent 3 previous seasons on another NFL team, that found his niche on the final year of a rookie contract, on a team that was desperate to make something happen.