<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>The Green Bay Packers Wednesday signed RB DeShawn Wynn and TE Clark Harris, the final two players they selected in the 2007 NFL Draft, and released C Pete Bier and DT Devarick Scandrett. Executive Vice President, General Manager and Director of Football Operations Ted Thompson made the announcement. Wynn, a 5-foot-10, 232-pound selection out of Florida, was the Packers' first of two seventh-round choices (228th overall). After Brandon Jackson, selected five rounds earlier in the same draft, Wynn became just the second running back chosen by the Packers since 2002. He was Florida's leading ground-gainer each of the past two years, including its National Championship season of 2006. Among freshmen in Florida annals, his seven rushing TDs in 2003 ranked third in school history, trailing only Emmitt Smith (13 in 1987) and Fred Taylor (eight in 1994). Harris, a 6-foot-5, 256-pound choice from Rutgers, was Green Bay's final 2007 selection (243rd overall), the first tight end selected by Green Bay since David Martin in 2001. Despite playing in a run-oriented college offense, Harris caught 143 career passes for 2,015 yards and 11 touchdowns. He helped turn around a Rutgers program that went 1-11 in 2002 and finished 11-2 with a second straight bowl appearance in 2006. http://www.packers.com/news/releases/2007/06/20/1/</div>4 down, 7 more to go.
Being a Rutgers fan I think you'll be pleasantly suprised with Clark Harris. He's not the best athlete in the world, but he knows how to use his body to create seperation and make the tough catches in the short and intermediate ranges. Plus he can long-snap. His lack of blocking is overblown IMO, I always thought he was average at it.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (AdropOFvenom @ Jun 21 2007, 12:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Being a Rutgers fan I think you'll be pleasantly suprised with Clark Harris. He's not the best athlete in the world, but he knows how to use his body to create seperation and make the tough catches in the short and intermediate ranges. Plus he can long-snap. His lack of blocking is overblown IMO, I always thought he was average at it.</div>I don't think he'll make the team this year but I'm hoping we can stash him away on the practice squad. He hasn't really impressed anyone so far but I think his main role for us will be the long snapping. Thats where I see his main contribution being, possible next year because our current long snapper is 38. He could be a descent #3 TE and contributor on special teams for us as well.Overall I liked the pick because it could save us a roster spot since Rob Davis's only job is to long snap. I don't think he'll ever be a contributor on offense though.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (nBarnett56 @ Jun 21 2007, 09:51 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (AdropOFvenom @ Jun 21 2007, 12:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Being a Rutgers fan I think you'll be pleasantly suprised with Clark Harris. He's not the best athlete in the world, but he knows how to use his body to create seperation and make the tough catches in the short and intermediate ranges. Plus he can long-snap. His lack of blocking is overblown IMO, I always thought he was average at it.</div>I don't think he'll make the team this year but I'm hoping we can stash him away on the practice squad. He hasn't really impressed anyone so far but I think his main role for us will be the long snapping. Thats where I see his main contribution being, possible next year because our current long snapper is 38. He could be a descent #3 TE and contributor on special teams for us as well.Overall I liked the pick because it could save us a roster spot since Rob Davis's only job is to long snap. I don't think he'll ever be a contributor on offense though.</div>I wouldn't expect him to be a great practice guy as he's not the fastest or the strongest. Just a smart player who uses his body well to create seperation. That's the kind of stuff that won't show until the preseason in all likelyhood.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (AdropOFvenom @ Jun 21 2007, 01:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (nBarnett56 @ Jun 21 2007, 09:51 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (AdropOFvenom @ Jun 21 2007, 12:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Being a Rutgers fan I think you'll be pleasantly suprised with Clark Harris. He's not the best athlete in the world, but he knows how to use his body to create seperation and make the tough catches in the short and intermediate ranges. Plus he can long-snap. His lack of blocking is overblown IMO, I always thought he was average at it.</div>I don't think he'll make the team this year but I'm hoping we can stash him away on the practice squad. He hasn't really impressed anyone so far but I think his main role for us will be the long snapping. Thats where I see his main contribution being, possible next year because our current long snapper is 38. He could be a descent #3 TE and contributor on special teams for us as well.Overall I liked the pick because it could save us a roster spot since Rob Davis's only job is to long snap. I don't think he'll ever be a contributor on offense though.</div>I wouldn't expect him to be a great practice guy as he's not the fastest or the strongest. Just a smart player who uses his body well to create seperation. That's the kind of stuff that won't show until the preseason in all likelyhood.</div>No, I said that we could keep him on the practice squad. Stash him away for a year and then promote him to the roster as a special teamer/#3 TE/long snapper. I highly doubt he could beat out any of the scrubs we have at TE right now anyways. His main value would be as a longsnapper/special teamer because he can fill multiple roles and save us that roster spot that Rob Davis is costing us right now.
