Nick Perry has only missed one game so far this season and if that remains the case, then he’d tie his career high for games played in a season with 15.
That shouldn’t be notable, except for the fact that Nick Perry is made out of paper and hasn’t played a full NFL season since being drafted in the first round in 2012. And he’s probably not going to tie that career high for games played this year, either.
Perry’s shoulder injury is back.
Perry sprained his AC joint back in mid-October. It’s the same injury Randall Cobb suffered in the preseason.
Perry missed the San Diego game, but came back following the Packers’ bye. The evidence seems to suggest the injury has been bothering him since. After racking up 3.5 sacks in the team’s first five games, Perry hasn’t gotten to the quarterback since.
He apparently aggravated the injury this week, as he didn’t practice on Thursday. Now it looks like he’s a question mark for Sunday.
“Nick’s situation will come down to tomorrow,” coach Mike McCarthy said, Friday morning.
So much for that career season.
Good enough, use Elliott and Jones more.
Lucky that we’re so deep at OLB with Peppers, Elliot, Neal and Jones. We have 4 starter level guys there so we should rest Perry as much as we can for the playoffs. He’s got enough reps in for the season. Neal is bound to get hurt soon so we need him to recover.
Is this guy (Perry) actually any good? I have to admit I would need to watch him exclusively on many plays to form an opinion, and I don’t do that. Like most fans, I tend to follow the ball.
Far be it from me to criticize McCarthy and Capers, but it seems to me like Peppers, Neal, and Jones are defensive ends trying to play LB. It can’t be that easy to learn an entirely new position, especially at the NFL level. Can you just plug in guys like that (Instead of playing guys at the position they mastered in college) and then hope for the best?
You can add Nick Perry to that list. Imagine this: the Packers have 4 true defensive ends, and run a 3-4 which has NO need for a true defensive end. (The ends in the 3-4, are more like defensive tackles in the 4-3.) Put this non-sense on TT, who loves to fiddle around with players/positions to PUT HIS OWN STAMP ON THINGS. Go ahead and criticize them all you want, you’re right on
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