I don't know what was supposed to have happened, but it sure looked like Quay could have just dropped back and stuck a hand up. I'm not going to call him out because he's been doing well this season, but it makes me want to go back and look at allot of other passes that seem to get completed right in that area. If it was Quay's responsibility, I didn't see anyone calling him out for it like they should.

He looked like I did in junior varsity when the coach told me to line up at linebacker in the 52 D. I'd never practiced it or knew he was thinking about putting me there as the only position I've ever played let alone practiced was on the inside line on O & D. LOL. I think I might have helped tackle the end crossing after the catch when I was done scratching my head. By the way, I was put firmly back in my position on the line after that and never played or even practiced at LB again.

True, Al, we all watched Quay reach for his moment and try to make an honest stand, but he wound up wounded and not even dead, Sunday in Indecisionland.

I have no problem with Quays toughness. But he looks weak against the pass. Against the Giants, the intermediate routes over the middle were open all day. Now, while our safeties appeared to be playing in a different time zone (the main problem), you have to think some balls would be deflected in that area? I wonder if GB should be looking at a hybrid/large safety to play the MLB on obvious passing downs? It might also give Quay a needed breather...?

There weren’t too many plays that made me go hmmm. The drops made me say something stronger, but, if I’m honest there was already a voice saying “but he got there in position” on the defensive ones. Valentine is a breath of fresh air.

The one play that gives me pause for thought was a good one. Savion Williams running a route and making a contested catch for 30+ yards. It was not the fact that he caught it, or that it was contested, but that he tracked it, turned and walked off the defender.

If he can run that route that well and naturally protect the catch zone, why on earth have we not seen him run that type of route or even at that depth before now? Especially as Watson has only just back and he’s the only other bigger guy on the roster. LaFleur just being afraid of a non-first day rookie? If not I really don’t know what we have been thinking.

It’s really frustrating when it takes absolute removal of choice by numbers of injuries to get young players a chance even when they appear to be capable of offering exactly what we were lacking till recently. Williams needs more chances to run those type of routes. He’s clearly able to offer something others can’t physically combined with the reality that over the shoulder is not Watson’s forte either.

I think Quay Walker is a good player for us. He takes a lot of snaps and makes a lot of tackles. Pass defense might never be his forte, but you have to take the bad with the good to some extent. If you can put 11 defenders on the field that are all better than Quay Walker,then you have a very,very good defense on the field.

We didn't exercise his 5th year option, so he'll be a FA. The top FA ILBs last year all signed for $10M/year on either a 1 year or 3 year deal. That would be a bunch, but maybe doable. However, IMO, he's not a top tier guy, he's more like a second tier guy, and then we could get him for about $20M for 3 years.

The beauty of this is that Cooper will be on his rookie deal for two more years, so we've got two pretty solid players lining up in the middle of the defense for two more years at least.

The entire defense, basically, is under contract for next year. Enagbare and Walker are the only FAs that I'm aware of. At least defensively, the window will still be open in 2026.

Thank you for pointing out Quay Walker and his terrible pass coverage. He couldn’t cover my grandmother with an Amish quilt. I get tired of hearing the Packer media act like he is a Pro Bowler instead of a C- player. I also get tired of hearing how great he is because he makes soooo many tackles. You know who else made a lot of tackles? Blake Martinez and he’s out of football trading comic books or something . You’re not an All Pro because you make a ton of tackles 7 or 8 yards downfield.

I'm not worried about Quay Walker.
His teammates Love him.
And if you ever compare his stats to
Nick Barnett. It 's foolish not to Love him.
153 games 72 av 20.5 sacks 732 solo 6FF.
54 games 19 av . 8.0 sacks 247 solo 3FF.

TT loved football players.
He drafted Micheal Hyde and
Looked what happened there.
Carpenter is a player.

And finally I Love Parsons game.
If anyone remembered Ted Hendricks
" The stork" . Don't be quick to judge.

Because if any of these 3 leave.
They'll still make it some place else.

Part of a GM's grade is having drafted a player who warrants a second contract-there has been a bit of over-zealousness by some in GB media and the FO to sign a big second contract.

I have lukewarm praise for Quay. He does have many tackles, but it seems he’s chasing many plays rather than disrupting them at the point of attack.
It also seems Cooper is in a bit of a sophomore slump—maybe I’m missing something?
It’s difficult to complain much when we shutdown most offenses, including the defending SB champs.
If our offense starts rolling—lookout!
As Leatherhead mentioned, if go 4&3 we’ll be in good shape.
Go Jersey Al…and…
Go Packers!!!

Al, you're showing why I've never thought #7 should have the green dot OR be the Mike. Not anymore against him I just don't think it's his strength. It looks to me like their receiver simply beat us, whether play design or what; we got several hats on him but only after a big gain. Seems like that's often been the case this season ...

I’ve said it a dozen
N times-
Quay walker is a superior athlete with marginal instincts at the MLB position.

Give him a singular task, like that of attacking the QB, he excels. If he has to diagnose a play, he’s nearly always either flat-footed or takes a misstep. His amazing athleticism covers
Ed up those warts and gets him back into plays many LBs would be out of. Unfortunately, he hasn’t shown much improvement in his recognition/reaction to play flow.

He leads the pa clear in tackles because use he’s a mlb.