Some Ty and Don thoughts
All of information swirling around about usage and potential for this two dudes, I dug deep for info on both that may or may not be pertinent. Let’s do this, double hype train perhaps?
The Don was born Sept. 7th 1993, A graduate of Laguna Creek High School in Elk Grove, Calif. ... Was the 2012 Sacramento Bee Player of the year ... Named the MVP of the 2010 Optimist All-Star Game ... Rushed for 2,305 yard in his senior season and scored 23 touchdowns ... Scored a career high five TD's in one game while at Laguna Creek. He played his college career, with the Nevada Wolf Pack. His 2013 year he played 9 games, 83 Attempts for 332 yards and 4 TDs. His 2014 year he started all 13 games, 216 attempts for 957 yards, 7 TDS @ at 4.4 yard average. Also logged 13 recs for 157 yards and a TD. His 2015 season he started all 13 games, 228 attempts for 1079 yards and 8 TD’s @ a 4.7 yard average.
Ty was born Jan. 22, 1993, attended St. Mark's School of Texas in Dallas, Texas, where he was a four-sport star in football, track, baseball and lacrosse. He played as a wide receiver, running back, and quarterback for the football team. As a senior, he had 823 rushing yards on 93 carries and 17 catches with 10 total touchdowns. He had 118 catches and 36 total touchdowns during his high school career. He played his college career at Stanford, his 2011 season he played 13 games, 24 recs for 350 yards and 2 TDs, also logged 2 rushing attempts for 42 yards and a TD. His 2012 season he played 11 games and logged, 26 recs for 213 yards. His 2013 season he logged 61 recs for 958 yards and 10 TDs, also 13 rushing attempts for 159 yards and 2 TDs. His 2014 season he played 11 games, 61 recs for 604 yards and 3 TDs. Also had 23 rushing attempts for 144 yards and a TD.
The Don pro day stats : 5’ 10”, 205 lbs, 4.50sec 40 time, 3 cone 7.09secs, Vert 38.5 inch. 9ft 10inch broad jump Ty pro day stats: 6’, 221 lbs, 4.55sec 40 time, 3 cone 6.97secs, Vert 40.5 inch. 10ft 1inch Broad jump
The don was signed by the packers as a FA in May 2016 and has been on the practice squad since but was promoted to active roster today.
Ty was drafted by the packers in the 3rd round of the 2015 draft, he started 3 games in 2015 but played in 6. He logged 15 recs for 136 yard and 2 TDs and had 3 rushing attempts for 14 yards. He messed up his ankle week 6 and was put on injured reserve.
The don has never played in an NFL game.
Ty hasn’t logged a catch this season until this season where he blew up for 10 rec on 12 targets for 98 yards with the long rec being 15 yards so it seems he is the dump off kid. He also had 3 rushing attempts for 6 yards with 2 fumbles. The passes were all either short left, short middle or short right. SL for 13 yards, SM for 23 yards and SR for 62 yards. He also logged 3 redzone passes on the day, 1 SL, 1 SM, 1 SR.
Opinion(very pure speculation): I think the packers offense is a mess right now, TY seems like a bright spot for them. The packers currently rank near the bottom in average pass average yardage at 6.5. Also near the bottom in total passing yards at 1133. Minnesota has 1160. They also rank near the bottom in pass completion percentage at 60.2. Jacksonville is 61.1. Something has to change. TY is someone they see as productive(small sample size) but I bet they use him more moving forward. TY has as many rushing attempts as Robb(5 attempts) on the season. I could see TY being the pass catching back/utility WR/RB with the don/knile being the true RB. There are a lot of unknowns with the don so it’s really hard to speculate. The don has shown his ability in college rushing for more than 1000 yards in a season and has had time to learn the play book since picked up in the spring. I see TY as the better play here tonight because of his utility as WR/RB and him maybe being slightly more athletic?. The don is worth holding or playing if your thin at RB or looking for a one week fill in.
Id love to hear your guys thoughts on this situation.