Green Bay Packers: A Very Early Look at the 2011 Defense

February 26, 2011   ·   Nicholas Kashian   ·   Jump to comments

2011 Green Bay Packers 53 man roster:
Defense (27)
 
Four Safeties

1. Nick Collins
Collins made the Pro Bowl the past three seasons, and he saved his biggest play of the year for the biggest moment, returning a Ben Roethlisberger pass 37 yards for a touchdown in the Super Bowl.  
He is entrenched as the Packers top safety, having signed a contract extension just prior to the 2010 season.
2. Morgan Burnett
Burnett was off to a decent start as a rookie, starting the first four games of the 2010 season before suffering a torn ACL in Week 4 against the Lions and ending up on injured reserve.  
If he can pick up where he left off, he should regain his starting spot over Peprah. Peprah did a great job filling in, but simply doesn't have the ball-hawking, playmaking ability that Burnett has.
3. Charlie Peprah
Peprah did a way better job filling in for the injured Burnett than Atari Bigby.  So much so that even wh...

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