February
The Packers Should Release Donald Driver
Donald Driver before playing the Broncos in October.
I hope I am wrong about every single point I make in this post. I hope sometime in the future, a commenter on this site or a blogger on another site uses this post to highlight how big of an idiot I am. I hope at some point next season, I have to warm up a big ‘ol plate of crow and eat it for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Then re-heat it for a midnight snack.
NEWSFLASH: Donald Driver to compete on the next “Dancing with the Stars.”
I think the Packers should release Donald Driver. Not re-structure his contract or ask him to take a pay cut. Release him.
It’s time to move on and give more snaps to Randall Cobb or another young player not yet on the active roster.
I just slapped myself for writing that, but I believe it to be true.
I’ve heard several arguments in recent weeks highlighting why the Packers should keep Driver. I want to agree with them, but I cant. Here are some of those arguments and why they’re wrong:
The Packers need Driver’s leadership.
It’d be great to have Driver in the locker room, but here’s the thing about leadership that most fans don’t realize: If the teammates you’re trying to lead sense that you don’t have it any more, your effectiveness as a leader diminishes. It gets worse if teammates feel that you’re taking snaps from a younger, more deserving player, just because of your status as a “leader.” (Also, why can’t Greg Jennings assume that leadership role?)
