With all the CBs Gute has selected. You might as well cut him. Give the guy a chance someplace else. Bank the mil. And hopefully the packers don't draft a Rollins, House, Jackson, or Randall again. The improvement just doesn't come fast enough, or stay. And then there's the biggest fear; we call Regression. Jackson needs to get out of Green Bay. This secondary is about speed. And Jackson just doesn't have the after burners to fit in.

I too wanted Josh Jackson to be the answer at CB but his game didn't translate and speed/quickness may be the fatal flaw. I would consider also that he is now on his third DC and defensive philosophy. Maybe Johnny Gray can get something out of him or maybe his game would better fit safety. Either way, the assessment that time is running out for Jackson rings true.

Yeah I feel bad for Josh but he’s obviously lost confidence in himself and has lost the confidence of his coaching staff.
He seems to have the size and physical makeup to play zone corner however:
*he doesn’t play special teams
*he’s too grabby as an outside corner
*he’s not quick enough for slot
*hes not physical enough for safety
*he’s paid way too much (with the Packers so tight with the salary cap) to be a 6th corner
*the Packers brought King back at 5 million instead of giving Jackson a shot, what does that tell us?
* Unless an injury occurs, Josh Jackson’s time has run out in GB

Jackson was used almost exclusively on the boundary last year, and the fact that he couldn't carve out a key role on special teams to keep himself active when he wasn't playing on D is more than troubling. Pettine seemed much more interested in playing Redmond and Greene (and later Henry Black) than playing a 4th CB last season. Jackson had his detractors when drafted...he was a love him or hate him prospect that was rated all over the draftniks' boards. He came into the league with limited CB reps, but that's hardly an excuse after 3 years. Can he still turn it around? Sure...I'm not banking on it, though (and it appears that the Packers aren't either), and at this stage he would almost be a lottery ticket if he did.

Ugh, I hate mixed metaphors. “By the skin of your teeth” or “By just a hair”. Aside from that it’s a very good article. I too have been wondering what happened to Jackson. My best guess is that he doesn’t have the speed at the NFL level and so he resorted to grabbing. I guess he got by with it in college but not at this level. At one time I wondered if he might be a better fit at safety yet the team must not think so. I wish him well.

You came close, but you never made it, and if you were gonna make it, you would have made it before now...

Jackson is an excellent example of why the NFL draft is a crapshoot. His college numbers indicated that he would be a solid NFL CB at least. However he has floundered at the NFL level and unless something unexpected happens I doubt that he will make it to the final roster this season. The Packers should give a shot to another promising rookie or young player rather than trying to salvage Jackson.

It's always unfortunate to give up on a young player but after 3 seasons what can we expect to change? Time to move on. Thanks, Since '61

Why waste a roster spot on an under producer?

Well, his injury did set him back a year, and the Packers seemed unwilling to play him on ST. The other major factor is the style change in the secondary last year. The Packers boundaries were playing off coverage exclusively with mirror and trail to keep hand checks to a minimum. Game officials seem to focus in on the tight coverage the Packers CB play, unlike Tampa for example. Playing off coverage wiped out a lot of the PI calls last year, and both Alexander and King were adept in closing the route. Jackson, not so much.

I was right with you on the Josh Jackson pick and remember some of the talk of taking him in the first round and many of us were elated when we got him in the second and it almost felt like we had two first round picks that year.
The main negative in the draft was the lack of speed, but Micha Hyde who we let go and made the pro bowl with Buffalo was no speed burner with a 40 time of 4.56, so it shows you can be successful with less than burner speed.
At this point I think most of us Packer fans are about as confident that Jackson be a starter for the Packers as a man in a hole looking down.

Yes, we have so many experienced CBs that we should just cut Jackson and replace him with somebody who has never played in the league. That’s exactly the way to build depth.

Probably wasn’t coached up properly on the Packers , will probably be a pro bowler on another team with the proper coaching,

So you were impressed by all the INT's that JT Barrett and Hornibroken threw to him? I wasn't! He made a living against the QB deprived Big 10 and 2 turnover machines. He had 5 INT' and 2 TD against those two. What's impressive about that?

I was down on Jackson before the drafted him. Alot of Packers fans here were begging for him! If you watch his highlites some reasons to be encouraged, but taking into acct who they were against, not so impressive. But most fans like the writer probably only watched highlites. I didn't care about them, I saw them, but didn't care.

Once I saw his drills at the combine I was praying the Packers didn't select him! Wanted no part of him! He was terrible is backpedal and even worse flipping his hip. COD was ok but probably borderline NFL. I didn't give a damn about his times in drills, only positional drills. I knew he was a bust waiting to happed. Don't pay attention to highlites, pay attention to some times in drills. But especially pay attention to position drills.

It's fashionable to be down on Jackson. He did just fine last year. Better than King, that's for sure.

Pettine had his own "guys" that he liked. Maybe they want Jackson to prepare harder, spend more time in the film room or something. Dude can get it done.