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Pickett vs. Davis
Pair of top-ranked linemen ready to rumble
By BOB McGINN
bmcginn@journalsentinel.com
Posted: Nov. 27, 2007
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"Pickett is one of the strongest defensive linemen in football," the personnel man said. "But he isn't even close to Davis. I'd match that up in favor of Davis. If you try and match strength with him, you'll lose."
That's news to Pickett, who has played against Davis several times in the past and expects to win.
"I guess my strengths play to his," Pickett said Tuesday. "I think I'm pretty strong and I got a lot more leverage than him. I think I match up real well with him."
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Pickett's numbers
Pickett stands 6-2, is listed at 322 and looks more like 350, an observation with which he quibbled.
"I'm not three and a half," he said with mock indignation. "Uh-uh. I ain't that heavy. C'mon."
Whatever Pickett weighs, it's more than enough for the task at hand. Pickett views it as a matter of using leverage and staying square, which he has done to a T since arriving as an unrestricted free agent (four years, $14 million) in March 2006.
Robert Nunn, his position coach, says Pickett would get more Pro Bowl consideration if he had more than one pressure in 11 games.
"I have hopes for it but I'm not basing my career on it," Pickett said. "I'm just happy to be on a great defense. For a while I was on some bad defenses."
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12-03-2007, 08:24 AM
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'Big Grease': Pickett Tackles Quarterbacks, Double-Teams And Fatherhood
by Sam Kasan, Packers.com
posted 12/02/2007
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"He makes some great plays and sometimes they go unnoticed," said defensive end Aaron Kampman, who lines up next to Pickett. "He brings a lot of energy to the defensive line. He's going to give you everything he's got on every snap. He's a guy that should get a lot of credit for what he's doing."
"He's a little on the underrated side," Nunn said. "He's a guy that does a lot of hidden things for our defense. As far as I'm concerned, from what I've seen of him, he's off to the best start of his career."
Pickett, who is entering his seventh NFL season, signed with Green Bay as a free agent in 2006 after spending five years in St. Louis. The former first-round pick out of Ohio State is a key cog in the Green Bay defense. The entire scheme starts up front with the four down linemen. The Packers prefer using their front four to create most of the pressure on the quarterback rather than blitzing.
Pickett's job is to consume two offensive linemen, leaving his teammates in a more winnable one-on-one situation.
"Even if he doesn't make a tackle, his push, fundamentally staying square, not allowing others to cut back, he's an integral part of what we do," Kampman said.
But, as Nunn pointed out, Pickett's strength isn't just handling two blockers, but also being able to make a play himself.
"One thing Ryan does have is the ability to come off (of blocks) and make plays and finish plays," Nunn said. "Some run-stoppers don't have that ability. Guys can't stay on double teams very long so if they don't get that initial movement, he anchors and he can come off and make a play."
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Pickett Pumped for St. Louis Return
By Jay Sorgi
Story Created: Dec 14, 2007
GREEN BAY, Wis. - Former Rams player Ryan Pickett said he's excited to return to St. Louis on Sunday.
Pickett, who signed with the Packers as a free agent before the 2006 season, said he didn't necessarily have any idea at the time that the Packers were a team on the rise and the Rams were headed for a fall.
"I didn't see that," Pickett said. "I didn't know they were going to be a bad team. I just know I liked the opportunity here better, what they were going to allow me to do on the defense. It's more my role, and the city. I just like the organization. It's not a knock against them, but I just like this organization better."
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12-16-2007, 08:44 AM
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Let's go Reds.....
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He's having a very good season. I hope it ends at the Superbowl.... 
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Rams face consequences of Packers taking Pickett
By Jim Thomas
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
12/16/2007
When it comes to defensive tackle Ryan ?Big Grease? Pickett, the Rams? loss has been Green Bay?s gain. In one of the franchise?s biggest free-agent mistakes since the move to St. Louis, the Rams let Pickett walk as an unrestricted free agent after the 2005 season.
The club decided it was time for Jimmy Kennedy to take over at nose tackle. Meanwhile, Pickett signed a relatively modest contract with the Packers. Oops!
?He?s definitely a joy to work with,? Packers coach Mike McCarthy said. ?He has been extremely consistent for us both last year and this year. He?s having another great season. He?s one of our anchors in our run defense.?
Still only 28, Pickett was a first-round draft pick by the Rams in 2001. Very active for an inside run defender, Pickett was surpassed in tackles by only Green Bay?s Aaron Kampman and Tennessee?s Kyle Vanden Bosch over the 2005 and 2006 seasons.
Pickett is up to his old tricks this season. Although he doesn?t bring much as a pass rusher, he remains durable, productive and a beast at the point of attack. Entering Sunday?s game with the Rams, Pickett is fifth among the Packers in tackles, with 54.
?Big Grease is playing his butt off,? Rams wide receiver Torry Holt said. ?I wish we still had him here.?
This is Pickett?s second contest against the Rams since signing with Green Bay; the teams played last season at Lambeau Field.
?This is one of those games that he has probably circled year in and year out,? Rams running back Steven Jackson said. ?He had a good game against us last year, and we have to make sure that we don?t let him do that a second year in a row.?
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12-16-2007, 12:55 PM
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Living under a rock, in a cave, I did not realize that Ryan was with the Pack now, just another reason to root for Green Bay. Go Pack.
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12-16-2007, 12:59 PM
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Living under a rock, in a cave, I did not realize that Ryan was with the Pack now, just another reason to root for Green Bay. Go Pack.
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12-16-2007, 01:06 PM
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ya lost me BB, the rock must have hit me in the head as I was extricating myself
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