2023 Green Bay Packers Round 6 Pick 179 Karl Brooks DT Bowling Green

Sweet! DL and OL. Load em up!

Must not be worried about Safety. 🤷‍♂️

The #Packers getting Karl Brooks in the 6th is incredible value.pic.twitter.com/YP398Ewa83

— Eli Berkovits (@BookOfEli_NFL) April 29, 2023

Guys on ESPN just said they thought he was a third round talent

small hands

Another one of our 30 pre-draft visits.

He was a former receiver too.

@PackerPatrick posted:

He was a former receiver too.

Bahk has competition. Oh, wait....

Not an elite athlete but the production certainly was there.

@FLPACKER posted:

Guys on ESPN just said they thought he was a third round talent

Complete crap. Could have gotten him with one of those 7th's....REACH!!

@Boris posted:

Complete crap. Could have gotten him with one of those 7th's....REACH!!

I had him in my mock as a 5 so the Packers got a bargain.

Wait, that was different guy.

Good pass rusher, weak against the run, Gutekunst must miss Z'Darius. 

As a sub-package lineman I like it. Wooden is more well-rounded and Brooks can come in when they need fresh legs with their ears pinned back.

I think Gutey does miss Zadarius.....at least his production anyway.

Sure hope Rashaan comes back same or better than before. Have a real shot at putting a lot of pressure on the opposing QB.

The 2022 stats showing us going from #2 in QB pressures with Gary to #28 without him are pretty telling regarding how much D-Line help we need. I sure hope he comes back at 100% too.

@Herschel posted:

Good pass rusher, weak against the run, Gutekunst must miss Z'Darius. 

As a sub-package lineman I like it. Wooden is more well-rounded and Brooks can come in when they need fresh legs with their ears pinned back.

A number of top defenses tend to rotate a lot of bodies along the defensive line/at edge, with the Eagles being the best example.

Other defenses seem content to allow a Tyler Lancaster or a Dean Lowry to eat a lot of snaps without contributing much as if a player reliably remaining on the field while the defense is getting torched is some sort of accomplishment.

Got to hope that with Van Ness, Engabare, Hollins, P. Smith, Gary, Clark, Slaton, Slayton, Wyatt, Ford, and now Wooden and Brooks the Pack will throw a lot of bodies into the mix and find the type of success that has alluded the D for so long.

....and play 8 yards off the ball on 3rd and 4.

@SteveLuke posted:

Got to hope that with Van Ness, Engabare, Hollins, P. Smith, Gary, Clark, Slaton, Slayton, Wyatt, Ford, and now Wooden and Brooks the Pack will throw a lot of bodies into the mix and find the type of success that has alluded the D for so long.

Eluded but I hear ya.....

The development of some of the younger players does hint at better things to come.

#Packers fans. I don't care what "small school" a guy went to but getting drafted in the 6th round with 46TFL and 27.5 Sacks is insane to me.

Karl Brooks looks like another Day 3 steal for the green and gold!! #GoPackGo

— Mike Daniels (@Mike_Daniels76) April 30, 2023

https://packerswire.usatoday.c...pick-dl-karl-brooks/

Brugler’s scouting report:

“A five-year starter at Bowling Green, Brooks was primarily a defensive end in former defensive coordinator Eric Lewis’ 3-4 base, lining up outside as a 7-technique, head up over the tackle or inside as a 3-technique.

Very few college players can say they led their team in sacks five straight seasons, but Brooks is one of them, including a prolific senior campaign as one of only six FBS players to finished with 18-plus tackles for loss and 10-plus sacks.

With his initial quickness and effort, Brooks should be Bowling Green’s first defensive draft pick since 2013. His hands are active, but not always efficient and his sawed-off frame makes it difficult for him to control blockers or stay square. Brooks has a unique package of tools, which creates questions about his ideal position fit, but he has the light feet and urgent hands to be a gap disruptor. He projects best as a 3-technique who can be flexed up/down the line.”

Packers didn't get a lot of pass rush from Lowry or Jarran Reed last year, hopefully Brooks and Wooten can bring some in 2023.

FWIW - Khalil Mack played at a Championship Subdivision  school (U of Buffalo), same type of “small” school this guy played at.  Not the same players (yet), of course, but who knows what will happen.

@D J posted:

Was this reel filmed from a spy satellite,  or were the cameras on one of the light poles?

The weird thing with Brooks is he has the potential to be the next Ricky Elmore when you go by the testing numbers, but he looks quick enough on tape. I still wonder if he was a dipshit about not training for the testing.

Some more Brooks and Tyree Wilson vids came up in my feed this evening and, in some ways, they're kind of the same type of guy. Wilson is quicker, but Brooks is almost built more like a typical (yet oversized) edge. Wilson doesn't have elite burst or bend either, and Brooks seems to have a better feel/plan for penetrating. (More so than Van Ness, as well)

And while he's been playing college ball for five years, he's only a couople of weeks older than Wilson.

If the pro coaches can do their thing Wilson and Van Ness should be markedly better than Brooks, of course, so I doubt he ends up better than either of them, but he is fun to watch from college vids.

Super excited about this kid.

Didn't realize he's a Lansing native until it was mentioned on Thursday. His forced fumble and recovery was huge and this years draft class continues to impress.

Brooks has played well since OTAs/TC, his snaps and role in the rotation have reflected that, and he has responded very well.

I don't want to start the "he's better than 4th rounder Wooden" argument, even though that's more true than not. At least the coaches are smart enough to play him, if nothing else. But Wooden hasn't been chopped liver, either.

Now... anybody wanna hear me out on a DROY candidate?

Wooden has been good too.

A reminder that Gute turned the #45 pick this year into Reed, Wicks and Brooks.  That may be one of the best trade backs ever if these 3 keep playing like they have been.

Seen/saw that Brooks had the highest PFF rating this year so far among our DL, just ahead of Kenny.