2024 Green Bay Packers Round 3 Number 91 Tyron Hopper MO LB

I'm no scout but just that description alone makes him sound like a 6th or 7th round pick.

LB Ty'Ron Hopper, Missouri

6-1, 228
7.42 RAS
4.68 40
Florida transfer
31.5 TFLs, 9.5 sacks in 26 starts
Almost 500 special teams snaps
Senior Bowl invite
Pre-draft visit
Team captain 2023 pic.twitter.com/b4AURbxQvw

— Zach Kruse (@zachkruse2) April 27, 2024

Not exactly a glowing report.   Sounds like special teamer tho.

Packers go with Missouri ILB Ty'Ron Hopper at No. 91, doubling up on inside linebackers on Day 2.

Brian Gutekunst said at the combine they were "pretty thin" there and then they released De'Vondre Campbell.

Needed more bodies with schematic switch under Jeff Hafley.

— Matt Schneidman (@mattschneidman) April 27, 2024

First pick I don't care for. He's fast and aggressive but pretty straight-line and kind of all over the place like a headless chicken out for revenge.

Would rather have had Jarrian Jones with the pick.

The #Packers are making a SERIOUS investment in the middle of their defense.

Love it.
pic.twitter.com/sgOL6qe1dX

— Eli Berkovits (@BookOfEli_NFL) April 27, 2024

This was the pick from the Rasul trade.  TBH, I'd have rather just kept Sul.

I don't get this one at all. Reminds me of the Khyri Thornton pick - you read the draft bio and can't quite figure out why he was taken in the 3rd and not in the 6th or 7th. But I love the first four picks so whatever.

McDuffie will likely start in the middle...Hopper will get to learn behind a Hafley guy.  New kickoff rules require animals for coverage - that is Hopper.

@Dr._Bob posted:

I'm no scout but just that description alone makes him sound like a 6th or 7th round pick.

The other scouting report I read was very complementary. Of course they also covered the fact that, yes he is also better than Cooper Dejean.🤷‍♀️

We need the depth at LB and especially for Hafley's schemes

@Koopla Krash posted:

McDuffie will likely start in the middle...Hopper will get to learn behind a Hafley guy.  New kickoff rules require animals for coverage - that is Hopper.

Part of me wonders if GB really wanted Elijah Jones (the BC kid) and the Cards snatched him up right before our pick.

Head scratcher for sure.  

Gonna be special (teams)

With the 91st pick in the third round of the 2024 NFL Draft, the #Packers select: Ty'Ron Hopper, linebacker, Missouri.

Brian Gutekunst just overhauled the second level of his defense.

— Ryan Wood (@ByRyanWood) April 27, 2024

Know nothing ass hats out in full force.

Double up, and sort it out in camp.

@Herschel posted:

First pick I don't care for. He's fast and aggressive but pretty straight-line and kind of all over the place like a headless chicken out for revenge.

Sounds like a 'mike' to me.

Has an Oren Burks smell to it...

@CUPackFan posted:

Reminds me of the Khyri Thornton pick - you read the draft bio and can't quite figure out why he was taken in the 3rd and not in the 6th or 7th.

Lots of names you could plug in there where the Packers value the player much higher than the general consensus. Hasn't generally worked out well in the past and hopefully this time is different.

Edgerrin Cooper: 45th overall pick, 45th on consensus board
Javon Bullard: 58th overall pick, 59th on consensus board
MarShawn Lloyd: 88th overall pick, 88th on consensus board

Reach by consensus: Ty'Ron Hooper: 91st overall pick, 173rd on consensus board

— Zach Kruse (@zachkruse2) April 27, 2024

meh. we’ll see.  

It just seems like you could get this guy in round 4 or 5.

Maybe another JosieD or that other TE that went to Buffalo - who's name escapes me because I want him out of my memory 😁

Another classic Gutey 3rd round bust?

Maybe Gute didn't want to waste his mandatory 3rd round bust on a potential impact player.  Hopper fills the void.

Gute just wanted to remind us how spoiled we were by Tucker Kraft last year. You entitled bastard do not deserve successful 3rd rounders.

I watched no Mizzou football in 2023, but Hopper was a team captain and Butkus Finalist. He played behind some good LBs his first 2 years at Florida and didn't get much playing time until  transferring to Missouri and then missed games his senior year with an ankle sprain. He had good games against top teams.

Hopefully the draft gurus are off on this one.

@Boris posted:

It just seems like you could get this guy in round 4 or 5.

Maybe another JosieD or that other TE that went to Buffalo - who's name escapes me because I want him out of my memory 😁

Another classic Gutey 3rd round bust?

First name that came to my mind was Richard Rodgers. Not a bad player by any means, just not in the third round.

They clearly love attributes/skills that he has, to pick him so much higher than consensus. I feel compelled to do more research on him, as I really do want to like this pick. Guy sounds intense, and that seems to be an absolute must for a Hafley defense.

Hopper said in his phone interview that the Packers talked to him a lot pre-draft.  I believe he had a sit down interview with them at the combine, and he had his 30 visit where he said he sat down with Gute, LaFleur and Hafley to go over film.

They certainly had a lot of info on him beyond just the tape before they picked him.  It wasn't just the scouts saying "trust me bro".

That said my guess is this was the highest LB on their board at the time of the pick and they need a lot more depth there with a 4-3 scheme.  They probably did not want to run the risk of having lesser players to pick from at the end of round 4 so they just took BPA at the position, even if it was ahead of when they would have liked to.

If accurate, I don’t understand the disdain for McDuffie.   He isn’t an all pro but he is assignment sure and makes the play in front of him.   Second, trade up into the 4th to take him, you have enough picks to field a soccer team.

@vitaflo posted:

It wasn't just the scouts saying "trust me bro".

Gutey: I don't trust you Mr. Scout

They clearly did their homework on the guy.

They have one pick in the late 4th round. Really?? He wasn't going to last there? That's still about 50 slots higher than consensus. I'm actually ok with the pick. They clearly need LB'ers. Since they went over film, they obviously liked some of the more intangibles he has other than what he put on film.

The draft is all about knowing where the other 31 teams have a player slotted. If no other team would take him in round 4, this was a dumb pick at that slot.

@BrainDed posted:

trade up into the 4th to take him, you have enough picks to field a soccer team.

IKR?!?

Gutey mentioned he needed some of the guys in the war room to tell him to let the draft come to him in round 1.

He really wanted Jordan Morgan & they clearly had him with a first round grade as did some other teams.

I think Gutey got trigger happy on this one....and late in the 3rd had nobody to stop him. 😆😁

Hey if they had Intel that he'd get selected in early round  4, then ok....other than that...I just don't like the spot they took him.

Calling my shot right now. Average ST player - Orin Burks

Not a great year for LB...he was likely the best one left on their bored because KY Trevin Wallace was gone. Love Trotter Jr but he was likely not the size profile they were looking for at that pick.

Packers have had issues D&D LB but I am hoping a better DC with a more modern scheme we will start to see every player on defense improve.

To your point @Boris in most years Hopper may well have been a R5-6 guy but it's a bad LB draft.

We'll see if Satan approves 🤭

@Chongo posted:

To your point @Boris in most years Hopper may well have been a R5-6 guy but it's a bad LB draft.

Ok I'll give you that. They got the consensus #1 LB'er in 2024 (EdgeCoop) in round 2. (I'm glad too) First time that happened since 2011. So yes this is a thin year for LB'er.

Some really good work in round 2 to trade down and still get EdgeCoop too.

I, for one, will be using this guy as my player to vent on. Aka whipping boy like Jarret Bush 😁

@Boris posted:

Calling my shot right now. Average ST player - Orin Burks

Burks improved with better coaching and a better scheme. Too early for me to call my shot here.

@Chongo posted:

Burks improved with better coaching and a better scheme. Too early for me to call my shot here.

Did you see what his passer rating was in the Super Bowl when the Niner LB got injured and he had to play? Horrible!

Yeah but that was vs. Mahomes. Sooo.....certainly not blaming him for Niners putting him in an impossible situation with no help.