Official 2013 NFL Draft Thread

I'll let ya know when someone makes a pick maybe?

Discuss.

time will tell

You can never really evaluate a draft 12 hours before the draft. I believe the conventional wisdom is that you should always wait until at least 3 hours before the draft before you can measure who's going to do well and who isn't.

Depends

It is what it is.....

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Originally posted by RatPack:
Depends

Sarge stocked up?

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Originally posted by Salmon Dave:
You can never really evaluate a draft 12 hours before the draft.

McGinn

Based on this, we may see 2-3 DL chosen this draft.... Like the Williams pick if it happens...

i want a safety in the first round. after that, all dl and ol with a rb or wr sprinkled in in the mid to late rounds.

We'll probably take some of these....DL, OL, S, WR & RB. Going out on a limb here.

gawd mcginn is one sourpuss. I don't think the sun ever shines in his world.

He's not wrong on this one though. The Packers are thin on the D-line if they're going to run similar to the recent past.

If Raji, Pickett, and Jolly are all showing up fat and out of shape, that's not an encouraging sign. Do these guys still - at this point in their careers - not understand what they need to do to be the best, or do they just not give a damn?

it's only April, not too worried about in shape at this time. sure it would be nice... now if they're sucking wind come July....

I hope Thompson finds a partner for a trade down, gaining a 3rd, and then absolutely sticking with BPA.

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Originally posted by Salmon Dave:
If Raji, Pickett, and Jolly are all showing up fat and out of shape, that's not an encouraging sign. Do these guys still - at this point in their careers - not understand what they need to do to be the best, or do they just not give a damn?

Working out means eating at a boofay and sitting at the furthest table so they get more steps in. Carrying functional weight is an art form.

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Originally posted by YATittle:
McGinn

Based on this, we may see 2-3 DL chosen this draft.... Like the Williams pick if it happens...

Watson was born in England? My word, there may be 4 players in this year's first round born in other countries.

I give this draft a C grade. Bordering on c+

Too soon?

Yes.

How 'bout now?

as soon as the Lions pick, the Packers draft grade will go up because of the bell curve.

I'm giving GB an instant A if TT is able to move up and draft a strength and conditioning coach with a top 5 grade.

Best part of draft day is watching the over reactions from fans.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...bedded&v=FwXD0hCvtX4

My first thought about the draft? Berman sucks

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Originally posted by Hungry5:
I hope Thompson finds a partner for a trade down, gaining a 3rd, and then absolutely sticking with BPA.

Agreed. Trade down 10-15 picks, net another top 100 pick in the deal and then go from there. Should be some good NT's or OL there in mid RD2

Ideally, they get some tough, physical players up front on the OL/DL with their first few picks, then go skill position in the mid rounds. WR/RB/TE

My new favorite player in the draft.

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Byron Jerideau, NT, South Carolina, 6-0 7/8, 334. Has squatted 670 pounds and benched 500 pounds. As a fifth-year senior, started all 13 games and made 40 tackles. He had 2 1/2 sacks and 5.5 tackles for loss.

Monster of a kid. Strong. Benched 225 37 times. Projected as an UDFA but his stock has been rising. GB had him in for a visit. But none of that is why he's my draft favorite, this is:

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Was suspended three weeks after being arrested for disorderly conduct. Graduated in December with a degree in criminal justice.

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Bears and Vikings both eyeing Manti Te'o.

Still not sure he's worthy of being drafted in round 1.

Hopefully a reach for either team.

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Originally posted by Goalline:
Watson was born in England? My word, there may be 4 players in this year's first round born in other countries.

2 of them from Florida St. (Bjoern Werner is the other). Werner don't speak very good English neither!

If either draft Te'o ahead of GB I'm on board with Lacy. Te'o wants no part of that twice each year.

I hope the Bears or the Vikings are dumb enough to draft Te'o. Overrated!

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Originally posted by Grave Digger:

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Originally posted by Goalline:
Watson was born in England? My word, there may be 4 players in this year's first round born in other countries.

2 of them from Florida St. (Bjoern Werner is the other). Werner don't speak very good English neither!

So he'll fit right in on Twitter.

If Tyler Eifert were available at 26 do you think TT would draft him? Maybe not a big area of need but if he's the BPA on TT's board I wonder if he would take him?

It would be really tough to pass on Eifert if he got to 26. But I imagine TT would get a nice haul of picks from more than a couple of teams trying to move up to get him.

Similar in a lot of ways to AR in 2005. Need DL, OL, and S more but he's a lot of value at 26 to pass up.

FWIW, here's round-up of some key final mocks:

Bob McGinn/JS: DT S. Williams
Pete Dougherty/GBPG: HB E. Lacy
Mel Kiper/ESPN: DE D. Jones
Russ Lande/NFP: DT S. Richardson
East Coast News: S E. Reid
Peter King/SI: DT S. Lotulelei
Don Banks/SI: OT J. Pugh
Bob Fox/Packer Chatters: DE D. Jones
Mike Mayock/NFLN: HB E. Lacy
Charley Casserly/NFLN: OT T. Armstead
Tyler Dunne/JS: DE D. Jones
Ourlads: DE D. Jones
Scott Wright/Draft Countdown: DE Werner

If we stay at 26, I hope it's DT S. Williams or DE D. Jones. More so, I hope we trade down into 2nd, pick up an extra 3rd, and with 2 2's and 2 3's, ideally grab 2 DL, a HB and either a S or C.

According to NFP Luke Joeckel informed he will not be 1st pick. Sounds like the Chiefs are going with Fisher.

Strange that a player not at a huge program could go 1st overall. Gebins to him if this is true.

Per Walter Football, these are all players Packers have either met with or worked out.

COM = Combine
PRI = Private Workout
INT = Interested
VINT = Very Interested

Kiko Alonso, LB, Oregon (COM)
Ezekiel Ansah, DL, BYU (COM)
David Bakhtiari, OL, Colorado (COM)
T.J. Barnes, DL, Georgia Tech (COM)
Le'Veon Bell, RB, Michigan State (COM)
Giovani Bernard, RB, North Carolina (COM)
Brice Butler, WR, San Diego State (PRI)
Tank Carradine, DL, Florida State (COM)
Mike Catapano, DL, Princeton (PRI)
Kevin Dorsey, WR, Maryland (PRI)
Zach Ertz, TE, Stanford (COM)
Travis Frederick, OL, Wisconsin (COM)
Corey Fuller, WR, Virginia Tech (COM)
Kwame Geathers%, DL, Georgia (PRI) (COM)
Garrett Gilkey, OL, Chadron State (COM)
Margus Hunt, DL, SMU (COM)
Jelani Jenkins, LB, Florida (COM)
Charles Johnson, WR, Grand Valley State (PRI)
Don Jones, DB, Arkansas State (PRI)
Kyle Juszczyk, FB, Harvard (PRI)
Travis Kelce, TE, Cincinnati (COM)
Brendan Melanophy, DB, Fordham (PRO)
Rashaan Melvin, DB, Northern Illinois (PRI)
Christine Michael, RB, Texas A&M (VINT)
Ryan Otten, TE, San Jose State (COM)
Nathan Palmer, LB, Illinois State (PRI)
Justin Pugh, OL, Syracuse (COM)
David Quessenberry, OL, San Jose State (VINT)
Jordan Reed, TE, Florida (COM)
Randy Richards, OL, Missouri State (PRO)
Eric Rogers, WR, Cal Lutheran (PRO)
Jared Smith, DL, New Hampshire (COM)
Lane Taylor, OL, Oklahoma State (PRI)
Manti Te'o, ILB, Notre Dame (COM)
Derrick Washington, RB, Tuskegee (INT)
Bjoern Werner, DE, Florida State (COM)
Markus Wheaton, WR, Oregon State (COM)
J.J. Wilcox, DB, Georgia Southern (INT)
Robert Woods, WR, USC (COM)

It's going to be interesting to see if anyone drafts Lawrence Okoye by Saturday. I could see SF burning one of their picks and stashing him on the practice squad while they coach him up.

6'6" 304lb freak that runs the 40 in the 4.7's. Never played a down of football in his life.