Not a fan of taking Bowser in round one. Would be a classic case of taking a guy that is 80% athlete and 20% football player. He'll be a force if he hits his upside but there are just too many holes in his game. He's timid and bad against the run. More times than not, if an offensive lineman gets his hands on him it's play over. He'd be well worth rolling the dice on at #61, but IMO he just isn't enough of a player at this point to take at #29. But I could see Thompson drafting him. Thompson values athletes with pass-rush upside over everything else when taking DL/OLB and Bowser definitely fits the bill. Across the board numbers at Indianapolis were very similar to Watt.
I like the rest of that draft though. As fans I wonder if we are getting too hung up on OLB as the sole source of pass-rush and wonder if the team might be better off with a Chris Wormley type DL-man pick early on. Wormley will never be a 12 sack player, but he has the upside to be a 6 or 7 sack guy from the five-technique and could be a guy that piles up the pressures and frees up the blitzers a little more often. He's a solid player and would be excellent value at #61. Griffin is a big project and another "athlete" over "football player," but in this case the team would be using pick #93 on him and he's worth the gamble in this area of the draft. Levin in round five is an interesting player. Didn't know much about him prior to February but he really lit it up at the combine. Evaluations I read seem to indicate he lacks core strength and figures to get pushed around a lot at the next level. Wouldn't mind see the Packers use that late of a pick on him.
