@Herschel posted:Part of dick steppin’ is guys lacking the talent to do what’s needed of them.
The pre-snap stuff is totally avoidable though.
@YATittle posted:
My only disagreement is this: He hit some weird RAS abnormalities.
Jahmyr Gibbs: 8.06 (lower because slightly under size threshold)
Garret Wilson: 7.77 (lower because slightly under size threshold)
CeeDee Lamb: 7.44 (crappy bench press tanked his score)
Their scores dropped due to cut-offs they barely missed or, in Lamb's case, an irrelevant test and didn't have elite speed or trait to offset. They also went well before the Packers’ picks.
Of course Savage's score also took a big hit due to his height, even though he had elite speed, etc.
Your thoughts on these five prospects?
Zabel looked very good, great at guard lined up beside Jonah Mondheim.
Riley was feisty, but doesn’t have good deep speed and doesn’t have the smoothest hips. He measured just over 5’10” at the Senior Bowl, well under his 6’ listing at Louisville. He’ll also be 24 before training camp, so those knocks will likely push him down well into day two. He reminds me of a smaller Mike McKenzie. I’d love to see the Packers get Azareye’h Thomas and Riley as a tandem. Thomas is a little bigger and faster than Renardo Green was, though Green was more developed, in part being three years older at draft time.
Stewart and Alexander are typical Gutekunst first-rounders: freakish traits with some questions about college production.
Whomever Gute drafts, IMO, we need a difference maker with our #1 pick.I don't want another developmental project, with our #1 pick. Save the developmental projects for the later rounds. I want a guy who excels at his position and can help us win the NFC-North, again.
And you think that player is available at #23?
We'll see
Getting an immediate "difference maker" outside of the first 10 picks is rare. If we could get three starters, as we did this year, I'd be elated. However, CB and interior offensive line may be the only positions where it could happen. WR could get maybe a 40-50 catch guy, and defensive front could get a rotational guy. That is why I'd love to see a WR and Edge that would be our best at that position group, gotten in Free Agency.
Look for Gutey to double dip as he's done in the past, e.g. signed X then drafted 3 Safeties, signed Jacobs then drafted a RB in the 3rd round. Even if he is unable to find a good FA Gutey will likely double down at a position during the draft.
Another guy I wouldn’t mind seeing is Jeffrey Bassa at MLB. With Quay and Cooper outside you could have a blitz threat from either and three LBs with the speed to cover in base.
Someone got an impact from pick 199. There are plenty of studs beyond the top 15.
Yes, there are a lot of good players that have come out of later rounds but .... there are more players who were top 15 draft picks in the Hall of Fame, than those drafted in all the other rounds and undrafted players combined. The best predictor of the future is the past.
If the "location" of a draft changes how a team will make personnel decisions, then the person(s) making personnel decisions need to be fired.