ROUND 5 PICK 172 - P JK SCOTT (ALABAMA)

A f'ing punter?

Adios Vogel

A waste. We need OL

Don't get this one.

Really good punter though. Vogel was pretty up and down, but I thought he showed flashes of being really good. I don’t like burning a 5th on a punter, but Scott seems like a guy who will lock down a punting job for a decade. I guess it’s worth investing in never having to invest in a Punter for a long time.

Trading up for Burks = ROTTT

This pick = Sherman

I’d feel so much better if we’d traded 2 picks for him.

Then we would know he's good.

A punter? Yes, the Packers just picked a punter in the fifth round at No. 172: Alabama's JK Scott. Packers went with an undrafted rookie Justin Vogel last season. While Vogel was solid, he never quite seemed to elicit much positive feedback publicly... https://t.co/3hS7Mmn27h

— Rob Demovsky (@RobDemovsky) April 28, 2018

I’ve got nothing to add. 

Grave Digger posted:

Really good punter though. Vogel was pretty up and down, but I thought he showed flashes of being really good. I don’t like burning a 5th on a punter, but Scott seems like a guy who will lock down a punting job for a decade. I guess it’s worth investing in never having to invest in a Punter for a long time.

BJ Sander good?  With a 6 or a 7th, sure but a god damn mid round pick?  

Shades of BJ Sander with with an injury history.

Joy.

How this pick is perceived down the road will always be tied to the performance of Johhny Townsend.  

or nobody will care.

I'm sure the selected punter is fine... and yea, I get pissed when I see a fukking shank or a crappy kick.  I just don't like drafting a punter.  

I get it though... I get it, but I don't have to like it. 

**** that guy.  I hope Vogel beats him out. 

Goudadumb****, QUIT DRAFTING PUNTERS.

Opie lookin' mother****er. 

One thing about JK Scott. He can kickoff. That could be a factor in the Packers' decision.

— Tom Silverstein (@TomSilverstein) April 28, 2018

Has flip-flop tool at his disposal.

That's what I'm talkin' about!

michiganjoe posted:

One thing about JK Scott. He can kickoff. That could be a factor in the Packers' decision.

— Tom Silverstein (@TomSilverstein) April 28, 2018

He better be all world or Gerdydump just Sherman'd himself in his first draft.  

I get the angst over taking a freaking punter this high. Probably would have been there in the sixth or seventh.

On the bright side, Scott has a cannon. A hair under a 46 yard average over four years is pretty hot. 90 of his 231 kicks were over 50 yards. Impressive hang time. And he can kick off.

Playing at 'bama, he's been in high stress situations before. Saban doesn't keep him for four years if he's not dependable. 

Gorgenhorfer must think he's one Joe Johnson away from a Super Bowl. 

Really never know how the draft will ultimately shake out. Five years from now this may be viewed as a brilliant choice, although at the moment it's a bit of a head-scratcher.

The picture of him and Sabin is a bit creepy.

Go through the history of the draft and show me the success rate of picking a kicker in high or mid rounds.  I can think of one, Janikowski, and he scored points. 

Ray Guy

Mason Crosby was drafted in R6 eleven years ago.

Keep going. 

Pakrz posted:

Mason Crosby was drafted in R6 eleven years ago.

Round 6, great.  Not mid round and with OLine lacking. 

Ray Guy.

I wonder if they'll give him 3 years to develop, maybe keep two punters on if he can't win the job outright?

The Packers' new punter's parents have a lake house near Hayward. Been in family since dad was a kid - 50-60 years. Grandma lives in Madison. Big Packers fan growing up. "We have 10 cheeseheads at home." Saw one game here.

— Packer Report (@PackerReport) April 28, 2018

Honestly, he might be able to kick it to the moon. I'd have rather taken a guard. This wasn't much of a year for edge pass rushers after the top few, so I don't know of any guys that would have been available down here, but you can never have too many healthy slabs of beef to fight it out for the right to protect the franchise. Do that, and you really don't need to punt that much. 

I'm happy for him.  Try not sucking up a 5th round pick at your lake house.

The following were Top 10 punters last season:

Shane Lechler - R5

Drew Kaser - R6

Andy Lee - R6

Thomas Morstead - R5

Patrick O'Donnell - R6

Kevin Huber - R5

While I agree with Hank’s premise, 2004 was actually a good year to draft K/P. The Pack just picked the wrong guy.

Nate Kaeding (3), Josh Scobee (5), Andy Lee (6) and Donnie Jones (7) were all drafted that year.

Henry posted:

Go through the history of the draft and show me the success rate of picking a kicker in high or mid rounds.  I can think of one, Janikowski, and he scored points. 

Thomas Morstead, Mike Scifers and Shane Lechler were 5th rounders. All 3 really good punters. Nick Harris was a 4th rounder. Dustin Colquitt and Brad Maynard were 3rd rounders. Doesn’t mean we should have picked Scott, but it’s not like there aren’t success stories for mid/early round specialists. 

I will say this about Scott, he was a real weapon for Bama. Ive seen him completely turn field position on the opponent many times. Their defense deserves a lot of praise obviously, but Scott made life easier on them throughout his career. If the plan was to draft a punter this early, im at least glad they drafted this punter.

Let me know when they can protect your HOF QB.  

Here's another tidbit, why are they top punters?  Because most of them were on **** teams?  The kind of teams that would draft a punter in the mid rounds?

6th is late round.

As Claude Rains said, I’m shocked!

I thought Vogel was a huge step up and would be solid.  However, this new guy looks very impressive.  So, I will assume this guy is worth it.  

Sounds like he may be able to do kickoffs too?