Who should the Packers take with the 32nd pick in the 2011 NFL draft? The players listed in the poll are the BPA after the Packer Rat mock draft was completed.
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Who should the Packers take with the 32nd pick in the 2011 NFL draft? The players listed in the poll are the BPA after the Packer Rat mock draft was completed.
If I missed someone, sorry. Write in votes will be considered. I will give this poll a couple of days. Its over when a clear cut winner emerges or I decide it's done. We do have a ROUND 2 to get to!
an interesting pick for the rats.....the more you read up the more you will see there is undoubtedly a BPA that most have rated in a different tier than the rest.
As much as I like Brooks Reed, he's rated about the 3rd to 4th best OLB in the draft
Sheard could help this team as well but I think he's similar in quality to Reed
Ijalana would be about the 6th or 7th OL coming off the board
Baldwin could be elite some day IMO but he's WR #3 by most analysis I've read; I'm not even sure Hankerson gets drafted in round two and I don't know enough about Titus Young.
Watkins seems like a great fit but he's 26 or 27 already; that downgrades him right there IMO
Or you can kiss your needs off til round two, and draft the #1 rated RB in the 2011 draft and what most still feel like is an elite talent.
To me this is almost 1A and 1B. I gotta vote for Ingram. But if Ingram was gone, I'd be all about Brooks Reed
maybe we should post a scouting report on each one ? Don't have the ambition right now but maybe later
Not a bad idea Bretsky, but I'm with you, ambition tank is just about on "E" today.
Ingram's the BPA, so that's where my vote went. However, in this spot I could certainly see someone calling Ted with a nice trade offer. If the option to trade down on the poll that's where I'd vote. If Ingram really were there at 32 someone would pay dearly for that pick.
I can take some of the blame for Ingram being on this list by not taking him with the Patriots' second pick. In actuality, I think a team wanting Ingram would trade up for him as the first round wound down to picks 20-32.
So, I voted for Ingram in the rare instance that he would actually be there at #32. If he's not there, I really do like Brooks Reed or a trade down. I think our offense will be okay for years to come, but we should continue to build a dominant defense by selecting BDPA.
I don't want Ingram, so I'm just going to hold on to my vote and vote for the other leading candidate.
I just can't believe the Packers would take Ingram. Starks and Grant already on board. No chance.
I did want Ingram, but Johnny 'the life-altering idiot' Jolly changed my vote.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lurker64
I still think that Liuget is really unsuited to playing 5-tech in our defense (though he'd be a great 3-tech for a 4-3 team, but he just isn't long). If you wanted the top 5-tech available, I'd say Iowa's Ballard but he didn't make it on the poll.Quote:
Originally Posted by MJZiggy
Keep in mind, however, that our average number of defensive linemen on the field last year was about 2.25, and we have Raji and Neal for the 2, and so we just need .25 of a player plus rotation.
Well, if they took Ingram it would mean they would cut Grant before the season. That's not something I'd like to see.Quote:
Originally Posted by gbpackfan
Remember TT drafted Justin Harrell when most of us thought our DL was very strong; but IMO he anticipated Williams might leave. IMO about the only positions that are nearly out are QB and TE in round one. If TT feels Ingram is special that pick is very possible IMO
Ryan Grant turns 29 next season. Starks is very unproven, although he has shown promise. I envision Starks as being more of a 3rd down specialist. He's a bit of a RB/WR hybrid. Ingram is a complete RB. He can run anywhere, any style and he catches the ball. I'd compare him to DeAngelo Williams. So Grant phases out as he enters his 30's and Ingram phases in as he approaches 25. I'm fine with that.
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Originally Posted by Lurker64
If enough guys give Ballard a write in vote, he will win. But the poll only allows me 10 options.
No way Ingram slips this far in the real draft, Watkins gets my vote, we can get 4-6 years out of him and protecting ARod is critical. He'll be more consistent than Colledge ever was.
The top-ranked guard according to NFLDraftScout.com, Baylor's Danny Watkins, played left tackle in the Bears' spread offense. His dominant performance at the Senior Bowl and showing in private workouts make him a first-round target with potential to play any position on the line.
Yeah, there is no way that he falls to us in the real draft, but he did in this mock one. There's absolutely no way I pass on Ingram. No way. In fact, if he's still on the board, TT will be crying like a blubbering child as he makes the call, not having gotten a steal like this since Aaron Rodgers.Quote:
Originally Posted by packrulz
I wish Brooks Reed wasn't on the poll as well. Every year we do this, it seems the one player most want fails to get picked and inexplicably falls to the Packers selection. No way Brooks lasts until 32. Keep smoking on your pipe dreams fellow rats.
Most mock drafts I see don't have Reed getting picked earlier than GB and some have him in round 2
Most I've seen have Brooks being picked before Ayers (UCLA OLB). His combine and pro day numbers alone will elevate him in to the first round. Call it the "Clay Matthews" effect. If I'm wrong I'll eat crow, but I just don't see it.