A review of the Clark, Spriggs and Fackrell picks

[Patler]

JSO anonymous scout review.
http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packe...377539121.html

Consensus - Clark is solid, Fackrell may be good, or may have lost a critical step from the knee injury. Spriggs - yikes, a looks like Tarzan, plays like Jane type

TT must have loved Spriggs a the Senior Bowl, because that analysis does not give me hope for this pick being anything other than TT's worst 2nd rounder since Brohm, and he traded up to get him as well.

I like Clark, am dubious about Fackrell, and hate the Spriggs pick, especially with the trade factored in.

I don't understand your concern. I think your conclusion about the consensus on Spriggs is wrong if based it on the comments in the JSO article.

It reads as if they were asked if he was a first rounder and better than the others. If you sort through the chaff, of 12 scouts, three do not seem to like him at all, the others have criticisms, but think late first or early second would have been good places to take him and that he has a shot to be a left tackle.

No, not everyone loves him, but he seems OK for where he was taken.

[RashanGary]

I don't understand your concern. I think your conclusion about the consensus on Spriggs is wrong if based it on the comments in the JSO article.

It reads as if they were asked if he was a first rounder and better than the others. If you sort through the chaff, of 12 scouts, three do not seem to like him at all, the others have criticisms, but think late first or early second would have been good places to take him and that he has a shot to be a left tackle.

No, not everyone loves him, but he seems OK for where he was taken.

You know, I agree. It sounds like he's a great athlete and an alright player based on those scouts. I don't get a great feel for the pick, but he could develop into a good player. Good is alright.

[pbmax]

My concern is if Justin and Mad Scientists post are correct, he might have been a reach for the last OT with a Round 1-2 grade. Would match his comment about draft board moving away from them.

However, if they really had a Round 1 grade on him, then they must have though he would develop. We'll see.

[pbmax]

Jason Wilde was just on the radio and he said from several sources (and named Eliot Wolf) that the Packers DID have a first round grade on Spriggs, which was why Ted was willing to jump up given the current roster.

They did not think he was going to last. So at least from a scouting perspective, he was not a reach for the last Tackle of value worthy of a second round selection.

[woodbuck27]

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300...2016-nfl-draft

Ten most underrated offensive prospects in 2016 NFL Draft

By Gil Brandt ... NFL Media senior analyst

Published: March 21, 2016 at 01:45 p.m. Updated: March 22, 2016 at 12:27 p.m.

999+ Likes | 34 Comments

Jason Spriggs, OT, Indiana:

Spriggs (6-5 5/8, 301, 4.85) is athletically special, and nowhere was that more apparent than at the NFL Scouting Combine, where he was the top prospect at his position in four events. He's also very strong (31 bench reps) and light on his feet.

He has the ability to play in the NFL for a long time.


This video contains coverage on Spriggs and Fackrell both impressive specimens (the Packers need to get tougher....mean !):

http://www.packers.com/media-center/...3-cadf5e389af9

[Fritz]

I don't think Alex Green showed too much before he got hurt. I think TT just whiffed on that one.

[Joemailman]

I don't think Alex Green showed too much before he got hurt. I think TT just whiffed on that one.

Green played in a spread offense at Hawaii. TT made the gamble, based partly on Green's performance at the Senior Bowl, that he could make the transition to a pro-style offense. He couldn't.