draft and develop? not so much.
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draft and develop? not so much.
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Failed draft class? That was actually a really nice haul. The fact a lot of them aren't on the team is because other teams coveted the picks and signed them away.
Jones was decent, not really good. Not a bust, but wouldn't make the pick again. He gets us a 5th round comp pick.
Lacy was a good part of the offense. On the verge of eating himself out of the league. He still gets us a 5th round comp pick.
Bakhtiari is perhaps the best pass-blocking LT in the league.
Tretter was a good center and a versatile backup. His departure is a bit of a bummer, but he gets us a 5th round comp pick.
Franklin was a promising RB but he suffered a career ending neck injury. This is the NFL, shit happens.
Hyde was a great pick. He provided depth and was able to play both from the slot and at safety. He left us, but again... 5th round comp pick.
Josh Boyd never amounted to much. Wouldn't pick again.
Nate Palmer was a bust as an edge rusher. They tried to convert him to an interior guy. No success there either.
Charles Johnson was a great pick. We lost the appeal to the league to keep him on the roster and he ended up on the Vikings. He's a serviceable receiver for them.
Dorsey never became an NFL player. Wouldn't pick again.
Barrington was an awesome 7th round pick. Got some starter play from him, even if he wasn't particularly good.
Not to mention we got undrafted players Mulumba and ... starting guard Lane Taylor.
From the packers perspective it is not helping our team as much as we would like 4 years later. But it wasn't a bust. Over half of these guys are going into year 5 still in the NFL. That's well above average so not a bust.
4 comp picks in 5th round???Originally Posted by smuggler
Might be hard to believe, but Packers haul in 2013 makes the rest of the League jealous:
Albert BreerVerified account @AlbertBreer 16h16 hours ago
Less than 4 years later, 7 of the top 12 picks in the 2013 draft have been dumped by their drafting teams.
Bud Adams told me the franchise he admired the most was the Kansas City Chiefs. Then he asked for more hookers and blow.
Jon HeathVerified account @JonHeathNFL Mar 13
Every member of #Broncos 2013 draft class—John Elway's worst ever—is now off the team's roster: http://usat.ly/2lVh4LA
Bud Adams told me the franchise he admired the most was the Kansas City Chiefs. Then he asked for more hookers and blow.
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1 pick left on the team after 3 seasons?
That's a horrible draft, and not something that can happen with a " build almost only through the draft" team
I'd have to think in the draft and develop philosophy much of the measurement would be how many of the teams picks warrant second term contracts from the Green Bay Packers after 3-4 years of development. Too lazy to do the research but wonders how these would look since the 2011 or so area
LIFE IS ABOUT CHAMPIONSHIPS; I JUST REALIZED THIS. The MILWAUKEE BUCKS have won the same number of championships over the past 50 years as the Green Bay Packers. Ten years from now, who will have more championships, and who will be the fart in the wind ?
Pretty sure the evidence of their record says otherwise. And before you say Rodgers, when he was way off, they still went 10-6.
2013 was a disaster of a draft for a lot of teams. Epically bad.
Bud Adams told me the franchise he admired the most was the Kansas City Chiefs. Then he asked for more hookers and blow.
2013 Ted made some good picks. like I said before 4 are still in the league. That is way above average for the NFL in 2013. Some teams did better though.
In a draft that was heralded for its LT class, TT snagged the best one of the draft in the 4th? round.
I don't hold Grudges. It's counterproductive.
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Good draft. We had most of those guys for 4 years (not 3), and most contributed to the team. Many will bring back picks comparable to where they were drafted. Outside of Jones, who I'd label a bust, most of those guys outperformed the typical production of their draft position. The problem with Jones was scheme fit. Sometimes those work out (many thought Perry could not play 3-4 OLB). Sometimes they don't (Jones).
"There's a lot of interest in the draft. It's great. But quite frankly, most of the people that are commenting on it don't know anything about what they are talking about."--Ted Thompson
Only reason to call this draft a flop in terms of league wide success is because cap went up 4 years later and GMs are worse than politicians.
I don't hold Grudges. It's counterproductive.
Aw this is a page right out of McGinn's Troll Book.
It's not like Ted's picks have washed out of the league...if anything, they drafted and developed too well compared to other teams such that they couldn't sign/retain all their players. Tretter? Starting elsewhere. We have Linsley.
Datone? Meh, thought was he would be a good 5-tech but turns out he wasn't. Would you pay him $3.75M to play OLB again?
Lacy? Played really well when healthy and in shape. Takes over the Marshawn Lynch role. Would you pay him $5M a year?
Hyde? HAHAHA we aren't paying him $5-6M a year. He got almost as much guaranteed money as Perry.
Bahktiari is a top 10 LT.
The rest have bounced around the league and started games for other teams if not GB...that's not a bad draft, it's just they couldn't keep them.
If you look at this class now it appears 2013 wasn't one of the better draft classes. Only a couple of the guys taken in the first 10 picks is better than average today.
Well, the Packers had like six guys still on the team from the 2013 draft after 3 seasons. Does that make it a success?
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not in my book
whether a player just sucks, or he's an all pro for another team, if he's no longer on the team after 4 years, thats a fail for TT
when you're a build and develop only team like we are (for the most part), you have to find 8-10 guys every single year that can play, and then you have to keep them for 5 or 6 or 7 years at least. you can't afford to loose the decent ones you find
TT did good drafting that year, he did terrible keeping those players. busts or all pros on other teams contribute the same amount to our team next year, nothing
nothing= fail. except for one home run on bahk
they were still under contract. tt doesn't care if you don't play well...only that you're cheap. lol
The only problem with the 2013 draft was that it contained only one cornerstone. The other pieces were good, but not good enough.
Not a bust of a draft (especially compared to other teams that year) but not a franchise maker either.
Bud Adams told me the franchise he admired the most was the Kansas City Chiefs. Then he asked for more hookers and blow.
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