2018 Packers First Round Pick Jaire Alexander

[woodbuck27]

Signed.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300...aire-alexander

This early signing comparatively speaking, as opposed to many NO. Draft Picks waiting to or into the Official Training Camp and Exhibition Game schedule is a sign he's ready to go.

[Fritz]

Woodbov clmored for that now-Vikes RB Dalvin Cook in the 2nd round last year. I'm gaining some grudging respect for his scouting acumen, though his writing still needs lots of help from Mae.

[ThunderDan]

Woodbov clmored for that now-Vikes RB Dalvin Cook in the 2nd round last year. I'm gaining some grudging respect for his scouting acumen, though his writing still needs lots of help from Mae.

But isn't Cook a bust until he can stay on the field? Any time a Packer player gets hurt and underperforms or goes to IR it was always TT wasted that pick.

[Fritz]

But isn't Cook a bust until he can stay on the field? Any time a Packer player gets hurt and underperforms or goes to IR it was always TT wasted that pick.

How true that is.

[yetisnowman]

But isn't Cook a bust until he can stay on the field? Any time a Packer player gets hurt and underperforms or goes to IR it was always TT wasted that pick.

Ridiculous. If TT had a 2nd Round pick playing at a pro bowl level through his first 4 games and injury ended his rookie season, no one would hate on TT. Now the next year or two of injuries and underperforming as you say, then yes. But comparing TT's wasted picks to Dalvin Cook is silly. I guess Deshaun Watson's a bust too.

[mraynrand]

Woodbov clmored for that now-Vikes RB Dalvin Cook in the 2nd round last year. I'm gaining some grudging respect for his scouting acumen, though his writing still needs lots of help from Mae.

True enough. He clearly spends a lot of time on this. There was a post of his about 8000 words long somewhere where he made the point that the Packers may have gotten scooped when they moved up in the third looking for Arden Key - taken by the Raiders. Just speculation, but interesting just the same.

[Zool]

Ha, I got called a moron before last draft for saying I loved Cook. Now Woody is a genius?

[Cheesehead Craig]

Ha, I got called a moron before last draft for saying I loved Cook. Now Woody is a genius?

I loved Cook too. I think you were just called a moron for other reasons.

[Zool]

I loved Cook too. I think you were just called a moron for other reasons.

Well that's fair.

[Anti-Polar Bear]

Ha, I got called a moron before last draft for saying I loved Cook. Now Woody is a genius?

Prior to the Packers running the table, they were in play for Leonard Fournette. You were like, fuck Fournette, take Cook; who cares that Fournette is a good normal American while Cook abuses bitches, chicks and female dogs alike?

That was moronic, indeed.

[George Cumby]

Prior to the Packers running the table, they were in play for Leonard Fournette. You were like, fuck Fournette, take Cook; who cares that Fournette is a good normal American while Cook abuses bitches, chicks and female dogs alike?

That was moronic, indeed.

Seeing as you are the local SME on morons, we will take your word for it.

[Anti-Polar Bear]

Seeing as you are the local SME on morons, we will take your word for it.

Now, like Nutz, my short-term memory ain't as hardy as it was in my glorious youth. Could be CTE - I was a shutdown corner in HS, after all. Could the aftereffect of excessive exposures to aphrodisiacal vids and/or Mary Jane. Could simply be Father Time fucking with me (sometimes in my solitude, I ponder whether it is nobler to die young and robust, or grow gray and impotent). But my long-term memory remains hardy.

Pretty sure Zool was a hater of Fournette and a lover of Cook.

[Zool]

Now, like Nutz, my short-term memory ain't as hardy as it was in my glorious youth. Could be CTE - I was a shutdown corner in HS, after all. Could the aftereffect of excessive exposures to aphrodisiacal vids and/or Mary Jane. Could simply be Father Time fucking with me (sometimes in my solitude, I ponder whether it is nobler to die young and robust, or grow gray and impotent). But my long-term memory remains hardy.

Pretty sure Zool was a hater of Fournette and a lover of Cook.

I still think Cook will have a better career. I'll admit I didn't see Fournette doing as well as he did. He's fast as hell for a guy his size.

[pbmax]

^ I dunno. Unless you are James Stewart, the NFL burns out a lotta big backs. Purple Jesus is about as big as you can get and survive. If you are Lacy sized, NFL coaches just run you into walls.

[The Shadow]

^ I dunno. Unless you are James Stewart, the NFL burns out a lotta big backs. Purple Jesus is about as big as you can get and survive. If you are Lacy sized, NFL coaches just run you into walls.

James Stewart always seemed kind tall & thin to me.

[pbmax]

James Stewart always seemed kind tall & thin to me.

He's 6' 1" and 224. Always looked pretty big to me. Leonard is 6 even and 228. Lacy is 5' 11" and 250+.

Purple Jesus is the one who looked too tall and thin to me: 6' 1", 220.

[Anti-Polar Bear]

^ I dunno. Unless you are James Stewart, the NFL burns out a lotta big backs. Purple Jesus is about as big as you can get and survive. If you are Lacy sized, NFL coaches just run you into walls.

Some players are simply milksops, regardless of their sizes, but bigger players usually are more equipped to handle poundings than smaller players. That's not to say it woulda been impossible for DuJuan Harris to handle 30 carries a game, 16-19 games a year. Just saying, more often than not, smaller backs are prone to getting pounded into the abyss of oblivion.

Btw, Lacy eats too much - that's the reason he currently is not on an NFL roster.

[pbmax]

Some players are simply milksops, regardless of their sizes, but bigger players usually are more equipped to handle poundings than smaller players. That's not to say it woulda been impossible for DuJuan Harris to handle 30 carries a game, 16-19 games a year. Just saying, more often than not, smaller backs are prone to getting pounded into the abyss of oblivion.

I don't think that is true except to say its probably better for similar style players to be bigger in general.

Smaller backs don't run the same way bigger backs do. You can't just look at size and project longevity. Ahman Green was 6' even and 217.

[Anti-Polar Bear]

Based on what?

2017.

[Zool]

2017.

Well with that as your backing, who can even argue?