It would be a testament to the triumph of the human spirit. Did we quit when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? No!Originally Posted by Fritz
Jaxon Smith-Njigba - WR - Ohio St.
Broderick Jones - OT - Georgia
Zay Flowers - WR - Boston College
Nolan Smith - EDGE - Georgia
Joey Porter - CB - Penn St.
Darnell Wright - OT - Tennessee
Calijah Kancey - DL - Pittsburgh
Myles Murphy - EDGE - Clemson
Jordan Addison - WR- USC
Bijan Robinson - RB - Texas
Deonte Banks - CB - Maryland
Quentin Johnson - WR - TCU
Brian Branch - S - Alabama
John Michael Schmitz - IOL - Minnesota
Dalton Kincaid - TE - Utah
Michael Mayer - TE - Notre Dame
Darnell Washington - TE - Georgia
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It would be a testament to the triumph of the human spirit. Did we quit when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? No!
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in - Leonard Cohen
Did we quit when Ted drafted Damarius Randall and Quentin Rollins in 2015? NO!
"The Devine era is actually worse than you remember if you go back and look at it."
KYPack
Myles Murphy was my vote if he was there. He seems to be too gifted to pass up or trade back. I wouldn't trade up for him.
Classic line from a classic movie.
Problem is, I'll probably be quoting a different movie after Day 1:
"Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm8fYf53SMg
Obviously I was in a different head space in 2015 when it came to the Packers, but this was probably when Thompson should have been put to pasture. At the time I enjoyed it.
So glad this is his last draft
Swede: My expertise in this area is extensive. The essential difference between a "battleship" and an "aircraft carrier" is that an aircraft carrier requires five direct hits to sink, but it takes only four direct hits to sink a battleship.
TE Michael Mayer
I'm not for Mayer at 15, but I won't be strongly opposed if it happens. I think he's one of the safest picks in the draft. Very high floor, almost no chance he's a bust.
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in - Leonard Cohen
I agree that he's a safe pick. My second choice is Van Ness
My experience with people who've been diagnosed (my father-in-law, my brother) is that after the "official" diagnosis, people begin to go back and re-think what came before, and most of the time come to the conclusion that the dementia was probably developing long, long before the actual diagnosis was made.
I think this may have been what happened with Thompson, and I don't know if you can tie that to draft picks, but he certainly lost his luster as a draftnik at this point. Still had some good picks after that, but not nearly so many. I blame Murphy for letting Thompson stay too long. Not only was it a disservice to the team, I think it was a disservice to Thompson, who by the accounts I've read really just liked the scouting part best and probably would've been fine having the GM duties taken and assigned to scout once again.
I have to say I'm not a huge Mark Murphy fan. Obviously the team has had success, and it's a damn money machine, but as far as some of his organizational decisions, I'm not a huge fan.
"The Devine era is actually worse than you remember if you go back and look at it."
KYPack
Oh. So my first pick would also be that Clemson Edge rusher.
"The Devine era is actually worse than you remember if you go back and look at it."
KYPack
As a digression: I'm not a fan of his either. I have no proof but there are times where it feels like he's meddled, and there have been times where at a minimum he's contributed to bungling things related to Rodgers.I have to say I'm not a huge Mark Murphy fan. Obviously the team has had success, and it's a damn money machine, but as far as some of his organizational decisions, I'm not a huge fan.
I will say that if you judge him solely by his role in growing the business and making the Green Bay Packers profitable, he's done a very good job. If you believe some reports, between the team itself and Titletown District they have practically been printing money in recent years.
Murphy will have a complicated legacy that I think will soften in time, but I know a lot of fans don't care for him.
Just to get us back on track with the thread, and just because I'm avoiding work, I'll mention here that apparently Ron Wolf used the #15 overall pick in 1993 to draft Wayne Simmons.
I'd love to see a Wayne Simmons-level player drafted at #15, complete with the nastiness but without the stupidity of, say, Quay Walker last year a few times.
Though I'm sure Simmons wouldn't have been able to play that style of his - he was flat-out nasty - in today's game.
"The Devine era is actually worse than you remember if you go back and look at it."
KYPack
Doubtful. I expect he'd be considered a dirty player. Maybe not Vontaze Burfict bad, but still.
I agree GB's defense could use a few wardaddy-types, or glass-eaters or ass-kickers or whatever you want to call them. They have some chirpy guys in the secondary, but I don't think they are an especially physical or rugged defense. One or two of them can change a defense completely.
HOFer
do those exist anymore?
Outside of a few games, Wayne Simmons's play was mostly uneventful as a Packer. I was in my teens when he played for the Packers, and I do remember some of his violence on the field in Green Bay but simply I don't think there was enough of it.
I guess memories are different. I was in my thirties, and I remember him being pretty impactful and violent, to the point some teams ran away from his side. Or maybe I just can't stop thinking about that Amp Lee throwdown. It was just so sweet.
"The Devine era is actually worse than you remember if you go back and look at it."
KYPack
Hello everyone, new to this site..
anyhow, here is what I’d like to see Gute do..
1.) trade back to the lower 20’s and pick up an additional second. Maybe the cowboys want to trade up to get bijan.
Or
2) a small trade back, pick up an additional pick and draft bresee(sp). Packers are near the bottom of the league in rushing defense. The need some beef on the line
What’s up Travis. Welcome to the forum. This post was not visible until right now because your account hadnt been activated completely. It is now and you’re able to post and everyone can see it.
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