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Since the Mailman asked, I dotted this chapter shortly after Super Bowl 45:
Ted Is Trapped In The Closet, Chap. 69
When Sherman ruled this part of the world
We wore crowns of green and mustard pearls
Life was merrily drenched in the playoffs
Losing was a bitch we ain’t ever heard of
By and by, the odd polar bear stole the throne
And he turned our fragile beauty into stone
When Favor was our knight in shining amour
We vanquished every foe in the epics of Homer
We slain the Bears, Queens and fucking Lions
We ruled the North like Neo in fucking Zion
By and by, the odd polar bear stole the throne
And he turned Favor’s fragile beauty into stone
Butte is the catcher in the fucking rye
He’s the apple of the polar bear’s eyes
Life now feels like a mother’s warm touch
And it’s so fucking Butteyous in the clutch
And so the odd polar bear sits on his throne
A smile on his face and a heart of stone
Eventually, I will trek to Vegas. Not sure I would want to stack you at the poker tables, though. Apparently, you ain’t a fungus.
Never draft a Yokozuna in the 1st round. In the first, give me a hotshot QB, a shutdown corner, a diva wideout, a hip hop safety, a poetic edge rusher or an Urlacher. The fats (Yokozuna offensive linemen and defensive linemen) are just not playmakers.
Sure, it’s nice to have a D’Brickashaw Ferguson protecting the QB’s blindside. But the kung fu (skill) between a Ferguson and a, say, Marshall Newhouse ain’t as material as that of a Butte and a Jon Kitna.
Premium picks should be used on playmakers like the Claymaker and J-Alex, not Elgton Jenkins, Kenny Clark and Derrick Sherods. Sure, there are hits and busts at every position. But replace Clark with, say, Cletudus Hunt, and the production would be extremely similar.
Try replacing the Claymaker with Frank Zombo. The difference in kung fu is significant. Therefore, gotta use premium picks on finesse playmakers, not fat Yokozunas.
Trenches first.
One of your better posts, APB. It’s basically what I’ve said all along - O Line tends to be less important than a lot of other positions.
Yeah right to the idea that you see plenty of busts and disappointments in other positions drafted early too, but I’m fairly sure the most by a wide margin are O linemen.
I don’t know x’s from o’s, but I read somewhere, on a couple of occasions that building a team, no matter what the sport, you build from the middle out. Made a bunch of sense to me.
Baseball:
Pitchers (obviously)
Catcher
Short stop
Second base
Center field
Basketball:
Center
Point guard
Power forward
Football:
Quarterback (obviously)
Center
Main back
Middle linebacker (back in the day)
Strong Safety
And build out from there
I’m showing my age
Speaking of which, whatever happened to Oldbutnotdeadyet?
Sheesh, even Patler checked in recently
I was just looking up all time NBA ppg leaders and saw Jordan at the top. At 6’6” 210 with his movement skills, I wonder what kind of receiver he would have been. Shit, I imagine he’d be the best athlete at the position of all time. He claims he ran a 4.3 40. Yeah, he’d be the goat for sure. I guess without shoes he’s 6’5”, so that 210 is in the ideal range for build.
Another kind of random stat…. Since it’s not draft season, this is always off topic….. Damian Lillard is the 11th highest career ppg player in NBA history. Teaming with Giannis is freaking sick.
NFLmockdraftdatabase has these as Packer picks in their 2 round consensus mock draft.
9. J.C. Latham - OT - Alabama
42. Andrew Mukuba - S - Clemson
48. Tyler Guyton - OT - Oklahoma
That would be drafting for need. I mean, if it falls that way I'm good with it, but BPA is always the way to go. If we draft top 10 BPA very well may be a tackle.
Ford is playing pretty good at S and Savage hasn't been a complete tire fire but needs to be replaced. Talent wise, its the only hole on the D. Our OL, which should have been a strength this year is the bane of the offense. RB room needs to be revamped as well, but you can do a lot with retread RBs if you have superior OL play.
Going all out on OL in the next draft makes sense. We have young talent all over the offense that needs to play out before we start drafting replacements. The only for CERTAIN positions that need an injection of talent are LT, C, and RB. Tom had a rough go vs. some really top notch competition and brings me back to my original opinion that G or C are his best positions. Walker is improving and could be the answer at one of the T positions. We have a base to work with, but could use another player or 2 in that room to bring the level up.
I just saw Michigan play last night, and they've got a kid who's a TE that was really impressive. Loveland, I think his name is? Big, rangy, fast, good hands. I don't know if he'll go into the draft - I think he's a sophomore? - but man, he was impressive. So if you're going BPA, hmm....would you take another TE?
Possibly. BPA doesn't mean you completely ignore your needs, but it does mean you don't pass up one a player that's clearly better just because you have a hole to fill somewhere else. Most of the time there's probably several players rated similarly. In that case you can tie break based on need.
I’m hoping we lose a bunch. I want a QB. And there are 6 possible first rounders this year.
We currently have the 7th pick in the draft. Those top 2 picks are kind of gold this year. Let’s hope the injuries keep mounting and Love keeps stinking.
Last time Packers drafted 7th was 1988 and they drafted Sterling Sharpe.
Looking at our schedule, I see us winning a maximum of 4 more games. At our current rate of injuries and dysfunction, it could certainly be less.
Packers have picks 7, 39 and 49.
Also the Bears and Cards have "their guy" under large contracts so they may be willing to drop back a couple spots. I'd like to pick top 6. 7 is the outer limit to be able to swing up to 1. And thats if we deem it necessary to move on from Love. If we aren't sure yet, maybe draft Alt at 7-9 and trade our 2nd and 3rd for capital next year in the expectation of needing to move up for a QB.
I'm still pissed a little that Rodgers got hurt, and definitely pissed that the Jest and their shitty QB beat the Iggles. That's how a defense wins games.
I also don't know why nobody's nicknamed Chicago's QB "Strawberry" Fields. Cuz then they'd keep him forever!
Lotta football left in the season. Sucks to be talking draft this early.
I don't want them to tank. If they lose they lose, but I want them to at least show signs of improvement. Haven't seen much of that -- the opposite, actually -- lately.
Right now, it seems like every play there's 10 people doing what they should and one screwing up and wrecking the play. If that happens less at end of season they'll look like a better team.
Injuries are messing with them pretty good, as are cap constraints. All the same, there won't be excuses for these players much longer. With the snaps they are getting, many of the young players should stop be acting like rookies in December.
Excellent post from you, run pMc.
Tanking anytime is the idiotic crap that losers do. And it’s way too early to discuss draft needs.