2008 OFFICIAL DRAFT THREAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Merlin]

And without Favre we are looking at Rodgers and who? Nall? Cullpecker? I mean really we haven't exactly went out and signed a viable backup, not even Nall which is no surprise there.

[Charles Woodson]

Packers up next

[Rastak]

Well, my favorite time of the draft is coming....the middle of the damn second round!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[BF4MVP]

Flowers is gone

[GoPackGo]

KC picks right before us and could scoop a QB

[RashanGary]

Anthony Collins
James Hardy

[BallHawk]

Good. No Flowers.

[Charles Woodson]

Chiefs take brandon flowers!

[Deputy Nutz]

good trade nobody at 30 you can't get at 36. Probably another trade.

[BallHawk]

And without Favre we are looking at Rodgers and who? Nall? Cullpecker? I mean really we haven't exactly went out and signed a viable backup, not even Nall which is no surprise there.

So we should draft for worst case scenario?

[Rastak]

Nice draft by KC:


Strengths: Plays with confidence, doesn't dwell on mistakes and is comfortable playing on an island. Opens hips smoothly when forced to turn and does an excellent job of getting head turned around downfield. Does not possess ideal speed but he plays faster than 40-time indicates. Changes directions well, shows good burst coming out of breaks and reads routes well. Shows good awareness and can cover a lot of ground when asked to drop into zone coverage. Has quick feet and explodes out of backpedal. Aggressive, has excellent ball skills and is a dangerous open field runner. Isn't very tall but times jumps well, elevates well and flashes the ability to compete for jump balls. Plays with a mean streak, flashes a powerful punch and flashes the ability to slow receivers down at the line. Shows good instincts and fills hard when reads run. Takes sound pursuit angles, has sideline-to-sideline range and always seems to be around the ball at the end of the play. Times blitzes well and shows good closing burst when occasionally turned loose off the edge. Stays alert and gets hands up when isn't going to get to the quarterback.

Weaknesses: Doesn't have great size and is going to get pushed around at times. Can be overaggressive, is vulnerable to double moves and lacks the second gear to recover when gets caught out of position. At times looks like a sound open field tackler but lunges at ball carriers' feet and fails to wrap up at other times. Fractured right fibula in 2004, injured ankle in Chick fil-A Bowl at the end of the 2006 season, hindered by ankle injury during 2007 spring practices and durability is a concern.

Overall: Flowers appeared in the first game of his true freshman season in 2004 and actually returned an interception for a touchdown but he fractured his right fibula in that game and the NCAA granted him a medical red-shirt. He appeared in all 12 games of the 2005 season finishing with 20 total tackles including 13 unassisted tackles and 1.5 tackles-for-loss. Flowers also intercepted a pass that year. He moved into the starting lineup in 2006 and finished with 51 total tackles including 29 unassisted tackles and 7.5 tackles-for-loss. Flowers also recorded 3.5 sacks and intercepted three passes that year. He started all 14 games of the 2007 season finishing with 86 total tackles including 56 unassisted tackles and eight tackles-for-loss. Flowers also intercepted five passes including one he returned for a touchdown and recovered a fumble last year. Flowers is a slightly undersized corner who did not run well at the combine and had some problems staying healthy earlier in his career. However, he has excellent instincts, quickness and toughness in man-to-man coverage. He also is far more productive in run support than his size indicates. Flowers projects as a late-first or early-second round selection.

[red]

Flowers is gone

fuck

[imscott72]

I think they know that whoever they want will be around in at #36. We are out of the big money picks now and can go to work on picking up guys who are willing to try and make the roster without a big contract. Chad Henne would be an interesting pick up since we really only have Rodgers. Flowers, if available looks good to.

How does two rookie QB's help us though?

Rodgers is no rookie, he's been in the league for years now.

Officially yes, but he hasn't played much hence the "rookie" label. I don't know why you'd draft a QB and call him "Rodgers backup". Makes no sense. We have other needs and we're deep enough we don't need to go "best player available" at this point.

[The Leaper]

Yuck...I was hoping Flowers or Merling would continue to fall.

Don't like having to pick here.

[BF4MVP]

Here we go