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

[BallHawk]

LOL at Ted.

"All right have a good da- (pause) evening."

[RashanGary]

I think Brohm is stepping into a great situaiton. QB is a position where you need the right coach and the right situation. McCarthy is the right coach and an unproven Rodgers in front of him is the right situation. Maybe Rodgers pans out, but if not, Brohm has a year to get acclaimated and then next year he can try to gun down Rodgers in camp.

[digitaldean]

LOL at Ted.

"All right have a good da- (pause) evening."

Yup, public speaking ain't is strong suit. He seemed pretty humorous though when mentioning getting booed in the atrium.

[red]

he also said they liked flowers a lot, but wouldn't say where they had him ranked.

i still say he screwed up that trade down, despite what he said about wanting jordy all along

[woodbuck27]

1. Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie Tennessee St. 6-11/2 184 4.33
2. Leodis McKelvin Troy 5-101/4 190 4.38
3. Mike Jenkins South Florida 5-101/4 197 4.40
4. Antoine Cason Arizona 6-01/4 191 4.52
5. Aqib Talib Kansas 6-03/4 202 4.45
6. Patrick Lee Auburn 6-0 200 4.42
7. Justin King Penn St. 5-107/8 192 4.31
8. Charles Godfrey Iowa 5-113/4 207 4.44
9. Tracy Porter Indiana 5-107/8 188 4.37
10. Brandon Flowers Virginia Tech 5-93/4 189 4.58

CB Senior Auburn Patrick Lee
Height: 6-0 Weight: 200 40-Time: 4.42

Official Bio

Strengths:

A great natural athlete...Very good size and bulk...Excellent timed speed...Tough and strong...Plays a physical brand of football...Terrific special teamer...Good ball skills...Has fluid hips to turn and run vertically...Hasn't maxed out his potential yet.

Weaknesses:

Limited starting experience...Hands are questionable...Has not played a ton of off coverage...A little inconsistent...Wasn't overly productive...May have some trouble mastering the complexities of a pro defense early on...Has minor durability issues.

Notes:
Didn't start until his senior year but made the most of the opportunity...
Dealt with a nagging knee injury as a junior...
A fast rising prospect with all the physical tools that you look for...
Will also be an extremely valuable asset on special teams...
May emerge as one of the top seniors available at his position...
An intriguing prospect.

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Career Statistics
Year GP TKL PBU INT YDS
2003 DNP - - - -
2004 12 14 1 0 0
2005 12 9 3 0 0
2006 12 25 6 1 18
2007 13 55 10 4 34

Totals 49 103 20 5 52

Nice pick for TT.Hey I think he's batting 0.667. Not too bad for " the Old White Hair ". We're having fun now!

PACKERS FOREVER!

[The Leaper]

I'm upset that the TE position remains unaddressed, but I can't complain with either the Nelson or Lee pick. I'm happy with both of those guys. Brohm...I'm not a huge fan. I'm not upset with the pick, but I think we'd be better off with Bennett as our #2 TE and someone else we take early tomorrow as our QB project.

I'm also a little interested in seeing how TT improves the OL.

[RashanGary]

I'm not a fan of the Patrick Lee pick. The only other early pick I didn't really like was Darryn Colledge.

[CaliforniaCheez]

Clearly, this was a Best Player Available draft.

Jordy is going to suprise a lot of people. He sounds better than the flaky no talent egomaniacs that were in the press. Great size. Good speed.

The Packers were very lucky to get Brohm.

Patrick Lee was not that far from the top CB's and his attitude is better.


I'm very happy.

[motife]

McCarthy on live!!!

http://www.packers.com/multimedia/packers_on_air_schedule/

[Lurker64]

I'm upset that the TE position remains unaddressed.

I think this is something Ted might do to us over and over and over again. Players think we need a player at position x, Ted Thompson thinks the player to fill that need is already on the roster, and doesn't address that need. Fans are then outraged.

It happened with TE last year, after all. Who's to say that our backup TE isn't Humphrey? The staff is apparently high on him. It's entirely likely that TT figured our need at TE was a need for a 3rd TE and didn't figure it was all that important.

[the_idle_threat]

I'm also a little interested in seeing how TT improves the OL.

I'm not surprised he's waiting 'til day 2 on OL. Most of the highly rated OLs are more suited to the more typical power blocking offenses in the league, as opposed to the ZBS. Smaller zone-type guys can be found on day 2 or even as undrafted FAs, methinks. Just my opinion.

[gbgary]

Clearly, this was a Best Player Available draft.

Jordy is going to suprise a lot of people. He sounds better than the flaky no talent egomaniacs that were in the press. Great size. Good speed.

The Packers were very lucky to get Brohm.

Patrick Lee was not that far from the top CB's and his attitude is better.


I'm very happy.

i'll agree with your last three thoughts but i think need was addressed too.

[red]

Clearly, this was a Best Player Available draft.

Jordy is going to suprise a lot of people. He sounds better than the flaky no talent egomaniacs that were in the press. Great size. Good speed.

The Packers were very lucky to get Brohm.

Patrick Lee was not that far from the top CB's and his attitude is better.


I'm very happy.

when you completely ignore the whole free agency process like TT does, then you can't always just take BPA

[BallHawk]

Clearly, this was a Best Player Available draft.

Jordy is going to suprise a lot of people. He sounds better than the flaky no talent egomaniacs that were in the press. Great size. Good speed.

The Packers were very lucky to get Brohm.

Patrick Lee was not that far from the top CB's and his attitude is better.


I'm very happy.

when you completely ignore the whole free agency process like TT does, then you can't always just take BPA

TT doesn't ignore FA, he proved that with the signings of CW and Pickett. He's just cautious and patient, not signing unless he knows he's getting a good deal. Every position on this team has an established starter. There are no glaring holes on this team. That allows us to take the BPA and then we build on that for the future.

Basically, if we keep on hitting on draft picks we could take this approach for the next decade.

[red]

Clearly, this was a Best Player Available draft.

Jordy is going to suprise a lot of people. He sounds better than the flaky no talent egomaniacs that were in the press. Great size. Good speed.

The Packers were very lucky to get Brohm.

Patrick Lee was not that far from the top CB's and his attitude is better.


I'm very happy.

when you completely ignore the whole free agency process like TT does, then you can't always just take BPA

TT doesn't ignore FA, he proved that with the signings of CW and Pickett. He's just cautious and patient, not signing unless he knows he's getting a good deal. Every position on this team has an established starter. There are no glaring holes on this team. That allows us to take the BPA and then we build on that for the future.

Basically, if we keep on hitting on draft picks we could take this approach for the next decade.

to me, our fb, whoever he is, colledge, wells, spitz, lee, and collins are all players that recieved their starting jobs not because they won them, but because we had no one else. theres lots of room for improvement with all those starters IMO

i'm still not convinced those guys would be starters on any other nfl team right now