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

[CaliforniaCheez]

Frankly, Ted's risk is up front.

Would an old vet (Frerotte, Brunell, Testaverde type) be a better back up than Brohm??

For awhile. Certainly for a year.

The long term success of the franchise is having a quality guys like Brohm developing.

Ted likes competition at all positions. QB should be no different (Brett's gone).

Rodgers will not lose his job to Brohm. The Packers do need a new developing QB. If anything (knock on wood) happens to Rodgers you need someone.

In two years this will be a considered a wise pick.

[run pMc]

Despite knowing I shouldn't be, I was completely surprised by the Nelson pick. The more I think about it, the more I like it, with DD aging, Jennings likely looking for big money in a couple years, Jones developing, Ruvell never being more than a #4, and KoRo inconsistent and a relapse away from suspension.
I got a kick out of this:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=mIUu-nLx0lw (be sure to watch the last 5 seconds)

I don't think he'll approach Jerry Rice, but I have high hopes that this kid will produce. If nothing else, it's another option to return punts...Woodson shouldn't be doing that.

As for Brohm, I wasn't high on him at #30, but in R2 I like him as a backup. I don't think A-Rod's job is in trouble. I do think M3 will help smooth out Brohm's game and he could be a spot starter if Rodgers gets hurt. I'm not thrilled with how he handles pressure and his leadership is supposedly iffy, but he has experience and very good accuracy.

Don't know anything about Lee, but if he fits the scheme and can make a solid push for the nickel spot, great.

I was hoping Cason or Flowers would have fallen to GB, but I think this was a pretty good first day. TT continues to improve the depth at all roster spots.

[Bretsky]

Bretsky wrote:

" There seems to be a few solid TE's left in Cottham, Finley, and Davis "

Of those three:

5. Brad Cottam Tennessee 6-71/2 270 4.63
6. Craig Stevens California 6-31/4 254 4.59
7. Kellen Davis Michigan St. 6-6 262 4.60
8. Martin Rucker Missouri 6-43/4 251 4.71
9. Jermichael Finley Texas 6-4 253 4.82

I like Davis based on below;

I looked up all their bio's and believe that Finley would be the best choice of all of them. He's also the youngest. He had a decent number of grabs last year. Rucker is intriguing too. He had a ton of catches, but not a lot of yardage compared to the number of catches. I saw Rucker play a couple of games and he looks the part of an NFL TE. Cottam looks big, but doesn't have a lot of catches, and was out most of last year. Stevens I don't know about at all, and the bio doesn't show much. Davis also doesn't have a lot of catches, but looks the part of a TE. He isn't rated very physical, and I don't know what kind of pass-catching threat he would be.

I like Finley better than Davis and well and he was rated higher than Davis though the JS Insider rankings. Big upside

[the_idle_threat]

Big upside is probably better than big backside.