The official 2009 DRAFT thread

[Bretsky]

I must really be drunk. I swear Bill B. is wearing a suit and a tie.

wonder if his house burned down so he lost all his hoodies ?

[retailguy]

I must really be drunk. I swear Bill B. is wearing a suit and a tie.

wonder if his house burned down so he lost all his hoodies ?

his g/f lost them all in her divorce settlement, and all he had left was his 70's disco suit.

[Packnut]

Ammo

Thompson did what he was suppossed to do. It would have been foolish to spend the money it took to get Capers and then tell the guy to go to war with an empty gun.

Teddy gave the guy a few bullets. I'm surprised some missed the point on Raji. I firmly believe you need 2 solid NT's in the 3-4. It takes a ton of stamina to play every snap. Pickett was at his best when they rotated in and out. Now they can have that rotation again. It's not a situation where it's either Pickett or Raji-it's both.

Let's say for the sake of argument that the law of averages kicks in. Jenkins has proven good when healthy. May-be Harrell gives us something. If it works out, we can have a good rotation in the front 3 to where they are always fresh. That will help in the 4th quarter.

[Bretsky]

Re: Ammo

Thompson did what he was suppossed to do. It would have been foolish to spend the money it took to get Capers and then tell the guy to go to war with an empty gun.

Teddy gave the guy a few bullets. I'm surprised some missed the point on Raji. I firmly believe you need 2 solid NT's in the 3-4. It takes a ton of stamina to play every snap. Pickett was at his best when they rotated in and out. Now they can have that rotation again. It's not a situation where it's either Pickett or Raji-it's both.

Let's say for the sake of argument that the law of averages kicks in. Jenkins has proven good when healthy. May-be Harrell gives us something. If it works out, we can have a good rotation in the front 3 to where they are always fresh. That will help in the 4th quarter.

TT lover

[pbmax]

I must really be drunk. I swear Bill B. is wearing a suit and a tie.

wonder if his house burned down so he lost all his hoodies ?

Now that would be a loss. Have a look at this picture (safe for work, not safe for sanity)

http://cache-foo.deadspin.com/gawker/assets/images/11/2009/04/504x_belichick.com

[pbmax]

I must really be drunk. I swear Bill B. is wearing a suit and a tie.

wonder if his house burned down so he lost all his hoodies ?

his g/f lost them all in her divorce settlement, and all he had left was his 70's disco suit.

See shirt in above link!

[Bretsky]

MEL KIPER

LOVES GREEN BAY

[cpk1994]

Mel Kiper just picked the Packers as his big winner of the day.

[retailguy]

MEL KIPER

LOVES GREEN BAY

shit, we're doomed.

[Joemailman]

As things stand right now, 83 players will go off the board between packer picks. If TT is willing to do this, is it a sign that TT agrees with those who say this is a weak draft? Just grab the guys you really like, and ignore mediocre 2-3 round guys?

Bill Bellicheck is on ESPN saying his scouts thought the strength of this draft was the talent in the 2nd and 3rd rounds so their goal was to add picks there. interesting

I thought the consensus going on was that this year's draft was a weak top 10 but a strong top 50. That's partly why this was such a surprise. We'll see. Like a lot of people, I hadn't focused much on Matthews because I didn't think we'd have a shot at him. Very interesting day.

[Bretsky]

STEVE MARIUCCI PRAISING GREEN BAY AS WELL

[Fritz]

Man, that was a lot to give up for Mathews. I'm not a huge fan of trading up, but I do echo the sentiments of the poster (Harv, maybe?) who said at one point that many of the people blasting TT for being the "turtle" and never making a bold move now seem to be blasting him for giving up so much to make such a bold move....

I think it was a lot to give up, but I'm not a big trading up guy. Still, it seems that TT was telling us the truth when he said he needed to build up the core of the team, and feels he's done that so now he can spend his ammo to get the guys he wants.


I also think that TT likes the end of this draft - he trusts his scouts to find the fifth and sixth and seventh rounders that will turn into players (well, maybe one or two)..

All in all, people wanted TT to draft for need, mostly. They cried about Jordy Nelson last year, many folks, because GB didn't "need" a receiver. Now TT drafts at positions seen as need, and people still bitch - now that he didn't go "BPA." Thopugh maybe he did. Maybe he liked Raji better than Crabtree.

[RashanGary]

Paper champs!!

Woo Hoo!!

[Rastak]

We have the advantage of a great buzz and a generally happy feeling about what just occurred....

Do you think this can explain the earlier Wist anomaly?

Very possible but he'd have had to start awfully early.

[cpk1994]

We have the advantage of a great buzz and a generally happy feeling about what just occurred....

Do you think this can explain the earlier Wist anomaly?

Very possible but he'd have had to start awfully early.

Well, he could have downed a couple of silos quick.