The Official 2010 NFL Draft Thread

[Gunakor]

Bulaga/Spitz/Wells/Sitton/Lang

I'd be okay with giving this a shot.

In all honesty though I'm hoping Colledge can regain his 2008 form and win the starting job at LG. The reason for that is because Spitz can back up many positions on the line whereas Colledge can't. We wouldn't have to worry about having to replace a guard AND a center if Scottie Wells got hurt, for example.

Obviously if Colledge can't perform well then you have to go with your best alignment up front. I certainly wouldn't simply hand him the starting job and tell him it's his. There has to be a competiton, but I hope Colledge wins it.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Interesting Blip in JS

The selection of Bulaga meant the Packers lost out on outside linebacker Jerry Hughes, who went 31 to Indianapolis. Hughes was a player the Packers had targeted before Bulaga's descent.

Not that I studied a lot, but I wasn't enamored with the OTs after the first four, so I was happy with the result. Of course, one player doesn't make a draft. Would like to see them build depth on defense for most of the rest of the draft. I wonder how highly the Packers management is on Brad Jones. He showed quite a bit last year, but how much more will he improve.

[Gunakor]

Interesting Blip in JS

The selection of Bulaga meant the Packers lost out on outside linebacker Jerry Hughes, who went 31 to Indianapolis. Hughes was a player the Packers had targeted before Bulaga's descent.

Bulaga's decent changed a lot of things, I imagine. Bulaga is reportedly one of 3 players TT was willing to package our first and third to move up to get, so when he fell into our lap at 23 I'm sure TT was as giddy as a 13 year old girl at an N'Sync concert.

There's still a chance that TT could get really ambitious tomorrow and put together a package to move up and nab Kindle. Probably doesn't want to give up our 3 this year, as deep as the middle rounds appear to be, but I could see him putting together a 2 and a 4 to move up 10 spots or so if he's still there.

[Bretsky]

Interesting Blip in JS

The selection of Bulaga meant the Packers lost out on outside linebacker Jerry Hughes, who went 31 to Indianapolis. Hughes was a player the Packers had targeted before Bulaga's descent.

Not that I studied a lot, but I wasn't enamored with the OTs after the first four, so I was happy with the result. Of course, one player doesn't make a draft. Would like to see them build depth on defense for most of the rest of the draft. I wonder how highly the Packers management is on Brad Jones. He showed quite a bit last year, but how much more will he improve.

Completely agree; after the top 4 tackles the only other I kind of liked was the Indiana OT Saffold...but....I highly doubt he was lasting til our pick in round two and I think he was going in top 10 picks in round two...so you are playing a dangerous game if you play the trade down game there.

I hope we can get a pass rushing OLB and Safety with two of our next three picks. Although, for whatever reason I've always been intrigued by McCluster so I wouldn't mind him either.

Brad Jones started a lot stronger as a starter than he finished. Hard to think he could have hit a rookie wall as he didn't play much of the year. I think he's a nice backup but am not sold on him becoming a consistently effective pass rusher.

I think in the next couple days we might also see a few veterans traded. Probably not from Green Bay...but all these breaks give GM's more times to talk and work out deals for draft picks. In the past JS reported that teams had called about Desmond Bishop. I wonder if they might be best off trading the guy if his game is not all around enough for our coaches to feel confident to give him a shot.

I went into this draft dreaming of somehow ending up with Hughes and Saffold.....but that wasn't going to happen

I'm real happy with the Buluga Pack.....and maybe that's not a good thing

I also would like to see a ZOLTAN drafted (punter for MICHIGAN) and an upside special teams return guy.

[Bretsky]

Interesting Blip in JS

The selection of Bulaga meant the Packers lost out on outside linebacker Jerry Hughes, who went 31 to Indianapolis. Hughes was a player the Packers had targeted before Bulaga's descent.

Bulaga's decent changed a lot of things, I imagine. Bulaga is reportedly one of 3 players TT was willing to package our first and third to move up to get, so when he fell into our lap at 23 I'm sure TT was as giddy as a 13 year old girl at an N'Sync concert.

There's still a chance that TT could get really ambitious tomorrow and put together a package to move up and nab Kindle. Probably doesn't want to give up our 3 this year, as deep as the middle rounds appear to be, but I could see him putting together a 2 and a 4 to move up 10 spots or so if he's still there.

I really think Kindle is going to be in the top 6 picks tomorrow..tough to move up that far

If he keep falling then I think the GM's know something we don't about the guy

I was also in love with Odell Thurman..spectacular player....but a terrible person who was destined for some extreme trouble...aka Lawrence Thunderbook (was that the Ram RB's name)

I'm wondering if Kindle is just a bad person nobody wants to touch

Great pass rushing skills; I'd love to see TT move up to nab him
I'd also be real intrigued by TT moving up for Taylor Mays in round two

Should be interesting tomorrow

I'm stocked to be in here all of tomorrow night

[Lurker64]

I'm pretty sure Kindle's fall is more than just character concerns.

The real concern I have about Kindle is that he's just not a very good lateral athlete. He's good in a straight line, but his change-of-direction skills are pretty poor. He also doesn't disengage well and is pretty ineffective when his initial move is handled.

So that makes you worry about him as an outside linebacker in coverage and also his effectiveness in the NFL. Since he doesn't (right now) have a counter to either his speed rush or his bull rush, he's going to get handled pretty easily by a lot of NFL tackles.

Worilds, Norwood, or Sapp would all be better picks than Kindle for OLB, in my personal opinion. None of these guys are immediate starters at OLB (IMO there weren't any this year), but Worilds and Norwood are in the "contributor as a rookie, starter as a second year player" category while Sapp and Kindle both are players who have one major deficiency with starter potential otherwise, but I think Sapp's are more correctable (mostly Sapp is terrible coming out of a three point stance and his pad level is too high when he turns the corner).

[mission]

Interesting Blip in JS

The selection of Bulaga meant the Packers lost out on outside linebacker Jerry Hughes, who went 31 to Indianapolis. Hughes was a player the Packers had targeted before Bulaga's descent.

Bulaga's decent changed a lot of things, I imagine. Bulaga is reportedly one of 3 players TT was willing to package our first and third to move up to get, so when he fell into our lap at 23 I'm sure TT was as giddy as a 13 year old girl at an N'Sync concert.

There's still a chance that TT could get really ambitious tomorrow and put together a package to move up and nab Kindle. Probably doesn't want to give up our 3 this year, as deep as the middle rounds appear to be, but I could see him putting together a 2 and a 4 to move up 10 spots or so if he's still there.

I really think Kindle is going to be in the top 6 picks tomorrow..tough to move up that far

If he keep falling then I think the GM's know something we don't about the guy

I was also in love with Odell Thurman..spectacular player....but a terrible person who was destined for some extreme trouble...aka Lawrence Thunderbook (was that the Ram RB's name)

I'm wondering if Kindle is just a bad person nobody wants to touch

Great pass rushing skills; I'd love to see TT move up to nab him
I'd also be real intrigued by TT moving up for Taylor Mays in round two

Should be interesting tomorrow

I'm stocked to be in here all of tomorrow night

Not a huge Kindle fan but somehow in round 2 would be pretty exciting, I'd be fine with that. Obviously Taylor Mays too... curious to see where the next tier of safeties goes. Where Morgan Burnett ends up ...

[Gunakor]

I really think Kindle is going to be in the top 6 picks tomorrow..tough to move up that far

If he keep falling then I think the GM's know something we don't about the guy

I was also in love with Odell Thurman..spectacular player....but a terrible person who was destined for some extreme trouble...aka Lawrence Thunderbook (was that the Ram RB's name)

I'm wondering if Kindle is just a bad person nobody wants to touch

Great pass rushing skills; I'd love to see TT move up to nab him
I'd also be real intrigued by TT moving up for Taylor Mays in round two

Should be interesting tomorrow

I'm stocked to be in here all of tomorrow night

Not sure. We'd have to see how it all unfolds tomorrow, but if 5 picks go by and Kindle is still there I'd be a fool not to try. I mean, it isn't quite the same risk that trading up for CMIII last year was, but the reward could be nearly as great.

Mays is also intriguing. The knocks against him are well documented, but there's still a few teams that need a safety that didnt' take one today. He'll probably be picked before we're on the clock tomorrow, but how far are we willing to move up and how much are we willing to give? That's a tough one to answer. I think Mays would be an immediate upgrade, but I'm not sure how significant it would be - at least immediately. Thus I'm not sure I'd give a whole lot or move very far up for him.

[Bretsky]

Interesting Blip in JS

The selection of Bulaga meant the Packers lost out on outside linebacker Jerry Hughes, who went 31 to Indianapolis. Hughes was a player the Packers had targeted before Bulaga's descent.

Bulaga's decent changed a lot of things, I imagine. Bulaga is reportedly one of 3 players TT was willing to package our first and third to move up to get, so when he fell into our lap at 23 I'm sure TT was as giddy as a 13 year old girl at an N'Sync concert.

There's still a chance that TT could get really ambitious tomorrow and put together a package to move up and nab Kindle. Probably doesn't want to give up our 3 this year, as deep as the middle rounds appear to be, but I could see him putting together a 2 and a 4 to move up 10 spots or so if he's still there.

I really think Kindle is going to be in the top 6 picks tomorrow..tough to move up that far

If he keep falling then I think the GM's know something we don't about the guy

I was also in love with Odell Thurman..spectacular player....but a terrible person who was destined for some extreme trouble...aka Lawrence Thunderbook (was that the Ram RB's name)

I'm wondering if Kindle is just a bad person nobody wants to touch

Great pass rushing skills; I'd love to see TT move up to nab him
I'd also be real intrigued by TT moving up for Taylor Mays in round two

Should be interesting tomorrow

I'm stocked to be in here all of tomorrow night

Not a huge Kindle fan but somehow in round 2 would be pretty exciting, I'd be fine with that. Obviously Taylor Mays too... curious to see where the next tier of safeties goes. Where Morgan Burnett ends up ...

For those who like him I think we might have a shot at him in round two

Round two will be another great spot for TT to look at trading down; I think there will be a few safeties that are similar left.

I'm still wanting two more Big Ten Players
O'Brien Schofield with our additional fifth round pick (end of 5th)
And bring on the Zoltan....Zoltan Mesko (round 6) from Michigan

[pbmax]

Zoinks. Vikes beat guys are saying the Vikings first choice at 34 got snatched up by the Saints.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/04/23/the-vikings-wanted-patrick-robinson/

The Vikings wanted Patrick Robinson
Posted by Gregg Rosenthal on April 23, 2010 9:50 AM ET
Last year around this time, Vikings coach Brad Childress crowed about snatching Percy Harvin one pick before the Patriots, who Childress believed was set to take him.

This year, Childress and Vikings G.M. Rick Spielman may have outsmarted themselves.

Both Judd Zuldad and Chip Scoggins of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune report that the Vikings traded down to No. 34 with the hope of selecting Florida State cornerback Patrick Robinson.

It looked like a safe move, but Saints surprised the Vikings (and everyone else) by taking a cornerback at No. 32.

With Minnesota's apparent favorite target off the board, a trade down early in the second round seems even more likely.

[Joemailman]

Vikes would have had Robinson at 30 if they'd looked at my 1st Round Mock.

Do they take Clausen at 34, or does Favre have veto power?

[pbmax]

What exactly does Jerry Jones know and when did he know it?

Said Cowboys owner Jerry Jones of WR Dez Bryant's issues with punctuality, "We had a president that couldn't get there on time a lot, Bill Clinton. Seriously. But boy, when he got there, he brought the wood."

[pbmax]

Vikes would have had Robinson at 30 if they'd looked at my 1st Round Mock.

Do they take Clausen at 34, or does Favre have veto power?

Spielman says there are four players they like left.

http://1500espn.com/sportswire/Spielman_4_players_possible_at_34_with_more_deals_possible

[Joemailman]

Jacksonville's reach for Alualu may have something to do with the fact they don't have a 2nd round pick. Having failed to trade down, assuming they wanted to, they had to take him in the 1st if they really wanted him.

Here's the picks left per team: http://www.gbnreport.com/picksbyteam.html

[mngolf19]

Vikes would have had Robinson at 30 if they'd looked at my 1st Round Mock.

Do they take Clausen at 34, or does Favre have veto power?

They won't trade any farther I don't think, and definitely won't go Clausen. I see them going Mays, Brown, Saffold. And if McCoy is still there at 62....