Who Should The Packers Draft: 1st Round

[denverYooper]

Now it's straightening out with us going with a reasonable prediction for selection of:
Nick Perry, Outside Linebacker, USC

Who cringes at the thought 'maybe, it might be' this pick?

Then there is a hybride DE/OLB also in the window at this time named Quinton Coples, N. Carolina.

Coples has been a beast at the Sr bowl practices but I've heard his best fit would be in a 43. There's a good chance he's off the board by 28, too.

[Lurker64]

He did draft Randall Cobb and DJ Smith last season. I don't know if he would draft a CB with the first pick anyway, we need OLB or DE. A good pass rush makes even a shitty secondary look good.

Randall Cobb is 5'10 2/8", DJ Smith is 5'10 5/8" Both are over the 5'10" threshold that TT has only gone below once (for Brandon Jackson).

The only position TT has come right out and said that he has a height requirement for was DB (and empirically it's at least 5'11"), but it just seems like he doesn't want to draft players shorter than 5'10"... he didn't even do it in Seattle.

[mraynrand]

But we got LUCKY with Greg Jennings as he was 'an OK a; BIG check mark; an ahh sure' in TT's book of Truth.Measurements and Sound Guides. Lucky for us Greg Jennings did a shitload of chinups and came in at one inch to the good...5'-11". GLORY BE!

I see. Now it's just luck. You make no sense.

[sheepshead]

My canned answer every year: Get the hell out of the first round and get some picks.

[Bretsky]

Draft the next Brooks Reed........look for an endless pass rusher with a great motor and great attitude whose a proven smash mouth football player. Get er done TT

[Bretsky]

There wont be a 1st round pick. TTs gonna get it turned into some 2s or 3s and go defense.

this would probably be a great strategy this year IMO
We need mass help on defense and we didn't get it from last year's draft

[denverYooper]

this would probably be a great strategy this year IMO
We need mass help on defense and we didn't get it from last year's draft

A lot can happen in the next 3 months to change stock, but I would not be surprised to see TT move back into the early-mid 2nd and take Vinny Curry or Ronnell Lewis. Both guys have been mentioned as being good fits for GBs OLB need and both are early-mid 2nd round grades so far.

[ThunderDan]

Draft the next Brooks Reed........look for an endless pass rusher with a great motor and great attitude whose a proven smash mouth football player. Get er done TT

That would be awesome. You have Clay and other OLB attacking the edges and Raji, Pickett, Neal, and/or a draft pick pushing the pocket from the middle. That would help the DBs!

[smuggler]

DE is a much bigger need than OLB right now, but there's no reason not to take one if they are BPA

[Smeefers]

I don't know about you guys, but I think we have a gaping hole at TE and ILB that we need to fill.

[Brandon494]

We obviously need to draft a WR.

[pbmax]

I don't know about you guys, but I think we have a gaping hole at TE and ILB that we need to fill.

As much as pass rush needs to improve, there is no skill that has lead to more draft busts. I would be happy if they went CB or safety (S unlikely in the first I know) and used the 2nd to secure a pass rusher. There needs to be a successor to Collins and Woodson will not be around forever. Perhaps not is House is considered a starter.

[sharpe1027]

As much as pass rush needs to improve, there is no skill that has lead to more draft busts.

Jamal Reynolds was just misunderstood.

[woodbuck27]

To reduce it this much is to ignore the decisions that brought BJ Raji (by several reports not the BPA at the time, Crabtree was higher) and Matthews and Burnett (trade up) to the team.

If you trust the grades of your scouting system, then there are waves of players grouped at certain levels. Depending on when you pick and other selections, those waves can disappear too quickly, leaving you with a board that is bereft of prospects worthy of the pick. That is why Burnett was the choice in Round 3 and part of the reason Thompson went back into round 1 for Matthews.

I believe we are maybe at best three four seasons away from seriously being a Super Bowl contender. having said that we could get very lucky and repeat in the next 2-3 seasons but I would be surprized if that's a reality. We need to see alot to get the team ready again. I see TT trading our 28th pick. he knows he has a boatload of work to do...many holes to fill. He trades down.OUR system is based in development and team play and attitude. We need a flush of talent in TC to step in for too many players on their way to retirement.

We are so fortunate ton win one last season.The proof of that is we had a solid cast back (minus Collins and Jenkins) and a ZERO. That team last season was hungry and believed.

[smuggler]

Come on woodbuck. The defense is porous, but defenses can turn things around in one season. It's been done before. If we had a middle of the road D, we are the best team in the league.