Packers drafting RB's

[denverYooper]

Man, I miss Nick Collins now.

[Lurker64]

I think I'd prefer a star safety.

Couple of good safeties should be slotted about where the Packers pick: Vaccaro out of Texas, Elam out of Florida, Amerson out of NC State (he played CB, but he's a FS in the NFL), McDonald out of USC, and a few other guys could be in the conversation for the Packers on days 1 and 2. There's not the enormous dropoff after the first or second tier of safeties like there was last year, and to be honest I like Vacarro more than I liked Barron last year (who went 7th, largely due to positional scarcity.)

[woodbuck27]

I think I'd prefer a star safety.


Giants (Rolle and Phillips)
Packers (Collins)
Saints (Sharper)
Steelers (Polumalu)
Giants (Phillips)
Colts (Bob Sanders in prime)
Steelers (Polumalu)
Patriots (Rodney Harrison)
Patriots (Harrison)
Buccaneers (Lynch)
Patriots (Harrison)
Ravens (Reed)
Rams (Major Exception)
Broncos (Atwater)
Broncos (Atwater)
Packers (Butler)
49ers (major exception)
Cowboys (Darren Woodson)
Cowboys (Darren Woodson)
Redskins (Exception as far as I know)
Giants (Exception as far as I know)
49ers (Ronny Lott)
49ers (Ronny Lott)



By and large, it's a list of who's who among tops safeties at their particular time in the game. For whatever reason, safeties seem to make a huge difference in a defense. In the last 12 years, I don't think one team has won a SB without a probowl safety. The same can't be said about RB. It's almost exactly the opposite. RB has been one of the least important positions the last 12 years.

Elite QB
Elite S
Pass rush

Those seem to be the common themes in SB winning teams as of late.

Solid observation.

[rbaloha1]

The Packers need to place an emphasis on drafting a big time back just like they did for defensive players this year.

Move up and snag a good one.

[Smidgeon]

Couple of good safeties should be slotted about where the Packers pick: Vaccaro out of Texas, Elam out of Florida, Amerson out of NC State (he played CB, but he's a FS in the NFL), McDonald out of USC, and a few other guys could be in the conversation for the Packers on days 1 and 2. There's not the enormous dropoff after the first or second tier of safeties like there was last year, and to be honest I like Vacarro more than I liked Barron last year (who went 7th, largely due to positional scarcity.)

Music to my ears. Although I'm still hoping McMillian comes on strong.

[mission]

We really need to hit on a RB even if it's a late-round pick. Can't say TT hasn't tried, but "his type" doesn't necessarily translate to the NFL. Look at all the successful types aside from AP -- they just don't share the general stature that TT has looked for.

Alex Green could have been different given his size, but he runs like a 200 lb back. Style just doesn't match his size.

[Pugger]

RBs might be a dime a dozen but the good ones are few and far between. I don't know if this is the best RB class to come out this spring so I don't know if we'll find a real good one in this draft or not.

[woodbuck27]

http://espnwisconsin.com/common/page.php?feed=2&id=5301&is_corp=1

Running to daylight?

By JASON WILDE ... jwilde@espnwisconsin.com

.... with opposing defenses insisting on playing their safeties deep in Cover-2 schemes – a tactic meant to take away the Packers’ downfield passing game while daring the Packers to run against them – the party line that the success of the Green Bay running game is measured more on the quantity of the runs than the quality is no longer valid.

Says who? Quarterback Aaron Rodgers. Fr. LINK

GO PACK GO !