Your Official Packers Draft Wish List

[woodbuck27]

From Wilde at Sulia:

I'm not sure #Packers GM Ted Thompson and ESPN's Mel Kiper are pals, but they see RBs the same. Kiper quote:
“I've been saying it for 35 years -- you can find running backs at any point in the draft. I would never draft a running back in the first round. And when you see what (Baltimore's) Bernard Pierce did, you see what (Seattle's) Robert Turbin did, you see what (Vick) Ballard did at Indianapolis, obviously what Alfred Morris did with the Redskins, it's another statement as to why and a validation as to why that philosophy has worked over the years."

In his eight drafts in Green Bay, Thompson has selected a not-so-grand total of six running backs or fullbacks: Jackson (second round), fullback Korey Hall (sixth round) and halfback DeShawn Wynn (seventh) in 2007; fullback Quinn Johnson (fifth) in 2009; Starks (sixth) in 2010; and Green (third) in 2011.

We'll have more on the running back position as part of our ESPNWisconsin.com draft series, which kicks off next week.

When I get the logical best #26 pick figured out. I'll post that Mock Draft.

As it stands today...my Seven Round Mock will feature a very decent RB at Pick #159 or #167 in Round Five (5).

[woodbuck27]

Getting back to the wish list....my anti-wish list - what I hope the team does not draft with the first or second round picks...

A tight end (why do so many mocks have the team taking a tight end? Is Jermichael seen as gone already?)

An offensive tackle or guard.

An outside linebacker.

A cornerback.

Bang on Fritz. I agree with your analysis.

[Fritz]

And what I do want, in those first three rounds....

A defensive nose tackle who can't be moved.

An inside linebacker who is tall and fast and mean and smart.

A center who is big and quick and smart.

[woodbuck27]

And what I do want, in those first three rounds....

A defensive nose tackle who can't be moved.

An inside linebacker who is tall and fast and mean and smart.

A center who is big and quick and smart.

Fritz:

I've got you covered:



A defensive nose tackle who can't be moved.



An inside linebacker who is tall and fast and mean and smart.



A center who is big and quick and smart

[red]

A tight end (why do so many mocks have the team taking a tight end? Is Jermichael seen as gone already?)

probably because we are dangerously thin at TE right now

we only have 5 or 6 on the active roster

we all know you need at least 7 or 8 in order to compete these days on the special teams battlefield we call the NFL

[woodbuck27]

Tyler Dunne @TyDunne 3m
The mocks continue. Former NFL scout @MoveTheSticks has the #Packers taking S Jonathan Cyprien

http://www.nfl.com/draft/2013/mock-d...itter_jeremiah

He can play ball ! He loves to hit !! 6' - 0 " 217 lbs. SS.

Check out 'the Man in Black' wearing NO. 7 on the LHS Video, bottom of this LINK:

http://www.nfldraftscout.com/ratings/dsprofile.php?pyid=92517&draftyear=2013&genpos=SS

Again...I'll be surprized if he falls to #26.

PACKERS !

[woodbuck27]

probably because we are dangerously thin at TE right now

we only have 5 or 6 on the active roster

we all know you need at least 7 or 8 in order to compete these days on the special teams battlefield we call the NFL

Ahhhhhh

[The Shadow]

Eddie Lacy is NOT worthy of a first round pick.

[3irty1]

He can play ball ! He loves to hit !! 6' - 0 " 217 lbs. SS.

Check out 'the Man in Black' wearing NO. 7 on the LHS Video, bottom of this LINK:

http://www.nfldraftscout.com/ratings/dsprofile.php?pyid=92517&draftyear=2013&genpos=SS

Again...I'll be surprized if he falls to #26.

PACKERS !

I wouldn't be surprised if he was available with our 2nd round pick. Perhaps I just don't see the value in a safety with average linebacker speed. We already did that experiment and its name was Charlie Peprah.

[Fritz]

Herre's another thing: why do people think that taking a safety in the first or second round will fix the safety problem this year? You could draft the next Nick Collins and he would mostly suck this year. We know this to be true because Nick Collins sucked his first two years.

That's why I wonder if safety is not as urgent a need as we think. We've got the kid from Maine going into year two. He'll be better. And I hope Richardson returns from his injury. Anybody hear anything about his health?

[3irty1]

Getting back to the wish list....my anti-wish list - what I hope the team does not draft with the first or second round picks...

A tight end (why do so many mocks have the team taking a tight end? Is Jermichael seen as gone already?)

An offensive tackle or guard.

An outside linebacker.

A cornerback.

If we were to draft a guard (especially in the first) I'd be happy with that. That guard would probably be Cooper in the 1st or Warford in the 2nd both of which could play center but TJ Lang might be able to move over and play center as well. Either way a guard could be a contributor and a good one.

[Pugger]

Herre's another thing: why do people think that taking a safety in the first or second round will fix the safety problem this year? You could draft the next Nick Collins and he would mostly suck this year. We know this to be true because Nick Collins sucked his first two years.

That's why I wonder if safety is not as urgent a need as we think. We've got the kid from Maine going into year two. He'll be better. And I hope Richardson returns from his injury. Anybody hear anything about his health?

With the return of Perry plus another pass rusher in this draft to compliment CM3 our secondary could look a heck of lot better than it does presently.

[3irty1]

Herre's another thing: why do people think that taking a safety in the first or second round will fix the safety problem this year? You could draft the next Nick Collins and he would mostly suck this year. We know this to be true because Nick Collins sucked his first two years.

That's why I wonder if safety is not as urgent a need as we think. We've got the kid from Maine going into year two. He'll be better. And I hope Richardson returns from his injury. Anybody hear anything about his health?

If you are going to throw a rookie into the fire and get contributions out of them, Safety is one of the best positions on defense. Most don't really work like Nick Collins who made a position change from college where he was a CB. The position translates very well from College to the NFL which is probably why the position busts so infrequently. Also Capers likes using extra safeties in his dime packages so another one wouldn't be the worst.

[Fritz]

I agree with your last line, but I also remember Darren Sharper taking two or three years to develop. Thus, I am not sure of your assertion that the transition is a quick one.

[pbmax]

TJ Lang would be a very large center. Especially height-wise. Isn't Lang 6-3 or 6-4?