Your Official Packers Draft Wish List

[3irty1]

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

McCarthy has clearly been looking for a big center for some time. He tried Spitz there, then there was the Nick McDonald thing. It makes sense with all the teams switching to the 3-4 around the league.

Lang is 6-4 but that's certainly not too tall. Mangold, Birk, Mack, Pouncy, and many more are all that size. There are a couple in the league that are really tall. Unger is 6'5" the shitty Cook guy for Dallas is 6'6".

[smuggler]

I'm not so sure large is bad at center, unless it also means slow.

[Fritz]

Well, that equation might come down to the question of whether the Packers can get a guard who's better than Lang in the draft, and if Lang will be better than any center they could pick up in the draft.

[woodbuck27]

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.

Somewhere in cyber space I saw a thingy scenario about TT trading all the way up to where DT Sharrif Floyd had droped to spot NO. 11. Yikes that would cost a ransome!

Ted Thompson won't be trading up for anyone not named Datone Jones and maybe Datone Jones is a tad dramatic for Ted Thompson.

TT can sit at #26 and get a decent OT or DT.

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[woodbuck27]

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.

I'm looking at an OLBer in my mock at pick #122 in the fourth round. All my picks are going to be 'meat and potatoes 'guys.

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[woodbuck27]

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.

For picks after the top two rounds your right. That first round pick this year better be a starter and a contributor. I'm trying to mock the first three rounds that give us hope there.

[smuggler]

If memory serves, Sharper was also one of those CB/S transitions from the college game to the pro game.

[Fritz]

If memory serves, Sharper was also one of those CB/S transitions from the college game to the pro game.

Mere facts. They mean nothing. I refuse to change my point of view in the face of contradictory factual evidence.

[Guiness]

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 Aaron Rouse.

ftfy

[wist43]

McCarthy has clearly been looking for a big center for some time. He tried Spitz there, then there was the Nick McDonald thing. It makes sense with all the teams switching to the 3-4 around the league.

Lang is 6-4 but that's certainly not too tall. Mangold, Birk, Mack, Pouncy, and many more are all that size. There are a couple in the league that are really tall. Unger is 6'5" the shitty Cook guy for Dallas is 6'6".

I don't think TT and MM have been looking for a center very hard then - since they've never drafted one. Unless you count Junius Coston in 2005... they've drafted a bunch of "versatile" OL and tried to throw 'em in there, but they don't seem to be too exorcised over finding a decent center.

I'd be shocked if TT drafted a center.

[Guiness]

McCarthy has clearly been looking for a big center for some time. He tried Spitz there, then there was the Nick McDonald thing. It makes sense with all the teams switching to the 3-4 around the league.

Lang is 6-4 but that's certainly not too tall. Mangold, Birk, Mack, Pouncy, and many more are all that size. There are a couple in the league that are really tall. Unger is 6'5" the shitty Cook guy for Dallas is 6'6".

Oh, but won't you think of the pad level!

[3irty1]

I don't think TT and MM have been looking for a center very hard then - since they've never drafted one. Unless you count Junius Coston in 2005... they've drafted a bunch of "versatile" OL and tried to throw 'em in there, but they don't seem to be too exorcised over finding a decent center.

I'd be shocked if TT drafted a center.

They drafted Wells too. That's pretty significant.

[Joemailman]

Sherman drafted Wells.

[3irty1]

Sherman drafted Wells.

Oops I'm sorry.

[Carolina_Packer]

If Lane Johnson were to fall to #26, and the coaching staff was unsure of Sherrod's prognosis for return, do you have to take him? Newhouse was playing out of position, trying his best, but he's not a LT. Here's a link to an article on Lane Johnson and some video.