Packers Draft

[ThunderDan]

I have been reading a couple of the draft related pages on this forum and it seems like you either like the draft picks or hate them.

Here are what some of the online sites are saying.

http://nfl.si.com/2013/04/28/2013-nfl-draft-grades-jaguars-49ers-rams-top-the-class/?eref=sihp

Green Bay Packers
So…no one else wanted RBs Eddie Lacy or Johnathan Franklin? Well, good luck trying to stop them in Green Bay’s offense. DE Datone Jones also has a perfect look for the Packers’ front. G/T David Bakhtiari gives the Packers another option along the O-line (as does J.C. Tretter), while S Micah Hyde will be in the mix on defense. Grade: A-minus

http://aol.sportingnews.com/nfl/story/2013-04-27/nfl-draft-2013-grades-team-by-team-analysis-report-card-steelers-eagles

An A from The Sporting News.
Green Bay Packers: The highlight of another good Ted Thompson haul was doubling up on running backs with Alabama's Eddie Lacy and UCLA's Johnathan Franklin. After their recent injury mess at the position, the powerful fresh legs the Packers now have sets them up for a much stronger committee approach. They also nailed the first round with UCLA defensive end Datone Jones, a versatile player ready to be a productive pass rusher in their 3-4. Then they went for two offensive tackles — Colorado's David Bakhtiari and Cornell's J.C. Tretter — who will end up helping on their line somewhere

[woodbuck27]

Any bias in the post Packer fan?

Are you being entirely objective?

Didn't 'you' find any sites with a lesser grade?

Many Packer fans can. This one..... certainly can.

GO PACK GO !

[ThunderDan]

Any bias in the post Packer fan?

Are you being entirely objective?

Didn't 'you' find any sites with a lesser grade?

Many Packer fans can. This one..... certainly can.

GO PACK GO !

Please feel free to post other sources. I look at SI, Sporting News and Bleacher Report. I am asking what is out there.

[Cheesehead Craig]

The draft is a great time of year when most team's fans revel in the fact that their team got better. As we all know it takes a minimum of 3 years to determine if a team's draft was successful to see how the picks do on the field. For now though ThunderDan, I don't see a problem in being positive on the picks.

[ThunderDan]

The Green Bay Packers started the draft off with a very soft bang. That is to say, their pickup of Datone Jones didn't send shock waves through the NFL, but perhaps it should have. Jones is a perfect fit for what the Packers want to do up front.

Adding tailback Eddie Lacy was an inspired choice; plugging the draft's only do-everything back into the Packers' explosive downfield offense could be lethal. If not, fourth-round choice Johnathan Franklin could step up and gash defenses in the space opened up by the passing attack.

The Packers reloaded the offensive line in the fourth round with tackle David Bakhtiari and guard J.C. Tretter. They also bolstered the secondary with cornerback Micah Hyde. I like going WR/WR in the seventh; the team needs more bodies there right away and can groom starters long-term.

GRADE: B

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1620969-2013-nfl-draft-grades-team-by-team-report-cards-results#/articles/1620969-2013-nfl-draft-grades-team-by-team-report-cards-results/page/13

[woodbuck27]

The draft is a great time of year when most team's fans revel in the fact that their team got better. As we all know it takes a minimum of 3 years to determine if a team's draft was successful to see how the picks do on the field. For now though ThunderDan, I don't see a problem in being positive on the picks.

I so want to share in the joy some of you are sure that TT has given us.

If I did so I'd be lieing to myself.

Please don't allow what I experienced to dampen your joy. Revel in that joy but today and until I get there. Being as rational as I am. It won't be.

Frankly...I'm not over joyed with any of TT's picks at the spots he made them. I'm certainly not impressed with TT's watered down product overall in 'his draft'. His draft 'clear and simple'... shocked me.

Again ... please fill your boots on any joy that you feel. Good for you.

As a Packer fan I cannot get there.

GO PACK GO !

[ThunderDan]

Green Bay Packers: Looks like GM Ted Thompson's usual haul of potential starters, including DE Datone Jones and quality depth (OL David Bakhtiari). And don't be shocked if fourth-round RB Johnathan Franklin pushes second-rounder Eddie Lacy (but nice value at No. 61) for playing time. GRADE: A-

USA Today http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports...rades/2120157/

[woodbuck27]

Please feel free to post other sources. I look at SI, Sporting News and Bleacher Report. I am asking what is out there.

Here's 'a heads up' for you.

Please feel free to use your puter and a Goggle search to do 'just that' yourself.

It's my experience that 'just that' will work best for you, ThunderDan.

PACKERS !

[ThunderDan]

Mel Kiper says: Pack one of 3 teams to get an A.

http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2013/4/28/4278476/2013-nfl-draft-grades-mel-kiper-ravens-bills-packers

[ThunderDan]

The Washington Post:

GREEN BAY PACKERS: Green Bay made its first two picks count, even though they came late in the first and second rounds. Getting Datone Jones was well worth the 26th choice. And getting Eddie Lacy late in the second round could end up being a memorably good move. Grade: B+

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/football-insider/wp/2013/04/29/2013-nfl-draft-rewind-grading-the-nfc/

[ThunderDan]

Even, ClarionLedger gives the Pack an A-.

http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20130428/SPORTS02/130428036/2013-NFL-draft-grades-Chiefs-Rams-Ravens-top-class

- Green Bay Packers: Looks like GM Ted Thompson's usual haul of potential starters. Don't be shocked if fourth-round RB Johnathan Franklin pushes second-rounder Eddie Lacy for playing time. Grade: A-

[ThunderDan]

At the Acme PAcking Co: http://www.acmepackingcompany.com/20...grades-packers

Worst grade is from Jason with a B.

[pbmax]

I love being asked to do continued research to make someone else's contrary point.

That said I prefer when the draft reviews are fair to middlin'. Nobody knows what these guys will produce.

[ThunderDan]

I love being asked to do continued research to make someone else's contrary point.

That said I prefer when the draft reviews are fair to middlin'. Nobody knows what these guys will produce.

No doubt, no one knows for sure what is going to come of this draft for a while. It could be a complete bust think Sherman or another TT bonanza or TT dry year.

[Ballboy]

I'm trying to decided if my dislike for a player is clouding my judgement on him being drafted.

Eddie Lacy pick really dont like. Lets be honest, MM is not a running coach....he passes to pass and even the second coming of Barry Sanders wouldnt change that.....why then would a team use a 3rd on a running back? All of us have seen the lack of commitment to the run; so as a GM why would you use a pick? Lets look at the player himself....yes he had 1300 yards for a 6.0 average with ONLY 17tds....all this playing for a team that for the most part ran the ball late in games he broke 100 only 5 times. All that, and 3 out of his 5 OL were drafted this year, two in the first round!

The Franklin pick doesnt bother me, he seems to be more of the 3rd down back type which is really all MM does on every down. I've heard Lacy can catch as well, but doesnt have the jitter-bug types moves as Franklin.

The mid pick OL seem to be projects, none of them will help in the short term. I was hoping to get a DL and OL in the first two rounds to help the DL and give some compeition at the tackle position on the OL......these guys dont seem like they will provide much competition this year.

In a draft that was to be deep on S, we drafted none. You can say what you want about the "youth back there" as both MM & TT have said, but anyone who watched the games will see the hole. I have hopes for MD Jennings...but McMillian seems like Atri Bigby; like to play at the line, but sucks in coverage.

I really like the 7th round WR's we took. FINALLY, a big(both are 6'4") and fast(both ran 4.4 & 4.47) bodies. Again, they wont help this year, but a year on the PS and maybe they can fill in.

Since people want grades, I will give them a "C". The only reason it is that high is because I have learned never to doubt TT when it comes to drafting players......ie Rogers, Matthews, Nelson, Cobb.......only people wrong more often then me are weather people.