Good news I hadn't thought about - from rookie camp

[rbaloha1]

Lacy is enough, but my opinion is also based on their drafting of Jones.
First two picks, both with injury histories. That's some demonstration of organizational paranoia on injuries going into the draft.

If I recall correctly Jones does not nearly have the injury history of Lacy.

On the other hand, other teams passed on Lacy due to injury history and other lesser issues.

The point is McGinn is mocking the organization for drafting someone with a big injury history like Lacy when that is a big concern.

Bottom Line: The injury history is too much to pass up and worthy of a second round pick. Once Lacy starts tearing it up, McGinn shall be reminded.

[rbaloha1]

Shouldn't Bobbo's understanding of the Packers paranoia about injuries make him MORE thrilled Lacy since he must be healthy?

Or is Bob still claiming the Packer's blew the trade downs and the pick and ended up with someone they actually did not want?

Listen to the podcast before you name call -- it is obvious you did not and your posts just make a nonsensical pretzel.

[Patler]

Before the draft, one of the writers, don't remember if it was McGinn, said Jones would be a perfect fit for Green Bay, but was red flagged because of their conviction not to draft injury risks, and Jones is walking around with a pin in hist foot.

[rbaloha1]

Before the draft, one of the writers, don't remember if it was McGinn, said Jones would be a perfect fit for Green Bay, but was red flagged because of their conviction not to draft injury risks, and Jones is walking around with a pin in hist foot.

It was Dunne. Believe McGinn wanted Sylvester Williams.

[pbmax]

Listen to the podcast before you name call -- it is obvious you did not and your posts just make a nonsensical pretzel.

It was Dunne. Believe McGinn wanted Sylvester Williams.

I understand your confusion because Dunne took the red flagged by Packers Datone Jones in the first round for his mock.

[Fritz]

Yes, they are absolutely paranoid about injuries. That's why they spent a high draft pick on a guy who had toe surgery and was nicked up this spring, and whose injury history appeared to drop the guy's stock a bit.

Yes, that makes perfect sense.

[rbaloha1]

Yes, they are absolutely paranoid about injuries. That's why they spent a high draft pick on a guy who had toe surgery and was nicked up this spring, and whose injury history appeared to drop the guy's stock a bit.

Yes, that makes perfect sense.

McGinn calls out Packer hypocrisy which fills up this board.

Which high round picks are injury free?

[3irty1]

Happy belated Mother's Day Mrs. McGinn.

[rbaloha1]

Happy belated Mother's Day Mrs. McGinn.

Happy belated Mother's Day Mrs. JackAss.

[run pMc]

Or is Bob still claiming the Packer's blew the trade downs and the pick and ended up with someone they actually did not want?

This was the impression McGinn gave me on the podcast -- that Lacy was there when they traded down and he was still there when the later pick was on the clock, so they were faced with taking a player with a injury history. At 61, most people would agree Lacy is a great value pick, and it's obvious based on PIT and DEN's statements that his injury history scared a lot of teams and caused him to fall. Injuries or no, it's no stretch to think he was the BPA and they took him. Nobody AFAIK put a gun to TT's head and made him pick Lacy. (Well, maybe McCarthy did, but we'll never know.) He could have picked someone else (I was hoping for a WR, personally).

Regardless of what TT did at 61, McGinn would have had a bone to pick and a story to sell:

- either passing on Lacy altogether ("how could he pass him up with the running game in shambles?")
OR
- bucking the "no injury" trend and taking what some consider to be a franchise-level back.

No matter what, he's fanning flames and trying to drive clicks, as he's paid to.
I think it's kind of pointless to argue until we see Lacy play. If he's an upgrade over Starks/Green he's a good pick and the rest doesn't matter much.

IIRC Dunne picked Jones & McGinn picked Sylvester Williams in their mocks.

The vast majority of these guys played with some kind of injury, many of them missing time. It's football. The injury thing is important but in this case it's getting overblown.

Wait -- why are we talking about McGinn again? Aren't there other journalists we can complain about?

[run pMc]

Happy belated Mother's Day Mrs. JackAss.

Dude, relax. Stuff like that is uncalled for and will get you banned.
Go outside and enjoy the weather or something for a while.

[rbaloha1]

Dude, relax. Stuff like that is uncalled for and will get you banned.
Go outside and enjoy the weather or something for a while.

Dude -- you go chill braddah.

[rbaloha1]

This was the impression McGinn gave me on the podcast -- that Lacy was there when they traded down and he was still there when the later pick was on the clock, so they were faced with taking a player with a injury history. At 61, most people would agree Lacy is a great value pick, and it's obvious based on PIT and DEN's statements that his injury history scared a lot of teams and caused him to fall. Injuries or no, it's no stretch to think he was the BPA and they took him. Nobody AFAIK put a gun to TT's head and made him pick Lacy. (Well, maybe McCarthy did, but we'll never know.) He could have picked someone else (I was hoping for a WR, personally).

Regardless of what TT did at 61, McGinn would have had a bone to pick and a story to sell:

- either passing on Lacy altogether ("how could he pass him up with the running game in shambles?")
OR
- bucking the "no injury" trend and taking what some consider to be a franchise-level back.

No matter what, he's fanning flames and trying to drive clicks, as he's paid to.
I think it's kind of pointless to argue until we see Lacy play. If he's an upgrade over Starks/Green he's a good pick and the rest doesn't matter much.

IIRC Dunne picked Jones & McGinn picked Sylvester Williams in their mocks.

The vast majority of these guys played with some kind of injury, many of them missing time. It's football. The injury thing is important but in this case it's getting overblown.

Wait -- why are we talking about McGinn again? Aren't there other journalists we can complain about?

Good post -- at least you listened. While I do not agree with your assessments at least you listened.

There are other journalists to complain about -- the ones that support McGinn's propaganda.

[pbmax]

McGinn calls out Packer hypocrisy which fills up this board.

The instead of simply calling out hypocrisy, which is a fine thing but easy to do, he should also find a way to square the Prime Directive that was reportedly executed at all levels of the building except the GM wing. Because his two stories don't match unless he is trying to report by inference that Thompson has lost his mind. Or has become Colonel Kurtz.

Because ol' Bob isn't the only person to notice the injury history of the top two picks.

A vastly better story would have been how the Packers are trying to eliminate inures while allowing that some are inevitable and if no risks are ever taken, the talent on the team will decline.

[pbmax]

The podcast was very similar to the draft day roundup McGinn wrote about how it seemed the Packers were trying to avoid picking Lacy but having no luck and eventually were almost forced to take him.

While its an entertaining narrative, it makes no sense for a man who is true to his board UNLESS there were no other 2nd round talents in the draft. In which case, if no more trade downs were attractive, its the ideal time to take a risk.