Mockzilla 2014

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Actually, the biggest problem with your mock is it doesn't include a guy drafted in Rounds 3-5 who played LT in college but who is projected as a Guard in the NFL. Every Packer mock should have that. Best results have come in the 4th. Sitton, Lang, Bakhtiari. Tretter?

has TT ever NOt drafted one of those guys in the mid rounds?

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Maybe I should have just mocked a draft with 9 safeties.

Wolf rule applies. Never do three at one position again. So two safeties and one combo CB.

[smuggler]

The three corners thing worked, though. Mike McKenzie was a good player for us, and one of the others we traded for Ahman Green.

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The three corners thing worked, though. Mike McKenzie was a good player for us, and one of the others we traded for Ahman Green.

Yeah, but the Ahman trade saved a poor draft effort. Mike was the 3rd round pick. Eduards and Vinson were terrible. If Holmgren wasn't in Seattle, that doesn't happen.

[call_me_ishmael]

Safety is becoming an increasingly important position w/ tight end and big receivers being so prevalent these days. It would be a mistake not to add a steady vet at the very least. Someone who will at least be solid and won't make many mistakes even if they're not special. Counting on a rookie to start there is a huge error in judgement. It would be a pleasant surprise if they do.

[smuggler]

Vinson was good, but tore up his knee iirc. Eduards was a bust. 2/3 ain't bad.

It's too late to add a veteran safety who's average or better. We'd have to scope another team's cutdowns if we wanted to go that route.

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Actually, the biggest problem with your mock is it doesn't include a guy drafted in Rounds 3-5 who played LT in college but who is projected as a Guard in the NFL. Every Packer mock should have that. Best results have come in the 4th. Sitton, Lang, Bakhtiari. Tretter?

Groy is more or less that man, obviously he didn't settle at LT but did play there. With all the extra juniors in this draft the last two rounds are where I see all the typical TT types. Wesly Johnson, Groy, Connor Boffeli, John Urschel etc. In a normal draft those would be TT's midrounders.

The cupboard is also pretty friggin stacked at OL this offseason. Without any moves it looks to be the strongest OL we've seen in the TT era.

[mraynrand]

Vinson was good, but tore up his knee iirc. Eduards was a bust. 2/3 ain't bad.

It's too late to add a veteran safety who's average or better. We'd have to scope another team's cutdowns if we wanted to go that route.

Vinson got the Packers Ahman; Wolf redeemed a pretty poor 1999 GM year with an impossibly good GM year in 2000.

[mraynrand]

The cupboard is also pretty friggin stacked at OL this offseason. Without any moves it looks to be the strongest OL we've seen in the TT era.

Especially after getting rid of Newhouse. + by -

[Pugger]

I'm not convinced TT is done with upgrading the Safety position although he may not do anything before the draft. There are still a lot of FA Safeties out there. Clemons is the biggest name out there, but I know Harvey, who knows more about players around the league than I do felt Clemons is overrated. Maybe TT thinks so too.

Clemens has signed with Houston. I do like Tre Boston but I too hope Ted drafts another safety before the 7th round.

[Spaulding]

I think the resigning of Shields signaled that TT isn't going to back himself into the signing of a safety if they aren't the best player available or at least on par with the value of the other available players. I think if this was the case he would have let Shields go with the thought that Heyward could move to the 2nd CB position and then Hyde back fill in the nickel.

As much as I think our safety play was beyond suck last year (watching the SB and the play of the Seahawks safeties play just further solidified what good S play does for the success of the overall defense), I think the moving of Hyde to S means that we'll up with BPA again.

Would love to a S (Prior) and ILB (Borland) taken in the first two rounds though. However I think Prior will be gone by our pick in the 1st and Borland although I love his instincts and production is just another hamstring injury waiting to happen and it's much of an upgrade in covering TE's over Jones.

[woodbuck27]

one of the two top safeties or mosley.

http://www.sbnation.com/nfl-mock-draft/2014/1/7/5284070/nfl-mock-draft-2014-roundup-bridgewater

Here is the average draft position of players in at least five mocks used:

C.J. Mosley - drafted 12th overall on average based on data this article (a small sample).

[woodbuck27]

I think the resigning of Shields signaled that TT isn't going to back himself into the signing of a safety if they aren't the best player available or at least on par with the value of the other available players. I think if this was the case he would have let Shields go with the thought that Heyward could move to the 2nd CB position and then Hyde back fill in the nickel.

As much as I think our safety play was beyond suck last year (watching the SB and the play of the Seahawks safeties play just further solidified what good S play does for the success of the overall defense), I think the moving of Hyde to S means that we'll up with BPA again.

Would love to a S (Prior) and ILB (Borland) taken in the first two rounds though. However I think Prior will be gone by our pick in the 1st and Borland although I love his instincts and production is just another hamstring injury waiting to happen and it's much of an upgrade in covering TE's over Jones.

TT will have a shot at a solid DB (CB or S) @ Pick 21.

He needs to address the Packers Red Zone inefficiency in 2013. He might go BPA (TE ) 'only if ' Eric Ebron is available.

WR's like O'Dell Beckham, Margise Lee and Brandin Cooks 9 (all about 5' - 11" ands 6 '- 0 "; aren't the BIG physical WR's that I feel that TT needs with his 21st pick to improve that Red Zone efficiency.

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http://www.sbnation.com/nfl-mock-dra...up-bridgewater

Here is the average draft position of players in at least five mocks used:

C.J. Mosley - drafted 12th overall on average based on data this article (a small sample).

that info is from january 7th, almost 3 months ago

i did my own research, i looked at 22 mocks that have come out in the last few days

ebron- average draft position is 10.2. the highest he was mocked was 9th, the lowest he went was 21. three of theose 22 mocks had him going to green bay at 21

clinton-dix- 14.6 average. highest mocked was 8th, lowest he was mocked was 22nd. no mock had him going to GB

cj mosely- 20.0 average. highest taken was 8th, lowest was 31. three mocks had him going to GB

Pryor- 22.8 average. highest was 17th, lowest- two mocks had him not taken in the first. 5 mocks had pryor going to green bay

of those 22 mocks i looked at. 3 of them had us taking jimmie ward

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further breakdown of those 22 mocks

mocks that had us taking a player at 21

calvin pryor-5
ryan shazier- 4
eric ebron-3
cj mosely- 3
jimmie ward- 3
Marqise Lee-1
Stephon Tuitt- 1
Darqueze Dennard- 1
Xavier Su’a-Filo- 1

notable names that no one had us taking

hageman
nix
clinton-dix