The Shadow Predicts.....

[Joemailman]

Why is Jimmie Ward so much better than Brooks or Reynolds? The guy is a little undersized and played at a smaller school.

A lot of people were impressed with Ward at the Senior Bowl. I wonder though if a lot of the mock drafts have him rated higher than most GM's do.

[The Shadow]

Waffling again. After watching CJ Mosley tape, I'm just not all that impressed. What about Ted swapping his #2 for a #3 to move up a bit - and landing WR Evans in the first? Then with 3 3rd round picks, gets Reynolds, Borland and the TE from Iowa?

[pbmax]

A lot of people were impressed with Ward at the Senior Bowl. I wonder though if a lot of the mock drafts have him rated higher than most GM's do.

That would fit Ted to a T, Senior Bowl standout who is sitting there is the 2nd round for him. If he gets there.

[Smidgeon]

I just want a pro bowler. Haven't drafted one for a few years.

[mraynrand]

I just want a pro bowler. Haven't drafted one for a few years.

that remains to be seen

[Smidgeon]

that remains to be seen

Do you think any of the recent draft picks have that in them? I can think of Hayward, but if he can't stay healthy...

[ThunderDan]

I just want a pro bowler. Haven't drafted one for a few years.

In the last two years we have had the:
2012 D Rookie of the Year
2013 O Rookie of the Year

[Smidgeon]

In the last two years we have had the:
2012 D Rookie of the Year
2013 O Rookie of the Year

Touche. I keep forgetting Lacy. :$

[mraynrand]

In the last two years we have had the:
2012 D Rookie of the Year
2013 O Rookie of the Year

I thought Luke Kuechly won DROY in 2012 (AP) (Did Hayward get a different award?)

[mraynrand]

Do you think any of the recent draft picks have that in them? I can think of Hayward, but if he can't stay healthy...

Other than Hayward and Lacy, Daniels has a shot, and there are a lot of potential guys who are too young/have too long an injury history to tell yet: Neal, Perry, Bakhtiari, Jones, Hyde. Andrew Datko will not be a pro bowler.

[Smidgeon]

Other than Hayward and Lacy, Daniels has a shot, and there are a lot of potential guys who are too young/have too long an injury history to tell yet: Neal, Perry, Bakhtiari, Jones, Hyde. Andrew Datko will not be a pro bowler.

None of those listed really strikes me as the type of player that will rise above. They all may be good football players, but the only one I think has the potential there is Jones. And not because he flashed the pro-bowl potential (except the singular play where he walked the LT back for a sack), but because Dline can take a while to shine. Daniels, I think, will be roughly Cullen Jenkins level: not quite probowl, but still really good. Maybe I'm being wistian in my assessment of the potential talent of the draft picks aside from Lacy and Hayward, but outside those two, no player has come in and lit up the field since Clay.

[Brandon494]

I thought Luke Kuechly won DROY in 2012 (AP) (Did Hayward get a different award?)

Hayward didn't win it

[mraynrand]

None of those listed really strikes me as the type of player that will rise above. They all may be good football players, but the only one I think has the potential there is Jones. And not because he flashed the pro-bowl potential (except the singular play where he walked the LT back for a sack), but because Dline can take a while to shine. Daniels, I think, will be roughly Cullen Jenkins level: not quite probowl, but still really good. Maybe I'm being wistian in my assessment of the potential talent of the draft picks aside from Lacy and Hayward, but outside those two, no player has come in and lit up the field since Clay.

It's especially hard to tell, because Capers misuses everyone!

[The Shadow]

I'm still waffling about the draft like a Swedish schoolgirl.
I NOW am convinced that Jimmie Ward is TT's guy.

[pbmax]

I'm still waffling about the draft like a Swedish schoolgirl.
I NOW am convinced that Jimmie Ward is TT's guy.

Then if you hear the words every Packer fan has become used to during the Packers pick (on tape delay, after the commercial):

"We have a trade ..."

And Ted drops back into the 2nd, you know you have it right.