Packers Draft Grades

[Guiness]

Good highlight reel, with the added bonus of not having some ridiculous epic music playing over it! The ball toss is nice.

It seems to me he looks awkward at times. First noticed it when he did that dive into the endzone, and I pick it up elsewhere, when he's going down, when he's trying to avoid a tackler. Worries me a bit.

[bobblehead]

I'm confused. Usually I form my opinion on a pick by going against what the posters think. The board seems split on this kid. He will be very average.

[wist43]

I'm confused. Usually I form my opinion on a pick by going against what the posters think. The board seems split on this kid. He will be very average.

lol...

I think the kid has tools... we'll see.

[Bretsky]

Man, the more I research Richard Rodgers the more I dislike that pick. I just can't drink the kool aid with this one. The guy is not athletic. He's not a great blocker. I know I'll be proven wrong, but I have a feeling this will go down as one of TT's worst picks. I totally understand most of the other picks (the homer in me wanted Brock Jensen with the last pick), but I'd rather have CB Pierre Desir, Aaron Colvin, or Walt Aikens OR NT DaQuan Jones or Justin Ellis or maybe ILB Jordan Tripp with that 3rd round pick.

[Bretsky]

I feel just the opposite, like everyone else I didn't like the pick until I started doing my research on the guy. Hes a natural pass catcher with huge hands who with just in a shitty situation at Cal. I also love the fact that his dad is a special teams coach in the NFL, that means he will have his shit together on specials teams and once he adds strength he'll become a good blocker. Of all the TEs left in the draft he had the most potential besides Lyerla whos a nut job. I also hear we could have gotten him later in the draft but we don't know that for sure, Ravens took a TE with a 7th round grade right after us. I don't think hes the next Finley but any means but I think he can become a Donald Lee type player for us.

I think he has a chance to be average

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That cool flip he does after he scores has "coaches kid" written all over it.

You can hear his old man saying "after you score, act like you've been there before".

No doubt! You assume (hope?) that trait carries over into other areas of his preparation too.

I've always remembered our HS coach reaming out a future all-state RB after jumping up a bit after scoring a TD in a fall camp scrimmage. "Act like you've fucking done that before. You're expected to score TDs, it's nothing to get excited about." Sat him the rest of the scrimmage; kid ran for 300+ first game of the season after that.

I think we ran every TD ball directly to the ref for the rest of the season. And we scored a shitload of touchdowns.

Monroe football, baby.



To Guiness' point... I see a bit of that awkwardness too. Maybe thinking a bit out there. Not sure if you can attribute that to just being slow, or new scheme, lack of football experience, etc... he's a young man who had a fluctuating body weight and and he kind of looks uncomfortable at times. Other times I see him making an acrobatic back shoulder catch and you think "ok this cat looks the part".

Guys like this maybe never had much of a shot in college, but can excel realizing they're in an offense with Rodgers, Nelson, Lacy, Cobb, Adams and dedicate themselves to the opportunity.

Dang guys, I really just love draft time and tend to see everyone succeeding until I know they won't. Definitely a draft homer so what do I know? Was a bit miffed about Thornton and this pick at first, but in TT we trust and all that.

[HarveyWallbangers]

I'm usually like that, but I just don't see it. Dude looks slow as molasses. I think this guy has a better chance of being the next Cory Rodgers (midround pick being cut his rookie year) than the next Jermichael Finley. I don't see how this guy is any better than the average-ness we already have at the position. I hope I'm wrong.

[Bretsky]

For those who love to dwell on numbers...Rodgers 40 Yard Dash was .11 slower than Ryan Taylor

[Bretsky]

I'm usually like that, but I just don't see it. Dude looks slow as molasses. I think this guy has a better chance of being the next Cory Rodgers (midround pick being cut his rookie year) than the next Jermichael Finley. I don't see how this guy is any better than the average-ness we already have at the position. I hope I'm wrong.

I hope I'm wrong too; but it baffles me how we took this guy over some of the other players...many of which you noted. Based on what I've seen I'm just as high as Bostik

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I hope I'm wrong too; but it baffles me how we took this guy over some of the other players...many of which you noted. Based on what I've seen I'm just as high as Bostik

Yes, maybe Bostik, but I think this guy has more skills than Quarless. At least in the passing game, don't know about blocking yet.

[smuggler]

Watching him run, I get the same feeling I get when I watch Torrey Smith run... Man he just doesn't look like he's running all that fast, but I think the size of his body causes that illusion...

That's not to say Rodgers runs a 4.4, but more simply, he's running faster than it looks he is.

Didn't we draft Quarless in the 2nd round? Relatively, this guy has much better ball skills, but isn't as fleet of foot. He's bigger, though, and probably a more capable blocker.

I think the highest upside we could see from him is a poor man's Jimmy Graham (but with actual blocking skills), but I have no delusions in thinking that will ever come to be.

[Bretsky]

Watching him run, I get the same feeling I get when I watch Torrey Smith run... Man he just doesn't look like he's running all that fast, but I think the size of his body causes that illusion...

That's not to say Rodgers runs a 4.4, but more simply, he's running faster than it looks he is.

Didn't we draft Quarless in the 2nd round? Relatively, this guy has much better ball skills, but isn't as fleet of foot. He's bigger, though, and probably a more capable blocker.

I think the highest upside we could see from him is a poor man's Jimmy Graham (but with actual blocking skills), but I have no delusions in thinking that will ever come to be.

I think Quarless was a 4th round pick.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Quarless was a 5th round pick. I was more impressed by Quarless than this guy coming out.

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Quarless was a 5th round pick. I was more impressed by Quarless than this guy coming out.

I thought it was a horrible pick at first. He doesn't even look like a TE to me... he hasn't been bad, but his ceiling is incredibly low.

[Joemailman]

Quarless was a 5th round pick. I was more impressed by Quarless than this guy coming out.

If this guy came out too, why is Michael Sam getting all the press?