2016 Draft

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Mike McCarthy recaps Green Bay Packers draft

Brian Jones - Apr 30, 5:41 PM

http://gnb.247sports.com/Bolt/Mike-McCarthy-recaps-Green-Bay-Packers-draft--45109383

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" ...Green Bay Packers head coach Mike McCarthy was available to the media as soon as the 2016 NFL Draft was done, and one of the things that stood out for him was the additions of two offensive tackles Jason Spriggs and Kyle Murphy.

“There's a desire to get bigger,” McCarthy said via Lori Nickel of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. “We've accomplished that. I look at the draft board like a game plan - you need to stick to it. Stay true to the board - but you can never have enough big men. It's a big man's game. Challenges during the season, you have to make sure you take care of things up front.” .."

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Is he in the market for a penis pump?

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Andrew Luck @FauxAndyLuck 58m58 minutes ago

Beth,

There was a draft. President Grigson added many large infantrymen, but my kidneys still ache.

Your obedient servant,
Andrew

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Trouble by the oxford comma and possibly with math.

JS Comments @JSComments 2h2 hours ago
Letting Hayward go, not signing Mike Neal and keeping Nick Perry is just one of the reason this team will never sniff a Super Bowl under TT

[HarveyWallbangers]

Though I'd look back and throw out what the draft would have looked like for the Packers if I were running it. I tried to exclude hindsight as much as I could.

Round 1 (27) - DT Vernon Butler, Louisiana Tech (went #31). I had Jarran Reed, Vernon Butler, and Kenny Clark ranked similarly, but for what I thought the Packers needed I would have gone with Butler.
Round 2 (48) - OT Jason Spriggs, Indiana (48). He was the top player on my board, and I did have an end of round 1 value on him, so I would have endorsed the trade up.
Round 3 (88) - ILB Joshua Perry, Ohio State (102)
Round 4 (131) - RB Devontae Booker, Utah (136)
Round 4 (137) - OG Connor McGovern, Missouri (144)
Round 5 (163) - TE Jerrell Adams, South Carolina (184)
Round 6 (200) - CB Maurice Canady, Virginia (209)

[Freak Out]

I'd be good with that. Really like Booker.

[wist43]

I've been hemming and hawing on this draft... don't know what to think of it. Guess I'll give it a C b/c I'm not much committed either way.

The best pick is Spriggs... he's not strong enough now, but I think a year or two in an NFL training program and he'll be fine. He's got great feet, and pretty good hands. He as to solve that inside counter move - he'll need a lot of coaching to get over that.

I think Martinez has a chance to be our nickel and dime ILB... not b/c he's a super athlete and can get sideline to sideline, but b/c he's got a high football IQ, and very good instincts. Combine that with okay speed, certainly not great, but okay, and I think he'll be a big improvement over Ryan and Barrington - neither of whom should be on the field in subpackages.

I like Davis and Murphy as projects. Murphy will definitely make the roster... not sure about Davis with the numbers game, but he has speed and that is something we desperately need.

Have no idea what to do with Lowry and Fackrell. Lowry can be a rotation guy at DE; and I don't think Fackrell is going to make anyone forget about Peppers when he leaves after next season.

Don't think Clark has enough athleticism to have any impact on passing downs - unless it's just cleaning up with garbage sacks when the QB is forced to step up. He should be okay against the run.

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This draft doesn't do much to help us this year, except that Spriggs will probably be the first one off the bench when an OL goes down, and Martinez will hopefully make the mess at ILB a little less messy. The rest of the guys are developmental guys, rolls players, etc... no impact players.

I doubt we will be the favorite to win the division, we didn't win it last year, and the Vikings definitely had a better offseason than we did. I seriously doubt we'll make a serious push for the SB. Tick-tock.

[mraynrand]

One of the problems with being a pessimist is that you can never celebrate when you are proven right.

-Thomas Sowell

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Analytics and the Draft: What they think we should know https://statsbylopez.com/2016/05/02/...stand-in-2016/

1. In an efficient market, trading of draft picks would yield similar value. In fact, the team that trades down and gets more picks is more successful. Lesson: don't trade up, trade down.

2. Top picks in the draft are more expensive but yield less ROI. Best spot is end of first, beginning of second. Though new CBA has lessened this.

3. Success in drafting players is not sustained year over year. Meaning its largely luck and guesswork.

4. Sunk cost fallacy makes evaluation of results problematic. Round 1 picks receive much more playing time than other players, regardless of performance. However, some positions (O Line) are tough to measure.