Official 2019 Draft Thread

[Joemailman]

Seeing a lot of mocks with Packers taking Jachai Polite and Noah Fant with their 1st round picks. That would probably be pretty popular here, so I guess we can rule it out.

[Bretsky]

Seeing a lot of mocks with Packers taking Jachai Polite and Noah Fant with their 1st round picks. That would probably be pretty popular here, so I guess we can rule it out.

I can put the nail in the coffin by posting my mock and predicting they do ?

In all seriousness I was predicting GB takes the other Iowa TE and then when I figured out he hadn't even declared yet, I researched Fant more and I have told friends GB will nab him in round 1.

Now that the other dude declared I'm not sure what to think.

Either would be a great fit in GB

[pbmax]

I want at least one WTF? pick in the first round. I don't want to be able to find the kid's school with Google.

[Bretsky]

I want at least one WTF? pick in the first round. I don't want to be able to find the kid's school with Google.

YOU ARE GOING ALL WILD ON US AGAIN )))

Typically you are the voice of reason trying to contain me......now you want a Kyle Thorton of RIdgers Rodgers like round 3 pick in round 1 ? I remember those being captain obvious WTF picks

Da Rats scout well; we don't want a WTF pick.

[pbmax]

YOU ARE GOING ALL WILD ON US AGAIN )))

Typically you are the voice of reason trying to contain me......now you want a Kyle Thorton of RIdgers Rodgers like round 3 pick in round 1 ? I remember those being captain obvious WTF picks

Da Rats scout well; we don't want a WTF pick.

Tell that to Chad Jackson.

PackerRats picks look good in hindsight because we forget the poor choices or the multiple choices (eg. I want one of these guys).

Ted's WTF? picks in the second round were gold. No one wanted these picks at this spot:Terrence Murphy, Collins, Nelson, Jennings, Cobb, Hayward, Lacy, or Adams. I would say everyone wanted a RB in Lacy's year, but were mad when trading down and losing out on the other choices. The need choices Spriggs, Worthy, Colledge, King have been very mixed.

You could argue Lacy was a need and Rollins was such an outside the box pick that even though the position was a need, you can't call him consensus in any way.

I was arguing with wist (I think it was him*) about suggestions that PR were better than Ted. I suggested we have a thread detailing specific picks you would take with the slot in the first three round. No bargaining, no multi player lists, not guy in you post from February means we identified him.

Live, one person one player selection while Packers are on the clock. You and the Packers face the same board. It'll be easy to do the first round. Second and third get fast so unclear how well that will go.


* in his defense he believed that we were not superior to the pros, but had foreseen some trouble, especially on defense

[mraynrand]

Ted's WTF? picks in the second round were gold. No one wanted these picks at this spot:Terrence Murphy, Collins, Nelson, Jennings, Nelson, Cobb, Hayward, Lacy, or Adams.

Who is that second Nelson guy?

[pbmax]

Who is that second Nelson guy?

He is so nice the Packers picked him twice.

[mraynrand]

Tell that to Chad Jackson.

PackerRats picks look good in hindsight because we forget the poor choices or the multiple choices (eg. I want one of these guys).

Ted's WTF? picks in the second round were gold. No one wanted these picks at this spot:Terrence Murphy, Collins, Nelson, Jennings, Nelson, Cobb, Hayward, Lacy, or Adams. I would say everyone wanted a RB in Lacy's year, but were mad when trading down and losing out on the other choices. The need choices Spriggs, Worthy, Colledge, King have been very mixed.

You could argue Lacy was a need and Rollins was such an outside the box pick that even though the position was a need, you can't call him consensus in any way.

I was arguing with wist (I think it was him*) about suggestions that PR were better than Ted. I suggested we have a thread detailing specific picks you would take with the slot in the first three round. No bargaining, no multi player lists, not guy in you post from February means we identified him.

Live, one person one player selection while Packers are on the clock. You and the Packers face the same board. It'll be easy to do the first round. Second and third get fast so unclear how well that will go.


* in his defense he believed that we were not superior to the pros, but had foreseen some trouble, especially on defense

You could just make a Packerrats big board, with ranking within categories, overall and ranking position categories. Draft will then be almost automatic - just need some general consensus so that if the top ranked guy when each pick comes up is always say a tackle you could choose the next guy down if you've already picked one (or we could do it right after the draft, and adjust slightly, depending on how guys fall). Then we'd know if we were actually better. Let Wist make the big board and we (you) can fight over his rankings.

[Joemailman]

pb with the double nelson.

[mraynrand]

pb with the double nelson.

I just want to note that I think that hold (that is, the Full Nelson, not the Half-Nelson - which is kinda where Jordy is right now) is illegal in most wrestling leagues. If Harlan were here, he could confirm or deny, if he isn't still blocking me.

[Bretsky]

Tell that to Chad Jackson.

PackerRats picks look good in hindsight because we forget the poor choices or the multiple choices (eg. I want one of these guys).

Ted's WTF? picks in the second round were gold. No one wanted these picks at this spot:Terrence Murphy, Collins, Nelson, Jennings, Cobb, Hayward, Lacy, or Adams. I would say everyone wanted a RB in Lacy's year, but were mad when trading down and losing out on the other choices. The need choices Spriggs, Worthy, Colledge, King have been very mixed.

You could argue Lacy was a need and Rollins was such an outside the box pick that even though the position was a need, you can't call him consensus in any way.

I was arguing with wist (I think it was him*) about suggestions that PR were better than Ted. I suggested we have a thread detailing specific picks you would take with the slot in the first three round. No bargaining, no multi player lists, not guy in you post from February means we identified him.

Live, one person one player selection while Packers are on the clock. You and the Packers face the same board. It'll be easy to do the first round. Second and third get fast so unclear how well that will go.


* in his defense he believed that we were not superior to the pros, but had foreseen some trouble, especially on defense

TED had a lot of WTF picks in the 2nd round and some work and some didn't. I think many liked the Lacy, Cobb, and Adams picks as a fyi. I can't remember about Hayward. Round 3 WTF'ers seemed to be a downfall of ThanksTed

But my main point, was I don't want WTF picks in round one

[pbmax]

TED had a lot of WTF picks in the 2nd round and some work and some didn't. I think many liked the Lacy, Cobb, and Adams picks as a fyi. I can't remember about Hayward. Round 3 WTF'ers seemed to be a downfall of ThanksTed

But my main point, was I don't want WTF picks in round one

I will concede to the consensus on the first Round 1 pick, just because its so baffling to understand why they fail at the same rate as sixth rounders.

After that, I want Fritz posting that he hated the draft because it didn't address any needs and he never heard of these people. Which means it'll be great*. Ted's drafts got weird (other than 1st round which were always problematic) when he started drafting for recognizable needs. The Worthy pick haunts me


*This is not a knock on Fritz, but a recognition that he agreed with me than any draft that made sense to us the day after was usually terrible.

[pbmax]

You could just make a Packerrats big board, with ranking within categories, overall and ranking position categories. Draft will then be almost automatic - just need some general consensus so that if the top ranked guy when each pick comes up is always say a tackle you could choose the next guy down if you've already picked one (or we could do it right after the draft, and adjust slightly, depending on how guys fall). Then we'd know if we were actually better. Let Wist make the big board and we (you) can fight over his rankings.

If someone can wake up Mad and get us limited upload space, we can post our own rankings.

It should be part SPARQ and part scouting in my literal first thought about this.

I volunteer to track down the SPARQ numbers for players. Who will lead our scouting department? We are going to need some formal grading system or perhaps just a ranking with round grade, but it should be as uniform as possible among scouts.

[mraynrand]

If someone can wake up Mad and get us limited upload space, we can post our own rankings.

It should be part SPARQ and part scouting in my literal first thought about this.

I volunteer to track down the SPARQ numbers for players. Who will lead our scouting department? We are going to need some formal grading system or perhaps just a ranking with round grade, but it should be as uniform as possible among scouts.

Nice to offer. I can't really help, as I don't follow college hardly at all. Good luck waking The Mexican. (Wasn't Zool a moderator for a while? He has been AWOL since September.)

[ThunderDan]

I can put the nail in the coffin by posting my mock and predicting they do ?

In all seriousness I was predicting GB takes the other Iowa TE and then when I figured out he hadn't even declared yet, I researched Fant more and I have told friends GB will nab him in round 1.

Now that the other dude declared I'm not sure what to think.

Either would be a great fit in GB

I was running a draft on Fanspeak.com the other day and NE took Fant at 29 ahead of my pick at 32. Now I should be able to grab him before the Pats.