2019 NFL Draft Predictions

[Smidgeon]

Two questions for posterity and future research:

Who would you not hesitate to draft if they are available at 12?

Who do you think the Packers will select?

[RashanGary]

I like Oliver, Hockenson and Dillard

[bobblehead]

Dillard is the top Tackle in this draft hands down. Just cuz no one asked him to run block doesn't mean he can't. If he is there at 12, my only regret in drafting him would be that you are taking a top LT prospect and playing him at RT.

Bush is under rated and probably better than White. I have watched RBs and TEs kill us in short passes for like a decade without fat mike adjusting to the modern NFL. I would not cry with this pick.

Hockenson is the "dual threat" that I also lamented fat mike had no clue how to utilize. He had ONE drop last year. Not my ideal pick at 12, but I wouldn't cry.

Sweat is a beast with production. No one even talks about how good he was against the run. Please, please let teams pass on him.

Oliver won't get to us. No way no how. Mock drafts are mockable.

Finally Burns. He is kinda explosive and a bit twitchy. I think he becomes a really good edge. I don't care if he is "undersized". So was Von Miller.

[texaspackerbacker]

Predictions? Or What/Who we would want at #12?

I'm a firm believer in drafting for need - unless the BPA is just overwhelmingly good. I think we go with an ILB at #12. If both Devin White and Devin Bush are there, I'd go with White - higher ceiling. If neither is there at #12, that makes it tough. Then I suppose go with an O Lineman. I tend to agree with Nutz's rankings - Williams being the best, but likely to be gone by #12. The thing that worries me about Dillard is supposedly he isn't as strong a run blocker. I'm thinking that means he isn't as strong in general. Technique and pass blocking can be coached. Raw strength and athleticism, not so much. I'm leery of taking any O Lineman that high, though, because so many times, being great in college does not translate to being great as a pro.

I don't have nearly as high an opinion of Hockenson as some in here do, and I definitely don't want a TE at the #12 pick - probably not at #30 either.

Prediction: We draft a Devin at #12 and Nutz's 4th rated OT, Risner, at #30.

And I say again, I want and predict a Kicker somewhere around the 5th or 6th round.

[jklowan]

Guys I'd love in the 1st rd in order of pref for both picks...

Quinnen Williams
Ed Oliver
Nick Bosa
Devin White
Devin Bush
Jonah Williams
Andre Dillard
Jawan Taylor
Dalton Risner
Dexter Lawrence
Jerry Tillery

[jklowan]

with that they probably draft a TE & WR, and I'll throw up in my mouth

[gbgary]

i'm guessing they don't go big-splash and draft DL/OL/RB with their first 3 picks. hope i'm wrong though.

[bobblehead]

Predictions? Or What/Who we would want at #12?

I'm a firm believer in drafting for need - unless the BPA is just overwhelmingly good. I think we go with an ILB at #12. If both Devin White and Devin Bush are there, I'd go with White - higher ceiling. If neither is there at #12, that makes it tough. Then I suppose go with an O Lineman. I tend to agree with Nutz's rankings - Williams being the best, but likely to be gone by #12. The thing that worries me about Dillard is supposedly he isn't as strong a run blocker. I'm thinking that means he isn't as strong in general. Technique and pass blocking can be coached. Raw strength and athleticism, not so much. I'm leery of taking any O Lineman that high, though, because so many times, being great in college does not translate to being great as a pro.

I don't have nearly as high an opinion of Hockenson as some in here do, and I definitely don't want a TE at the #12 pick - probably not at #30 either.

Prediction: We draft a Devin at #12 and Nutz's 4th rated OT, Risner, at #30.

And I say again, I want and predict a Kicker somewhere around the 5th or 6th round.

You have managed to get everything wrong that is possible about OL in general and in specific. Dillard is the most athletic OL in this draft easy. He "can't" run block because they never did in his system. Technique can be taught in both pass and run. Footwork and agility (and size) is necessary for pass and can't be taught (much).

[texaspackerbacker]

I prefer big "road grader" type O Linemen, but apparently LaFleur favors smaller more mobile types. All I know about Dillard is what I read from Nutz. More athletic and a probable good pass blocker reminds me of what I read long ago about a guy named John Michaels - who ranks pretty high on the O Line bust list. Anyway, Dillard will probably be gone by #30. The guy I predicted at #30 was Risner - who was described as a "mauler", which to me, kinda means a high effort tougher type O Lineman, and it seems like that type, although less likely to be superstars, tend to be steady starters for a long career.

[red]

what are the odds that we double down on o-line in the first?

let the better of the two in camp and pre season be the RT and the other can be the right guard

IF they both can play

[wthigoot]

Guys I'd love in the 1st rd in order of pref for both picks...

Quinnen Williams
Ed Oliver
Nick Bosa
Devin White
Devin Bush
Jonah Williams
Andre Dillard
Jawan Taylor
Dalton Risner
Dexter Lawrence
Jerry Tillery

This is a good list, would say Allen and Sweat also.

For the later pick, would like to get Greedy Williams. CB is not that deep right now.

If Tennesse or Pittsburgh offered their #1 and #2 for the Packers #1, that would be worth doing.

[wthigoot]

Predictions? Or What/Who we would want at #12?

I'm a firm believer in drafting for need - unless the BPA is just overwhelmingly good. I think we go with an ILB at #12. If both Devin White and Devin Bush are there, I'd go with White - higher ceiling. If neither is there at #12, that makes it tough. Then I suppose go with an O Lineman. I tend to agree with Nutz's rankings - Williams being the best, but likely to be gone by #12. The thing that worries me about Dillard is supposedly he isn't as strong a run blocker. I'm thinking that means he isn't as strong in general. Technique and pass blocking can be coached. Raw strength and athleticism, not so much. I'm leery of taking any O Lineman that high, though, because so many times, being great in college does not translate to being great as a pro.

I don't have nearly as high an opinion of Hockenson as some in here do, and I definitely don't want a TE at the #12 pick - probably not at #30 either.

Prediction: We draft a Devin at #12 and Nutz's 4th rated OT, Risner, at #30.

And I say again, I want and predict a Kicker somewhere around the 5th or 6th round.

I always thought they would use the Hundley pick for a kicker but they just recently singed Ficken off the street, so they are probably set there.

[RashanGary]

Speaking of possible 2 OL sinerios,

I could see Dillard and Chris Lindstrom. Dillard is a LT but he could play RT until Bahk is 30 and then switch. Lindstrom could play LG or RT. Both would fit well in a zone offensive.

You could keep Taylor and Bulaga for one more year. Let the rookies come into their own for a year and then feel really good about Bahk, Lindstrom, Lindsey, Turner, Dillard for a few years.

[Fritz]

Predictions? Or What/Who we would want at #12?

I'm a firm believer in drafting for need - unless the BPA is just overwhelmingly good. I think we go with an ILB at #12. If both Devin White and Devin Bush are there, I'd go with White - higher ceiling. If neither is there at #12, that makes it tough. Then I suppose go with an O Lineman. I tend to agree with Nutz's rankings - Williams being the best, but likely to be gone by #12. The thing that worries me about Dillard is supposedly he isn't as strong a run blocker. I'm thinking that means he isn't as strong in general. Technique and pass blocking can be coached. Raw strength and athleticism, not so much. I'm leery of taking any O Lineman that high, though, because so many times, being great in college does not translate to being great as a pro.

I don't have nearly as high an opinion of Hockenson as some in here do, and I definitely don't want a TE at the #12 pick - probably not at #30 either.

Prediction: We draft a Devin at #12 and Nutz's 4th rated OT, Risner, at #30.

And I say again, I want and predict a Kicker somewhere around the 5th or 6th round.

So if Thompson had adhered to your strategy early on, he wouldn't have drafted Aaron Rodgers? Or do you think Thompson had Rodgers ranked as "overwhelmingly good"?

[smuggler]

Juwaan Taylor and Noah Fant in the 1st Round, by my guess.