This Year's Draft

[mraynrand]

You guys should take it to the meadow

lol

[yetisnowman]

I'm dumbfounded that we didn't use some capital on a dynamic athlete at WR. Other than Gary, it's not like I didn't like any of the picks specifically. I still feel like we should have targeted at least one guy we really wanted. This will haunt the Packers, mark my words. I'm so tired of standing pat at skill positions in early rounds and then just throwing shit at the wall in late rounds and seeing what sticks. And if you notice 1 or 2 of our starting receivers miss significant time every year, people never seem to factor that in. Imagine a scenario where Davante gets hurt, it would be a disaster. Or let's say MVS and Allison go down at the same time, you comfortable counting on J'mon Moore or Jake Kumerow playing 70 snaps a game? Would be great to have skill guys you are legitimate confident and excited about as opposed a handful of "Not sure what we have in him, but hoping for the best" guys. I'd love to be wrong and see a polished, efficient offense with a consistent group of solid receivers. We'll see. I will say I like the defensive depth added and that unit should be solid and rapidly improving. If that turns out not to be the case, the neglecting the acquisition of weapons on offense was an even more egregious error.

[Vincenzo]

says a scumbag troll from another team - NOBODY BUT NOBODY is lower than YOU in this forum. I would say eat shit and die, but I don't want to get banned (for the record, I'm not saying that hahahaha). I will say, get the fuck out of here and go back to the viqueen world of shitheads.

LMAO, well said mate.

[The Shadow]

I was skeptical at first, but now I am coming around. I think we all need to give the Packers brass the benefit of the doubt.

[mraynrand]

I'm dumbfounded that we didn't use some capital on a dynamic athlete at WR.

It's obvious that a lot of people agree with this view

Imagine a scenario where Davante gets hurt, it would be a disaster. Or let's say MVS and Allison go down at the same time, you comfortable counting on J'mon Moore or Jake Kumerow playing 70 snaps a game?

Nobody is comfortable losing 1-3 skill players. This isn't the reason to draft new dynamic skill players. You do that when you're not satisfied with what you have.

BUT, consider this: Almost all of the skill players the Packers have - whether you consider them skillful or not - were brought in by this leadership in the past two years: Moore, ESB, MVS, Jones, 2XWilliams, and all four TEs including Sternberger. Fans may not feel these players are up to snuff, but maybe the front office does. Maybe they hired a coach too who thinks he can get a lot out of them with an uninjured Rodgers running the show. And maybe they felt they spent a lot of picks - albeit many lower round picks - to fill these spots and now it's time to make it happen. Risky? Looks like it to many fans, but maybe not to them. We'll see.

[ND72]

nothing brings out the hatred for each other more than draft season. For all you who remember years ago on the old JSO board, SO many people hated me because I stuck to my guns from day 1 in saying we should and would draft AJ Hawk. In fact I predicted pick for pick the top 8 in that draft. I took a beating for weeks until it happened.

This draft was interesting. Being honest, I love what we did. The thing to remember, this roster is not complete. I think Gutey showed last year he wasn't done at draft time and I would expect him to find a few more veterans before it's all over as well. I'm not that surprised we didn't draft a WR. I never thought this draft was very thick with receiving talent. I think we got some real solid players in every round, and it'll be interesting how they compete.

I think Gary is the kind of guy Pettine & company wanted on this team, he measures almost the same as the Smith boys we signed as well. Savage steps in day 1 as a starter, imo. The lineman and TE will compete to play right away, or at least be in rotations. The more I read on Keke the more I like him, and I've loved Dexter Williams for a while (yes, I'm a Notre Dame guy). I read one "expert" shocked Green Bay didn't draft a QB. Sorry but Kizer is still young, AND, most people either don't realize or don't care to know that LaFluer was his QB coach at Notre Dame his freshman year. The one thing I've noticed the past 2 drafts is it seems Gutey is really going after guys who can play multiple places, and are athletes. Some of Thompson's draft picks seemed really stiff and not as athletic (again, my opinion) than some of the guys Gutey has already brought in.

Keep it classy. It's football.

[RashanGary]

Glad to hear the optimistic take, ND. I’m excited to see the defense this year.

[Zool]

I hear what you’re saying ND, but comparing yourself to Tex does you a huge disservice. He’s an actual bad person, not just a controversial poster.

[smuggler]

tex is just old and crotchety. Let him be. Rastak, please stick around. You give us good perspective.

[red]

tex is just old and crotchety. Let him be. Rastak, please stick around. You give us good perspective.

Tex is the ultimate troll that doesn’t deal with reality

[texaspackerbacker]

Zool, you're a damn moderator, aren't you? which makes you untouchable in terms of being criticized. The fact that you talk about buffoonery when you can't even spell the word pretty much says it all about you.

I started this thread with a "classy" post ....... oh ok, I took a jab at the negativists who keep croaking crap and don't have the courage to say anything positive. Maybe I shouldn't have reacted to the insult from this piece of scum Vikings fan, but it has just made my blood boil for a long time to have this enemy within posting in OUR Packer forum. We have Packer fans from all over the country, all over the world even, and agree or disagree, it's interesting to hear what they have to say. Why a God damned fan of our most hated enemy is accepted and tolerated in here, I don't know.

Anyway, regarding the Draft, my point was and his that the Packer decision makers know a helluva lot more than any of us or the damned media. Myself, I'm gratified that they did NOT see fit to go after a Wide Receiver - which I consistently said would have been all out stupid. I thought we needed an ILB early, but I'll yield to the Packer staff who didn't seem to think so. I thought we were already covered enough at Edge Rusher, but I can see how they decided to take a flyer on a guy who could be a bust or could end up a star player. Some in here were all panicky about how the team had "so many needs" - nope; I disagreed, and the way the Draft went, it appears the staff of the team didn't think that way either.

Glad to see some of the positive thinking people posting, not just the typical negativists.

[Packers4Glory]

nothing brings out the hatred for each other more than draft season. For all you who remember years ago on the old JSO board, SO many people hated me because I stuck to my guns from day 1 in saying we should and would draft AJ Hawk. In fact I predicted pick for pick the top 8 in that draft. I took a beating for weeks until it happened.

This draft was interesting. Being honest, I love what we did. The thing to remember, this roster is not complete. I think Gutey showed last year he wasn't done at draft time and I would expect him to find a few more veterans before it's all over as well. I'm not that surprised we didn't draft a WR. I never thought this draft was very thick with receiving talent. I think we got some real solid players in every round, and it'll be interesting how they compete.

I think Gary is the kind of guy Pettine & company wanted on this team, he measures almost the same as the Smith boys we signed as well. Savage steps in day 1 as a starter, imo. The lineman and TE will compete to play right away, or at least be in rotations. The more I read on Keke the more I like him, and I've loved Dexter Williams for a while (yes, I'm a Notre Dame guy). I read one "expert" shocked Green Bay didn't draft a QB. Sorry but Kizer is still young, AND, most people either don't realize or don't care to know that LaFluer was his QB coach at Notre Dame his freshman year. The one thing I've noticed the past 2 drafts is it seems Gutey is really going after guys who can play multiple places, and are athletes. Some of Thompson's draft picks seemed really stiff and not as athletic (again, my opinion) than some of the guys Gutey has already brought in.

Keep it classy. It's football.

If you read the athletic you would see a story about Pettines defenses & he wants exactly as you stated

[Zool]

Zool, you're a damn moderator, aren't you? which makes you untouchable in terms of being criticized. The fact that you talk about buffoonery when you can't even spell the word pretty much says it all about you.

I started this thread with a "classy" post ....... oh ok, I took a jab at the negativists who keep croaking crap and don't have the courage to say anything positive. Maybe I shouldn't have reacted to the insult from this piece of scum Vikings fan, but it has just made my blood boil for a long time to have this enemy within posting in OUR Packer forum. We have Packer fans from all over the country, all over the world even, and agree or disagree, it's interesting to hear what they have to say. Why a God damned fan of our most hated enemy is accepted and tolerated in here, I don't know.

Anyway, regarding the Draft, my point was and his that the Packer decision makers know a helluva lot more than any of us or the damned media. Myself, I'm gratified that they did NOT see fit to go after a Wide Receiver - which I consistently said would have been all out stupid. I thought we needed an ILB early, but I'll yield to the Packer staff who didn't seem to think so. I thought we were already covered enough at Edge Rusher, but I can see how they decided to take a flyer on a guy who could be a bust or could end up a star player. Some in here were all panicky about how the team had "so many needs" - nope; I disagreed, and the way the Draft went, it appears the staff of the team didn't think that way either.

Glad to see some of the positive thinking people posting, not just the typical negativists.

Alert the presses! I had a typo! I will hang my head in shame.

You’re still an idiot no matter how it’s spellt.

[George Cumby]

Alert the presses! I had a typo! I will hang my head in shame.

You’re still an idiot no matter how it’s spellt.

Zool, you are a complete stupid asshole for that typo. Go fuck yourself with your sloppy posting.

There, tex, Zool's been criticized. Feel better now?

[RashanGary]

I hear what you’re saying ND, but comparing yourself to Tex does you a huge disservice. He’s an actual bad person, not just a controversial poster.