This Year's Draft

[Fritz]

Finally, you understand.

[run pMc]

Might be worthwhile to pull this thread up in 3 years to see how Gute did.
I suppose one could do that with the previous drafts now, I think we know how 2015 and 2016 drafts turned out.

I admit it's foolish to flatly state a draft was horrible, player X stinks, or player Y was a good/bad pick. It's all just amateur speculation. I think at this point it's about perceived value...but yeah, I think the notion that you have to wait a few years before grading a draft holds water.

[pbmax]

https://www.footballoutsiders.com/nfl-draft/2019/2019-draft-report-card-report

Packers ranked 22nd among draft report card graders. Range from A (Reuter) to C- (Maske).

[Cheesehead Craig]

https://www.footballoutsiders.com/nf...rt-card-report

Packers ranked 22nd among draft report card graders. Range from A (Reuter) to C- (Maske).

What is funny about those draft grades from different places is that they get stuck in their head that a certain position was absolutely necessary to get in the first 2 rounds. If that position was not taken, that automatically means the draft sucked. There was a site I read that said their grade for the Pack was a C because they didn't take an OL in the first. Who they took, or whatever else was done didn't matter. Yep, professional sports writers are just as biased and stupid (at times) as internet forum posters.

[mraynrand]

Yep, professional sports writers are just as biased and stupid (at times) as internet forum posters.

Stupiderer

[Bretsky]

So its OK to acknowledge that drafting has been sub par since Matthews (2009) and its OK to judge draft picks early.

But its not OK to reach a conclusion that they stink?

Is SUCK better ?

[Bretsky]

https://www.footballoutsiders.com/nf...rt-card-report

Packers ranked 22nd among draft report card graders. Range from A (Reuter) to C- (Maske).

Obviously that didn't take the time to listen to Gooter and drink the magical Kool Aide

[wist43]

i agree that you don't just luck into 10 sacks

i honestly have no clue what to think about him, do we have a stud in the making, or was it really just a huge fluke year?

the sacks did come in clumps, but so did most of clays over his career.

he did have more sacks then both our 2 new highly paid free agents had. its nice that he had the big year with one year left on his contract, so we had one more year to make up our minds

he is going to be one of the more intriguing stories for this upcoming season

No, Fackrell can't play... he fell into sacks b/c of Pettines scheme.

Front seven was our biggest need, even after signing the Smiths - it's been our biggest need for years. The infusion of Gary and the Smith's definitely made us a much tougher team.

Very good offseason by Gute.