Nutz's 2019 Packers' Draft Breakdown.

[Fritz]

Nutz, thank you for putting this together. You seem to spend a great deal of time on your research, so I value your opinions on these matters.

Outside of Gary, and outside of giving up two fourth rounders to get Savage, this seems to be a solid draft. Looks like Jenkins can play, looks like Stearnberger can develop into something solid. And the others, later, seem to fit. The running back looks serviceable, the Toledo corner has speed. The defensive lineman from the fifth round looks athletic. Maybe he'll develop. I suppose if Savage develops into an All Pro I won't give a crap that they gave up two fourths to get him.

Interesting array of colleges, too. First two picks: Big Ten. The we go south, to Old Miss (or was he Miss State?), then A & M, then more Texas, then ND and Toledo. Ted Thompson seemed to like those west coast boys - Kenny Clark, Kevin King. Not sure if there's a wherefore and why to this part of it all.

If Gary turns out to be this great playmaking OLB, I will eat lots and lots and lots of crow.

[Joemailman]

Nutz, thank you for putting this together. You seem to spend a great deal of time on your research, so I value your opinions on these matters.

Outside of Gary, and outside of giving up two fourth rounders to get Savage, this seems to be a solid draft. Looks like Jenkins can play, looks like Stearnberger can develop into something solid. And the others, later, seem to fit. The running back looks serviceable, the Toledo corner has speed. The defensive lineman from the fifth round looks athletic. Maybe he'll develop. I suppose if Savage develops into an All Pro I won't give a crap that they gave up two fourths to get him.

Interesting array of colleges, too. First two picks: Big Ten. The we go south, to Old Miss (or was he Miss State?), then A & M, then more Texas, then ND and Toledo. Ted Thompson seemed to like those west coast boys - Kenny Clark, Kevin King. Not sure if there's a wherefore and why to this part of it all.

If Gary turns out to be this great playmaking OLB, I will eat lots and lots and lots of crow.

The absence of WC guys drafted early is a real departure from TT. It wasn't just Clark and King. Clay Matthews, Nick Perry, Datone Jones and Damarious Randall were all 1st round picks.

As for Gary, I don't know that he'll ever be a 10-15 sack guy. Pettine likes to bring pressure from all over the place, and I suspect they're hoping he'll help them do that. The guy causing the most havoc to blocking schemes isn't always the guy getting the sack. See Jadeveon Clowney. He's never had more than 9.5 sacks, but is hugely disruptive. If Gary can be kind of a poor-man's version of Clowney. he'll help the defense.