Who Would You Have Picked Instead?

[Smidgeon]

Every year we go through this, saying we never wanted a certain player because we knew someone else was better in the draft.

Now's the chance to put it down for posterity.

Fritz, you can go first.

Instead of Gary at 12, you would have picked who?

Edit: any pick, any round

[jklowan]

given who was left Dillard

[Joemailman]

I would have wanted Dillard since Jonah Williams went at 11. I really wanted a trade down to 17 or so.

[HarveyWallbangers]

I'm okay with Gary, but at the time I would have went with Wilkins or Dillard. Probably Wilkins.

[Joemailman]

In the preference poll we did before the draft http://packerrats.com/showthread.php...ey-Draft-At-12, Devin Bush, who turned out not to be available, was the favorite. Followed by Dillard and Burns. Nobody picked Gary.

[red]

almost anyone

he was on my DO NOT DRAFT LIST

then on top of it, he has a bum shoulder, that you know will cost him most of next year somehow

hope i'm wrong, but the guy screams bust

[RashanGary]

After i dug deeper into Gary, I’m gonna stick with the packers pick and say I’m happy with the pick.

[Bretsky]

almost anyone

he was on my DO NOT DRAFT LIST

then on top of it, he has a bum shoulder, that you know will cost him most of next year somehow

hope i'm wrong, but the guy screams bust

Red, no kool aide for you ? Go listen to Gooty talk, then listen to this theme song 12 times, and maybe you'll change your mind and become the definition of the show name...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azEOeTX1LqM

[Bretsky]

1. Trade down for sure and then Dillard
2. If I could not get a think then Dillard as top pick and Wilkins as next pick

[Bretsky]

In the preference poll we did before the draft http://packerrats.com/showthread.php...ey-Draft-At-12, Devin Bush, who turned out not to be available, was the favorite. Followed by Dillard and Burns. Nobody picked Gary.

"Before" the pick occurred, I'd bet nearly all would have preferred Burns and Dillard.

I'm not sure anybody preferred Gary

Gooter talks a good game; I give him that He sold the pick hard in the presser and he did a great job with it

But I have no new info now and I'm not flipping into the Kool Aide bowl because the Packers took him

I hope he's a 10 time Pro Bowler and I'm wrong and he finally lives up to his ability.........unlike his production in college.

[HarveyWallbangers]

I would have taken Gary over Burns for Pettine's system.

[Bretsky]

I would have taken Gary over Burns for Pettine's system.

Burns too small to play on outside ??

[texaspackerbacker]

I'm satisfied with Gary, but what I was saying before the draft is if neither Devin is there at #12, get an O Lineman. Jonah Williams woulda been the best, but he was gone too. There were two or three I would have taken over Dillard: Jawaan Taylor, Cody Ford, maybe Risner or Lindstrom.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Burns too small to play on outside ??

In our scheme probably. Most think he played in 230s last year.

[run pMc]

I liked Burns. He put on weight for the combine and didn't lose any speed/agility. His pass rush moves are advanced for a college kid, and he can really bend around the corner.

If Gary is a better fit in Pettine's D, and Pettine & Co. can pull some of that potential out of him then the pick looks a lot better. If nothing else, they could put him at gunner and he'd be hell to block. (Plus it'd get Josh "illegal use of the hands" Jones off the punt team.)

I'd also probably have sat tight at 30 and if no good trade offers came in would have taken a OT like Risner or Ford, or maybe even Jawaan Taylor if the knee checked out. R2 probably would've been best available safety.

According to Gute, he had info that Savage wouldn't have made it to 30, I suspect OAK wanted him and took Abram instead.