Packers Mock Draft: Let's Take A Vote

It’s all about who’s available. Who’s on the board. It would make no sense to draft an OT in the 1st Round just because he’s an OT. We need to get value out of him. I wouldn’t be upset if we drafted Davis, but I personally don’t think he fits our system. To be honest, you can’t go wrong though between Anthony Davis, Charles Brown, Serio Kindle, or Jerry Hughes. We do have a need at LOLB. It’s a big need and we need an immediate starter next season. A LOLB will reduce our desperate need for another CB, so I vote LOLB > CB. As for OLB against OT, it’s a coin flip. You can’t go wrong either way, as long as both positions are addressed in the top 2 rounds.

Jabooty is right, It is all about who is available. So if Dez Bryant or CJ Spiller or even Mike Iupati fall, I would hope TT does not hesitate to pull the trigger. This draft is deep enough (Especially at the OLB and CB positions) where we can wait a round or 2 and get a starter.

Look we have a late pick.
We can’t just say we have to go this position. If we didn’t sign Tausch and Clifton, then we’d have a glaring deficiency at a position and OT would be the obvious choice. That isn’t the case…we have adequate players at numerous positions of need all of which could use an upgrade (CB, OT, OLB, even SS). At this point, its all about who’s on the board. There are only about 3 positions where I would be mad if I saw the Packers draft a player in the first round, the rest I can justify if they are the best player available.

The weird thing about the Packers right now is that, with the exception at tackle, so much depends on how some of the young players are developing in the offseason…an unknown.

Some big ifs:
IF Obizor can improve we may not need an OLB.
IF Jones can add some bulk to his frame and still play quick we don’t need an OLB
IF Lee can stay healthy for a whole year, or the Pack not rush him to IR, then CB will be in better shape.

I don’t think that these are going to all happen, in fact I would be shocked and deeply satisfied if one of these three things happened, but each of them throw a monkey wrench into thinking about what positions do the Pack “need” to draft in. Basically the TT should just look at who’s left, look at the board and compare value and needs. The only position we should reach for in the first round is LT, after that it’s all about who can make a bigger impact for this team.

It depends on whether Kindle or Graham are there. If not draft an OT.

but Sergio Kindle is a special talent, and I think it may be a bigger need anyways. I agree whole-heartedly with the pick. Also, Doug Farrar has repeatedly proven that he knows zilch about the Packers so i don’t even know why you bother referencing him.

Capers fits the ZBS well. Not sure if he’ll still be there at 56, though.

As alot of you may already know, I am a huge Hughes fan… Some sites think he is the best 34 OLB in the draft! He has an explosive 1st step rushing the QB. He showed by his college PRODUCTION that he is a better pass rusher than Kindle!

Hughes also has the quickness and abiltiy to change direction that is necessary in coverage…. Might need to get a little strong to play better vs the run, but thats mostly the job of the DL, so the LB don’t have to take on OL.

Hughes, IMO, should be the pick!!! Only about 4 players would change my pick. Bulaga or Williams at OT, Spiller at RB, and maybe Bryant. Other than one of those elite talents would even make me think twice before taking HUGHES!!!

As far as need, it’s mostly about depth for us right now, which is good. We have legitimate starters at pretty much every position. The debatable spots are Brad Jones and Atari Bigby. Jones was a pleasant surprise, but just doesn’t seem like a guy you want to rely on. So he seems to at least need help (which, we have Popinga, but… myeh). Atari you’d like to replace, given how he’s slowed/faded the last two seasons (ever since the ankle), and there’s really nobody behind him. So I’d rate safety as the bigger concern between those two positions, but it’d be nice to draft guys at both. But, although they do have to develop, the fact remains that we do have talented guys at OLB. Safety… there we need help, but you can usually find safeties later in the draft, so…

I think the big question this offseason is: who do you think is more likely to get hurt in the coming year, Clifton or two of our top four CBs? We’re fine if three out of Woodson, Harris, Williams, and Lee can stay healthy. But two CB injuries puts Bell, Ford, or (shudder!) Jarrett Bush on the field in the nickel package. As we all know, that scenario ends badly. On the other hand, we also saw what happened when Clifton missed time.

Thankfully, we won’t see a repeat of Barbre turning whichever scrub he’s facing into Freddy Krueger. RT is settled, with Tausch and Lang giving us the rare luxury of having two proven RTs on the roster. But, LT… there’s nothing there behind Clifton. Not a single guy who can even play competently, much less a guy you’d want to make your plans around.

So, I’d say that the first couple rounds have to be all about LT. There seems to be six legitimate 1st rounder LTs in this draft, so, if any of them are there, you take the best one left. If not, then you think about trading down slightly so you don’t have to reach, but… you only THINK about it. Bottom line, we’ve GOT to have a strong LT prospect by the time the 2nd round of the draft is over.

Let’s face it: Clifton WILL get hurt. It’s practically a given. And do you want Daryn Colledge playing LT for us? I mean, for even one snap??

I think our draft strategy should be BFBA (best full-back available)

Man, if we’d have just kept Pat Lee or Antonio Smith on the roster instead of either Kuhn or Hall… …man! I’m all for TT in most matters, but that was the stupidest move since B.J. Sander.

The more I read on Charles Brown from USC the more I like him. I know he’s got some strength issues, but he’s got great technique and maturity. He could be a great prospect and would give the Pack a solid LT for years to come to grow with the rest of our young playmakers.

I know all the OLB believers are going to jump down my throat on this one, but Brown could be the best long term prospect even though he may never see the field in ’10. Also, like I said earlier, every other position besides LT has some kind of answer to it…this is critical to our future and needs to be addressed.