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February Mock...Flipping The Script "Kinda"
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<blockquote data-quote="Thirteen Below" data-source="post: 1027698" data-attributes="member: 18006"><p>Not likely. The Packers knew very little about Rodgers whe he fell to them, until about the 15th pick. At that point, Reggie McKenzie looked at the remaining teams ahead of the Packers and realized that none of them needed QB - and unless someone traded up, he felt there was a very good chance that Rodgers would be there for us. </p><p></p><p><em>Then</em> they started making some calls. All they knew about Rodgers was his combo information, and anecdotes from scouts who'd seen him play. I don't think we scouted Rodgers specifically his entire draft year, and nobody from Green Bay had even spoken to him prior to calling his name.</p><p></p><p>Same thing happened with Dan Marino in 83, "The Year of The Quarterback". He was the first overall pick in the USFL, and people expected him to go very high in the NFL, too - perhaps Top 5. However, Marino and his teammates had a well-earned reputation for hard partying, and somehow rumors got out that this meant he was a drug user. There was never, ever any evidence of that or even actual accusation; the man just had a little Paul Hornung in him. But on draft day, he slid all the way to 27 - the 6th quarterback picked. The poor guy was just devastated; people said he looked physically ill. The Jets had indicated that if he were still on the board at 24, they'd take him, but when they passed him up he finally shouted out loud, "who the hell is Ken O'Brien?"</p><p></p><p>Miami had not scouted him at all, and not a single person from the Dolphins had ever spoken to him. Shula just went with his gut and drafted him based on all the hype, and it wored out well for everyone.</p><p></p><p>But getting back to your Harrison reference.... I doubt we've scouted him, but if we were badly in need of WR, we probably would have - even though we'd have known there was zero chance he'd slip to #25. Because if a "Marino" or a "Rodgers" had happened to him, and he slipped down to, say, 12 or 15.... we might have been interesting in making a trade. It's likely that a number of teams drafting in the middle of the round have probably put together a package on him, just in case.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Thirteen Below, post: 1027698, member: 18006"] Not likely. The Packers knew very little about Rodgers whe he fell to them, until about the 15th pick. At that point, Reggie McKenzie looked at the remaining teams ahead of the Packers and realized that none of them needed QB - and unless someone traded up, he felt there was a very good chance that Rodgers would be there for us. [I]Then[/I] they started making some calls. All they knew about Rodgers was his combo information, and anecdotes from scouts who'd seen him play. I don't think we scouted Rodgers specifically his entire draft year, and nobody from Green Bay had even spoken to him prior to calling his name. Same thing happened with Dan Marino in 83, "The Year of The Quarterback". He was the first overall pick in the USFL, and people expected him to go very high in the NFL, too - perhaps Top 5. However, Marino and his teammates had a well-earned reputation for hard partying, and somehow rumors got out that this meant he was a drug user. There was never, ever any evidence of that or even actual accusation; the man just had a little Paul Hornung in him. But on draft day, he slid all the way to 27 - the 6th quarterback picked. The poor guy was just devastated; people said he looked physically ill. The Jets had indicated that if he were still on the board at 24, they'd take him, but when they passed him up he finally shouted out loud, "who the hell is Ken O'Brien?" Miami had not scouted him at all, and not a single person from the Dolphins had ever spoken to him. Shula just went with his gut and drafted him based on all the hype, and it wored out well for everyone. But getting back to your Harrison reference.... I doubt we've scouted him, but if we were badly in need of WR, we probably would have - even though we'd have known there was zero chance he'd slip to #25. Because if a "Marino" or a "Rodgers" had happened to him, and he slipped down to, say, 12 or 15.... we might have been interesting in making a trade. It's likely that a number of teams drafting in the middle of the round have probably put together a package on him, just in case. [/QUOTE]
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