I didn't have Morgan on my Bingo card either, but I usually figure Gute knows what he is doing. That said, I agree that Gute needs to hit on more 1st rounders.
I've had the same gripe. Getting off on a tangent but I feel like we often have a tendency (at least in the early rounds) to draft with a preference towards "projects" and "potential" rather than finished products (and, admittedly, when you are playing well....there are less "finished products" at your draft position). But it often feels like we would rather pick "higher ceiling, lower floor" over "lower ceiling, higher floor". If given the choice between a guy who is currently a "5/10" player with the *potential* to become a "9/10" player OR a player who is currently a "7/10" player with limited growth potential - maybe an 8/10 - we would choose the 5/10 with 9/10 potential every time. And sometimes it's good to have those projects in the pipeline for sure, but broadly speaking it feels like especially in the first round we're not getting the sort of immediate/early impact that you expect from that kind of draft capital investment.
Why is this "sneaky"? After reading the article I'm not really that impressed. Sounds like they signed a guy who has had a hard time even making practice squads. I guess it got me to read the article.Packers signed EDGE rusher Jeremiah Martin to the practice squad yesterday.
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Agree with you both. I wasn't going to even post the article, but didn't want to get long winded about a PS signing that probably means nothing.
I did have DeJean in like 33% of all my Mock drafts. There were other options. It is what it is. I hope Jordan Morgan is ok, it’s not a good sign though.
I did make a late decision change because I thought DeJean would go before our selection. He’s a great pick and was underestimated.Your Amish draft you had Kool-Aid
I had DeJean Cooper as my only 1st round pick and Morgan in the 2nd round. I would have been fine with being right on both of those, although I like E. Cooper and Bullard.
I'd forgotten about Ford. Seems the Packers did too. I can't even find any stats on him. Did he ever play in a regular season game for the Packers?
I don't know. Getting Rasheed Walker for a measly 7th round pick is quite a great OL pick. We'll see about Monk and Glover. Too early to tell. I think you're letting the disappointing 2nd round pick for Josh Myers prejudice your opinion of some of the other guys. Even Sean Ryan is starting to turn out OK. Runyan might have been a JAG but he was a 6th round pick and netted the Packers a comp pick too. Gute has done a far better job of selecting offensive linemen than he has on the defensive side of the line.
At CB I think it makes sense to double down. For myself, if I know I’m picking 2X at CB I can bypass Rd1 there snd look to other positions. Now if my top rated guys at our selection are CB then so be it. Ideally I’d like to get 1 CB in FA (it doesn’t need to be a league leading contract guy) and draft a DE in Day 1. Then do your double down at CB by Rd 4-5 at the latest, preferably in Day 2. That gives us 1 known quantity and a mid rounder similar to what we did with Evan Williams and McKinney at Safety.
Unfortunately I have to agree. Which is why LaFleur can't just run run run no matter what the stats say. The stats are good because he is using our situation well imho. Jacobs doesn't hurt of course but if the opposing D is looking for it; it will be tough sledding. And we can throw it well.
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I think that chart shows the need to continue drafting O line. Especially because I don't want to overpay most of these guys. Tom is going to cost a lot.Yet, our offensive line is pretty highly rated, at least by some sources. The site below ranks them at #4 in the NFL.
I agree with you that some of these guys aren't overly impressive, I think as a whole, its a pretty consistent unit at a very reasonable cost.
While Bahk was a great LT when healthy, I shouldn't have to remind Packer fans just how much he cost the Packers, whether playing or not.
Here are the average yearly salaries of the current OL starters:
LT: R. Walker: $935,218
LG: E. Jenkins: $17M
C: J. Myers: $1.395M
RG: S. Rhyan: $1.280M
RT: Z. Tom: $1.041M
Grand Total for the Starters: $21.65M (Jenkins accounting for 79% of it)
Bahk was drawing an average salary of: $23M/year
I will take this unit of 5, who have all remained relatively healthy, over Bahk and 4 others.
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Saying they are good for their draft position doesn't mean they are good nfl lineman. An NFL Offensive line is only as good as its weakest link. Hypothetically, would the Pack be better off if each of the last 5 years drafts they took OL in the draft positions of DL and vice-versa. Maybe it is time to go OL early and get some sleeper type guys for the DL late. Pull the old switcherooo.
Where's the center help? Those selections make some sense but Gute will need to find a center. Even if Jenkins goes to center and Morgan stays at guard, the O line will need to be replenished. I'm not sure that Jenkins is the answer at center any more.
Monk may end up being the starting center.
If Jenkins is no longer an elite LG I'd love to slide him to Center & draft an ornery, 335lb mauler OT/OG to oen up holes for Jacobs. Jenkins would need to cleanup his shotgun snaps, though.
