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So Gute has proven to be various things, but predictable is not always one of them. Picking Gary after Fackrell had excellent season and signing both Smiths in free agency...trading up to draft Jordan Love and not Pittman...picking Dillon when we had Jamaal and Aaron still...
Here are three things that may surprise Packer fans this draft that "arguably" have some valid reasoning to them:
WE DRAFT A CHALLENGER AT CENTER
Many of us have said Myers arguably hasn't progressed a whole lot in his time here....instant starter which was awesome but the progress someone would expect to be there simply hasn't been to many of us, myself included. Don't be shocked if we see or hear a iOL/C's name called early in this year's draft. Two intriguing prospects personally for me are John Michael Schmitz and Cody Mauch. JMS is a pure center historically but has the athleticism to play guard too....there is also Avilla from TCU that was a center for a few years and this past season moved to Guard. There are others of course but this vein of approach could result in a C/iOL be the first OL player drafted by us.
WE DRAFT A CORNERBACK NOT A SAFETY
When reviewing the depth chart in Green Bay, the one position you most likely would say is the deepest and strongest is the cornerback room; Jaire, Rasul, Stokes, Nixon...and also SJC/Benjie Franklin and Kiondre is there too. BUT - at our pick in the first round especially a top flight CB is a true chance to be there, arguably GB's personal CB1 guy could be there...at that point do they do a Rashan Gary type pick and let the best prospect approach be their direction? Does this cause us to finally see Rasul slide back to safety which he used to play more of early in his career? Does Nixon try a position switch? Either way elite talent in the CB room is never a bad thing and with so much athleticism winning out these days it seems more and more teams are just playing their best four/five/six DBs and letting the rest sort itself out. Even if we don't go early...sometimes the best Day2/Day3 guys in a DB room are your diverse CBs who show promise as a safety or has experience in both.
WE DON'T DRAFT A TE TILL 3RD OR LATER
Everyone knows we are depleted at TE....what does Gute do often in FA, even if it is on the cheap? Fill holes with poor stoppers...sometimes they work out - other times they don't. I mildly expect Lewis or another FA to be signed before the draft essentially eliminating the TE knife to Gute's throat. This draft class of TEs is DEEEEEEEP. I mean there is a chance in the 3rd Sam LaPorta or Tucker Kraft is there....guys like Kuntz, Allen, Schoonmaker and others will be there Day 3. It would drive many of us nuts, myself included most likely if we do this....but the players we add instead could make a massive difference in my mindset of it....not too mention what later round TEs we add...give me Davis Allen and Payne Durham day three and I'm still smiling quite large about what they may become (SO long as we brought in a stop gap FA)
Here are three things that may surprise Packer fans this draft that "arguably" have some valid reasoning to them:
WE DRAFT A CHALLENGER AT CENTER
Many of us have said Myers arguably hasn't progressed a whole lot in his time here....instant starter which was awesome but the progress someone would expect to be there simply hasn't been to many of us, myself included. Don't be shocked if we see or hear a iOL/C's name called early in this year's draft. Two intriguing prospects personally for me are John Michael Schmitz and Cody Mauch. JMS is a pure center historically but has the athleticism to play guard too....there is also Avilla from TCU that was a center for a few years and this past season moved to Guard. There are others of course but this vein of approach could result in a C/iOL be the first OL player drafted by us.
WE DRAFT A CORNERBACK NOT A SAFETY
When reviewing the depth chart in Green Bay, the one position you most likely would say is the deepest and strongest is the cornerback room; Jaire, Rasul, Stokes, Nixon...and also SJC/Benjie Franklin and Kiondre is there too. BUT - at our pick in the first round especially a top flight CB is a true chance to be there, arguably GB's personal CB1 guy could be there...at that point do they do a Rashan Gary type pick and let the best prospect approach be their direction? Does this cause us to finally see Rasul slide back to safety which he used to play more of early in his career? Does Nixon try a position switch? Either way elite talent in the CB room is never a bad thing and with so much athleticism winning out these days it seems more and more teams are just playing their best four/five/six DBs and letting the rest sort itself out. Even if we don't go early...sometimes the best Day2/Day3 guys in a DB room are your diverse CBs who show promise as a safety or has experience in both.
WE DON'T DRAFT A TE TILL 3RD OR LATER
Everyone knows we are depleted at TE....what does Gute do often in FA, even if it is on the cheap? Fill holes with poor stoppers...sometimes they work out - other times they don't. I mildly expect Lewis or another FA to be signed before the draft essentially eliminating the TE knife to Gute's throat. This draft class of TEs is DEEEEEEEP. I mean there is a chance in the 3rd Sam LaPorta or Tucker Kraft is there....guys like Kuntz, Allen, Schoonmaker and others will be there Day 3. It would drive many of us nuts, myself included most likely if we do this....but the players we add instead could make a massive difference in my mindset of it....not too mention what later round TEs we add...give me Davis Allen and Payne Durham day three and I'm still smiling quite large about what they may become (SO long as we brought in a stop gap FA)
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