go pak go wrote: ↑15 Apr 2024 12:23
lupedafiasco wrote: ↑14 Apr 2024 22:08
Ted never overlooked safeties but he did suck at getting them. Collins was obviously great but he also took HaHa in the 1st. Burnett was fine in the 3rd. Can’t forget about how useless Josh Jones was in the 2nd. jerron McMillain was I guy I nailed in mock drafts but as a 7th round player, not a 4th smh.
Then again not sure what people consider Hyde. As he only played CB here I don’t count it.
The Packers in general suck at drafting and evaluating the secondary. Since the Ted regime Casey Hayward, Nick Collins, Micah Hyde, Morgan Burnett and Jaire Alexander are really the only hits I can think of. 2 of the four we then incorrectly didn't extend.
All of the others were honestly lucky. Nobody wanted Woodson. Al Harris was inherited. Tramon Williams and Sam Shields were again just pure luck from a scouting standpiont.
It's why I kind of chuckle when I hear "Packer type" when looking at CBs and Safeties. Like our type has any real history of success?
I would put defensive line at #2 most sucky thing we suck at.
ahhhh, not sure our lack of success drafting secondary players is that outside the norm, and we did have several safeties that did well in one scheme fit, and not so good in others, secondary success is dependent on scheme, experience in scheme, as well as the experience of others in it as well.
also many of our secondary misses are the result of Ted's un willingness to play the UFA game of over paying for talent, hence being forced to draft the best DB available and hoping the coaches can train them to play either safety or CB dependent on positional need, and we all complained about that, but every team is forced to do the same thing.
also, as we all know, late first round picks are often reaches, often these players, that every team needs ( QB, WR, CB, pass rusher) are 4th, 5th, or later tier positional players, sorta boom or bust, naturally the misses will be higher.
anyway another mock draft has us taking Barton, and Pitt. slot 24 taking Fautanu, both would be great additions to our OL, but over all this mock seems off base, some weird trades that appear to be poor value, some high value OL with a run starting with Pitt. and us and 4 more to finish round one
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ap-mock-nfl- ... 05073.html