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Well that wasn't our best game of the season.

With the 91st pick of the draft, the Packers select
Dominick Puni, OL, Kansas

Packers love to draft College Left Tackles to play every position on the offensive line.  Dominick Puni is another such lineman trusted to protect his QB's blind side, but his build translates better to a move to slide inside to Guard with his arms a bit shorter than ideal for Tackle.  But he put up some great agility measurables in the combine which tend to translate very well.  His 4.40s Shuttle is elite, and his 7.47s 3-cone-drill is also shows for a very high level lateral agility.  I expect Puni to come in and compete for the starting RG job.  Even if he doesn't win the job, he should provide high-level depth across the line.

I was a bit worried when that Safety run happened at the start of the round, but I'm quite pleased Bishop was still available.

With the 88th pick of the draft, the Packers select
Cole Bishop, S, Utah

Packers are revamping the Safeties this off-season.  Let Darnell Savage and Jonathan Owens walk in Free Agency, Rudy Ford remains unsigned, and Xavier McKinney was a big-splash signing to kick-start the rebuilt deep secondary.  McKinney will likely be claiming the role of single-deep safety, so I am envisioning Cole Bishop taking on more of a traditional in-the-box Strong Safety role where his size and hitting ability will come in handy.  Still, his combination of size and athleticism should give him the versatility to change things up and drop deep or cover the slot.

Just now, clskinsfan said:

PokerPacker must be writing a novel. He has been typing for 34 minutes.

Nah, I was just belly-aching to myself before deleting it and making my pick.

Just now, KillBill26 said:

"In Green Bay, it was the best of times, it was the worst of times".

A tale of how the twin cities suck.

Damn.  I wasn't really looking to draft an RB in my spot, but I noticed the RBs were all dropping.  I was asking myself "When I open up the RBs in this draft, do I want to take Brooks or Benson?"

And before that, I was eyeing Trotter Jr..  Really blew up my board the last three picks.

Green Bay is entertaining offers for #88 or #91.

11 minutes ago, clskinsfan said:

I think this is the fastest draft for us ever so far. I like it. 

I want to say we usually get through the draft in a fortnight, which averages out to a round every two days.  And I wanna say the mid rounds tend to slow down.

With the 58th pick of the draft, Green Bay is going to continue the recent run on Offensive Lineman.  Green Bay selects
Patrick Paul, OT, Houston

Standing 6'8" 331 pounds with 36.25" arms, Patrick Paul is already built to spec to play Left Tackle in the NFL.  And he's still a solid athlete at that size, putting up a very respectable 40 time and a solid showing at the three-cone drill to show off his mobility to deal with speed on the outside.  In his last to seasons as Houston's starting Left Tackle, he gave up just a single sack in 24 games.
With David Bakhtiari being cut due to still suffering from his knee injury from several years ago, and Yosh Nijman walking in Free Agency, the Packers had a need at Tackle.  Rasheed Walker has done an acceptable job at LT, the team needed to find a new swing tackle at the very least.  I expect Wilson to compete for the starting job with Walker, and whomever loses the position battle will still make for an excellent swing tackle shoring up the O-line from disaster if injury strikes.  I'm very happy to have been able to nab him after that little run on O-lineman starting with Amegadjie being taken, whom I had also been considering for this slot (though his injury provided some question marks that won't be answered until his pro day in a couple days)

I guess this is gonna be one of those days.

Alright, seems everyone is too smart to want to trade into this position.  Darn.

With the 41st pick of the draft, the Packers select
Payton Wilson, LB, N.C. State

Wilson is an elite athlete in a LB's body.  Standing 6'4" 233 pounds, he's got the size to play the position, and with a 4.43 40 yard dash, he's got elite sideline-to-sideline speed for a linebacker and can flourish in coverage.  Heck, with that speed and size, he could probably move around the defense and take snaps at Safety when in Nickel sub-packages.
The Packers are transitioning back to a 4-3 defense, and after cutting Devondre Campbell, that leaves a spot open for the taking alongside Quay Walker and Isaiah McDuffie in the base defense.  And with his athletic profile, Wilson will compete for snaps in the Nickel and Dime subpackages.

Taking offers for 41.  Gonna take a shower before family shows up, so I'll check on offers after that, or make a pick if no offers arrived.

1 minute ago, The Rook said:

That was a pretty good round - good drafting everyone. 

Prospects went about as expected:

4 QB's

8 OT's

2 IOL

5 WR's

1 TE

2 DT's

4 Edge

6 CB's

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Rook

That's a lot of tackles.

7 minutes ago, clskinsfan said:

<redacted> is going to end up what we are left with. I'm fine with that if it means we get a second ot like <redacted> as well. 

Rule violator!!!

6 minutes ago, KillBill26 said:

Not only did he reject my trade offer from the broncos, but he swiped my pick from the bucs.

I think what you meant to say is that I facilitated a trade between the two GMs wishing to trade with me.  Everyone's happy.

With the 25th pick of the draft, the Green Bay Packers select
Ga'Quincy "Kool-aid" McKinstry, CB, Alabama

Green Bay's got a new, aggressive D.C. in town who will play press-man coverage, which plays to the Kool-aid man's strengths, and he should also benefit the run defense with his physical play-style along the perimeter.  After trading away Rasul Douglass at the deadline when we thought we weren't making the playoffs, adding in a new perimeter corner was a priority.

I'm awake.  Gonna take some time to look over my board and offers.

Don't think we're gonna win this one.

On 2/27/2024 at 12:29 PM, Sacks &#x27;n&#x27; Stuff said:

**** ALL OF YOU MOTHER****ERS!!!

 

 

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10 hours ago, purbeast said:

The Dali isn't close to being 400 meters though.

 

 

Having properly looked it up, Dali is 300 meters.  Enterprise refit is also about 300 meters.

1 hour ago, purbeast said:

The Dali isn't close to being 400 meters though.

I have been lied to.

Does this help anyone understand the scale of the cargo ship?

1 hour ago, Fergasun said:

Why aren't big corps railing against house prices, education and medical costs?  All those costs go into what they need to pay employees.  This is what I don't get.  Ramping that up will ramp up compensation, prices and cut into profit. 

 

This is what makes zero sense.

If all those costs went into what they need to pay employees, they'd be paying employees a lot more.

1 hour ago, The 12th Commandment said:

I hope that when Trump loses, Putin realizes he's useless and let's loose with whatever he's been holding over his head. It must be really juicy.  

I'm not convinced Putin has anything over Trump.  Trump would eat Putin's ass pro bono as he worships what Putin has.

2 hours ago, PleaseBlitz said:

Is this a parody?  With all of those empty buzzwords, it sounds like a parody.

52 minutes ago, brandymac27 said:

 

Everybody knows estrogen makes everything harder. 😁

And more difficult, too.