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5 hours ago, gooseneck said:

Cleveland picks--Mekhi Wingo    LSU    Jr    DL    14    6-1    295

Was looking to try to grab him.  Not ultra productive, but the tape shows a guy who's got potential.  Needs to learn a few counter moves to get off blocks and he can be dangerous.  Problem right now is that when the line gets hands on him, he simply can't beat the block.  But add some counter moves like a spin to his repertoire and he might see a big jump in effectiveness.

7 hours ago, SkinsFTW said:

I'm in Tennessee and I felt nothing.

Yeah, I'd probably drink until I felt nothing if I lived in Tennessee, too.

With the 169th pick of the draft, the Green Bay Packers select:
Kitan Oladapo, S, Oregon State

Oladapo is a decently sized Safety at 6'2", 216 pounds.  Above average size matched with average speed with a 4.58s 40 yard dash.  With his height and reach, should be an option to cover Tight Ends.  I like his play in-the-box in run support; packs some decent wallop to his hits, and I've seen some nice iron-grip wrap-ups on plays that I think others would have been run through.  He'll compete with Cole Bishop and the returning Anthony Johnson for the Strong Safety position opposite McKinney, and I expect him to earn a spot on a couple Special Teams units.

2 hours ago, Skins24 said:

Reminder that the U.S. is not a direct democracy - straight popular vote wins.

We're a representative republic. For electors to not represent the will of the people in their state is completely against who and what we are.

We would need to change that part first....

For states that have more than 1 district, is it wrong for them to throw all of the state's electoral college votes to the party that won the state's popular vote even if your district voted for someone else?  Isn't it going against the will of the people to have their district throw its vote to somebody that did not win the district?

Popping in from my phone to inform y'all that you blew up my draft board, so I won't be able to pick until I get home and look it over.

2 minutes ago, Skins24 said:

The UN resolutions, the Genocide accusations to the International Court, etc. is not doing anything?

Technically, the government is on the right side of this war as well (as the other side is a terrorist organization.)

Wake me up when the UN does something beyond wagging their finger.
And no, it is not "technically" on the right side.  Would we be "technically" on the right side to support NAZIs because they're fighting against French Resistance terrorists?

2 minutes ago, Skins24 said:

And the government being on the right side has not stopped Russia from committing atrocities. Why the silence from the populace?

We are actively supporting Ukraine.  We're sending them weapons and intelligence to fight back.  We're issuing sanctions hurting Russia's ability to wage war; to the point they're stealing ****ing washing machines to scavenge computer chips because they can't buy them to make their weapons.  And now they have to rely on ****ing North Korean weaponry.  Because we're actually doing something tangible against Russia.  Unlike Israel where we tell them we'd like them to please stop committing genocide, and then turn around and give them more weapons to continue committing genocide.

Did you guys down in D.C. feel the earthquake, or just us up north in the PA/NJ region?

56 minutes ago, Skins24 said:

Isn't that why there are protests against Israel?

We protest against Israel because nobody's doing anything about them.  The government is already on the right side of the Ukraine war.

Just now, clskinsfan said:

There are 2 picks there Packer fan. Which one is HIM?

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There's one pick per quoted post that I responded to.

18 minutes ago, Chump Bailey said:

WITH THE 146th OVERALL PICK, THE TENNESSEE TITANS SELECT:

 

OLB/EDGE MOHAMED KOMARA COLORADO STATE

 

Damn, I was planning on moving up to grab him.

14 minutes ago, goskins10 said:

 

At pick #147  @KillBill26 and the broncos Select James WIlliams  S Miami(Fla)

 

@Chump Bailey and the raiders on the clock 

@WelshSkinsFan and the bengals on deck  

@Skinsinparadise and the Siants 

@actorguy1 and the Colts

@COWBOY-KILLA- and your Washington Commanders 

Dang it, had him circled, too.

Anyone notice that Ovechkin's shot knocked the stick out of the goalie's hand on the way into the net?

10 hours ago, Die Hard said:

Serious question. Let’s say you vote for Trump, Trump wins the election.

 

How does Trump handle the situation in Isreal differently/better?

 

My understanding of Trump is that he’s an isolationist when it comes to foreign policy. He wants to pull the US out of NATO and withdraw US troops/bases across the world. He wants to disengage the US military from any conflict. He said he’d let Putin (an authoritarian leader) attack NATO countries and let European countries fend for themselves.
 

How do you think he’d engage with Netanyahu/Isreal?

 

What country/leadership in the world is dealing with Netanyahu/Isreal in a manner befitting your tastes?

I disagree with your assessment that Trump is an isolationist.  He just wants to isolate from functioning democracies.  He cozies up to fascist despots.

With the 126th pick of the draft, the Green Bay Packers select
Isaac Guerendo, RB, Louisville

Guerendo is a pretty sizeable RB standing at 6'0" 221 Pounds.  And he's incredibly athletic posting an eye-popping 4.33s 40-yard dash, 41.5" vertical leap, and 10'9" broad jump.  When given a hole to run through, he hits it fast and can make guys miss at the next level.  With his elite speed, he can beat defenders to the outside on sweeps and use size to stiff-arm DBs to keep them at bay as he rounds the corner and turns up field along the side-lines.  He can be an effective 3rd down back as he's a capable protector for his QB, and is an effective receiver out of the backfield.  He could use a little work adding some more slippery change-of-direction moves to his repertoire, as he usually sticks to the trusty stiff-arm and his rocket-boosters to outrun defenders, and maybe some work improving his power in short-yardage situations.

This round was way too fast.  I just picked last night.  Gonna take me a bit to figure out my pick.

That was quite the RB run after being completely ignored for until the tail end of the 3rd round.

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.