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With the 255th pick of the draft, the Packers select: AJ Simon, EDGE, Albany Who? Small school prospect here, but a highly productive edge-rusher. His lack of height will be why he's available on day 3 of the draft, but he's fast, strong, and has a bevy of pass-rush moves in his toolbox. Standing only 6'1", he's built pretty thick at 265 pounds. At his pro day, he ran a 4.64s 40 showing off his speed, and put up 34 reps on the bench press. His 12.5 sacks last season was--I believe--the most in college football. He'll bull-rush through tackles, run around them, rip and tear until it is done. Obviously he's not in one of the top schools playing against the top talent, but he dominated the FCS. He's such a sleeper prospect it's hard to even find anything on him, but I think NFL scouts will find his tape and take a shot on him on day 3. Perhaps as early as the 5th round that will leave the pundits scratching their heads while they figure out who he is.

Shame the shutout was spoiled in the last second.

There's another 30-goal season under Ovechkin's belt. Announcers: You know, the shots are heavily in Detroit's favor, but Washington's had quality. It could easily be 2-0 Washington. *30 seconds later Announcers: It's 2-0 Washington.

Very intriguing size/athleticism, but the tape just wasn't very interesting to me. Late 7th seems reasonable to take a chance on that.

Hope you can protect him better than the Dolphins protected his brother.

If you had drafted Kool-Aid like I did, you could smash through that wall.

Updated previous post with write-up on McMahon.

You jerks gotta stop putting me on the clock at work where I'm on my phone without my write-up. With whichever pick I wound up using here, the Green Bay Packers select Dylan McMahon, C, N.C. State McMahon played significant snaps at all three interior line positions of LG, C, and RG throughout his collegiate career. Ultimately, I anticipate him settling in as a Center. A bit undersized (though Center tends to be the smallest position along the line) at 6'3", 299 pounds, and 31.75" arms, I think he's got some room to put on weight. As far as athleticism is concerned, he's an elite athlete. His 5.10s 40-yard dash is very good, but his 4.33s shuttle, 33" vertical leap, 9'7" broad jump, and 7.26s three-cone drill are all elite numbers, with the shuttle and 3-cone drills being highly indicative of success in the NFL. In the run game, he's effective at sealing off his target, or at getting up to the second level and providing down-field block. In the passing game, his lack of size can be seen as the initial bull-rush will walk him back a little bit sometimes, but he does a good job of recovering and planting, and not letting the rusher through to the QB. He reads rushes well passing off blocks and picking up stunts, and when he doesn't have anyone to block, he'll look to help on someone else's block. I think he'll be a starter before too long.

There are worse things than riots. Like Trump presidency.

Nobody likes a snitch.

Looking at all the players drafted so far... there are 4 players named Xavier. The first X-men movie featuring Patrick Stewart as Professor Charles Xavier released 24 years ago in 2000. Hmm... 🤔

Interesting prospect. Lots of physical tools. I read he can throw the football 97 yards. Big and strong, mobile, seen him run over defenders at the first-down marker.

Fix'd. 👍

Packers interested in trading up.

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First post list is wrong. Crum is listed twice, and I am listed as having drafted Lovett instead of Holker.

I updated my Holker post with the analysis of the player:

You had your shot at 216. Though I was considering jumping ahead of you.

With pick 219, the Green Bay Packers select Dallin Holker, TE/H-Back, Colorado State Holker is a little undersized at TE, but he makes up for it with athleticism. He put up elite numbers in the agility drills, which shows up on the tape. Very smooth athlete, adjusts to bad throws and makes difficult catches look routine. He put up a disappointing 4.78s 40-time at the combine, but worked on his technique for his pro-day where I read from a scout that he clocked Holker at under 4.60s, which better matches his game tape. He has a penchant for making some really difficult catches, including the game-winning TD on a Hail Mary vs Boise where the DB swatted the ball down, but Holker made a diving grab on the swatted ball. Or the leaping one-handed catch in the end-zone and getting his foot down in-bounds. Or ball he caught at ankle-level in stride and turned up field for another 30 yards for the TD. Or the one-handed grab on the ball thrown behind him in the snow.

Never touched the puck in overtime. Isn't 3-on-3 fun?

In his defense, I'm pretty sure he's spelled incorrectly on page 1.