Packers 2017 Draft Class

Zero2Cool
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I had hoped the next GM was calling the shots. Now I am hoping it was Thompson, lol.

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Rounds 5, 6 and 7 are typically have longer shots to make the team.
In 2014
5- Corey Linsley made the team but Jared Abbrederis is long gone
6-Demetri Goodson should be gone but he is always injured.
7- Jeff Janis People have been screaming for his release but he keeps sitting on the bottom of the depth chart. If not for ST he prob would have been cut.

2015
5-Brett Hundley
6- Aaron Ripkowski Christian Ringo and Kennard Backman Rip is a decent fullback. I don't get any warm and fuzzy feeling when Ringo is in the game. He probably wud be gone if they had a decent DL. Backman is gone.
7- none selected,

2016
5- Trevor Davis still struggles even with his talent. See Janis.
6- Kyle Murphy Lord help Aaron if they need him in the game for more than a couple of plays.

2017
5 DeAngelo Yancey, Aaron Jones Team has so much depth Yancey had no chance. Add to it that he is so slow. Decent TC. Has to make it because Packers cut all the veterans cept the WR pretending to be a RB. 😝
6 Kofi Amichia no chance to make the team.
7 Devante Mays, Malachi Dupre I expected Mays to be cut but see Jones. Dupte. RAW RAW RAW. He was on the football team in college but it may as well been the rugby team. It will take 2-3 years to develop him.

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7 years ago

Look at how many of Ted's draftees are still in the league, not how many make our team. Ted already has us stocked with talent.

Adams and Biegel are hurt. Yancey and Dupre can obviously play. Yancey probably got cut because Barclay was hurt, meaning they needed a backup C. But Patrick hasn't cleared the concussion protocol yet, so they had to keep him AND McRay.

Amichi is gonna be very good, but he needs an offseason to add strength.

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uffda udfa
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And...how many of those guys are more than just nominal NFLers? That's important.

You need horses to win in this league. Too many non descript players do you no favors. JAGs.

Anyone saying Amichia is going to be very good has an agenda. Nobody can say that after his brutal performance. It's like saying Spriggs will be a great LT. Can't say such nonsense.

Ted Thompson sits on his hands per former GM: "because they’ve had 25 fricking years of great quarterbacks. Of course it works. Try it without a special quarterback."

Zero2Cool
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Originally Posted by: uffda udfa

He's a rookie who hasn't played in an NFL game and you're already condemning him? How's this different than glorifying a rookie after a few preseason games? It takes time. Both directions.

nerdmann
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He's a rookie who hasn't played in an NFL game and you're already condemning him? How's this different than glorifying a rookie after a few preseason games? It takes time. Both directions.

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool

Amichia has skills and athleticism. Just needs to add strength to play at this level.

No one can predict the future. That's why we call them PROSPECTS. And these are very good prospects.

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uffda udfa
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He's a rookie who hasn't played in an NFL game and you're already condemning him? How's this different than glorifying a rookie after a few preseason games? It takes time. Both directions.

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool

It can go in both directions for sure, but to proclaim a guy is going to be very good after he played like Spriggs in the pre season is not a fair thing to say.

Will Amichia be very good or a total scrub? I have no idea. Evidence as of right now points to total scrub so to say he WILL BE VERY GOOD makes little sense.

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7 years ago

6 Kofi Amichia no chance to make the team.
7 Devante Mays, I expected Mays to be cut but see Jones.

Originally Posted by: wpr

Mays flashed good potential.

I felt like Amichia was sorta drafted to prepare for next year... as Taylor, Linsley, Evans and Barclay (Packers top 4 interior OL) are all free agents. And Amichia was athletic enough to play LT for 3 years in college and played Center his freshmen year (and was called out as a "Center" in the draft).

I think Amichia is our back-up Center/Interior OL for next year. I thought he looked horrible his first preseason game, but he impressed me with how much better he looked after that. And I think he was the Packers top OL not taken to the 53 man roster.

I also wonder if McCray is just temporary on the 53 until Barclay and/or Patrick get healthy... because Amichia was clearly catching up to (if not surpassed) McCray in my mind... and normally when that happens, they go with the draft pick. Of course they wanted a back-up Center and I haven't seen/heard of Amichia practicing at Center (yet).

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uffda udfa
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When you don't make it as an OL draftee when we kept 10 OL (many of which are simply not very good) and nobody in the NFL claimed you, the arrow is not pointing up in most cases. Packer=good is something all of us need to fight against to see what is really there. Like fans of all teams we overvalue our own and our front office has a big enough problem with that issue.

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beast
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#10

Originally Posted by: uffda udfa

And you OVERSHOOT the fight til the point you often have the opposite problem.
Where Packer=bad is something you need to fight against to look past and see what's really there.

Like I said, I was surprised to see how much he improved... in that aspect (how much he improved through training camp) he kinda reminds me of Marshall Newhouse (their play style is very different), but that both were pretty dang back and surprisingly improved throughout training camp.

uffda udfa
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#11

Originally Posted by: beast

I can man up and say that I didn't watch Amichia's tape at all. I know of the Packers penchant to keep draft picks. I know of the Packers dearth of talent in their backup OL. I know that they didn't keep him. I know that no other team in the NFL claimed him and I know he was originally a 6th round pick that may not have been drafted at all if not for us. None of the things above give me any kind of inkling he's going to be "very good".

Now, will anyone saying he will be very good man up and say why they're saying this other than Packer=good? You said you watched him. Watching the games live on my laptop and being at the Philly game I can honestly state I never once specifically was watching or thinking...I better focus on Kofi Amichia. As I said above, there are general reasonings to think he is more likely to not be a player than he is.

What I can't stand is rah rah sentimentalism and my issues with some of this go way back over the years to countless baseless, flippant to downright untrue uninformed statements on players. My opinion which isn't worth what someone who has watched him specifically for some time is that he is more likely to be nothing than he is to be very good. What is the issue with that opinion? It's better than 50 50 Amichia does turn into a very good player for us? I don't think so or the above wouldn't be true. It's barely over 50 50 a guy is going to good period much less when the above is true. It's a logically based opinion.

Ted Thompson sits on his hands per former GM: "because they’ve had 25 fricking years of great quarterbacks. Of course it works. Try it without a special quarterback."

steveishere
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#12

Originally Posted by: uffda udfa

It's much less than 50/50 that any player drafted later than the 4th round becomes even an average player. Not just Packer fans but all fans severely overestimate the potential of players taken in the last 3 rounds. As far as expectations I personally just treat 5th/6th/7th as priority UDFA because the talent gap is really not very much between them. Yeah you can get a gem every once in a while but it's so rare it's not really something you should be counting on.

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uffda udfa
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Right...50-50 is probably too aggressive for a 1st rounder much less a 6th. I just don't know how many of us spent a whole lot of time watching and reviewing Amichia tape to make any kind of assessment that he was going to be very good given all the counter evidence to the contrary.

My original ire drawing comment was this:

Anyone saying Amichia is going to be very good has an agenda. Nobody can say that after his brutal performance. It's like saying Spriggs will be a great LT. Can't say such nonsense.

Perhaps, wrong for me to say his performance was brutal as I didn't specifically watch him. A good assumption based on the things outlined previously.

However, when someone dogmatically states he IS going to be very good and it's based on the same or less than my opinion is based off of, I have a hard time not responding.

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beast
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My opinion ... is that he is more likely to be nothing than he is to be very good. What is the issue with that opinion? It's better than 50 50 Amichia does turn into a very good player for us? I don't think so or the above wouldn't be true. It's barely over 50 50 a guy is going to good period much less when the above is true. It's a logically based opinion.

Originally Posted by: uffda udfa

I have no issue with that opinion. But as I'm pretty sure Barfarn (and probably others) has said, you could say that about every single player in the draft and you'll be more right than wrong, because more players don't make it than do.

Especially when you consider you standard for the label "good player" is probably ridiculous high as are most of your standards, which is getting back to the point... other people undershoot, you overshoot, it's still off the mark either way.

The kid is a late round pick, that does not mean he's going to be ready right away. We're looking more from improvement as the rookies adjust to the NFL.

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uffda udfa
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#15

Originally Posted by: beast

Barfarn is right. So am I. It's almost like saying sky is blue and water is wet. That's why it's worthy of a reply when someone is making crazy statements like some 6th round cut who wasn't claimed IS going to be VERY GOOD. That's totally baseless and is agenda driven UNLESS that person has really studied Amichia. My opinion was looked at agenda driven by you but it really is logic based, although, I understand the allegation. Packer=good is a maddening mentality.

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beast
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#16

Originally Posted by: uffda udfa

I agree with that.

My opinion was looked at agenda driven by you but it really is logic based, although, I understand the allegation. Packer=good is a maddening mentality.

Originally Posted by: uffda udfa

That because you are pushing your agenda (see "Packer=good is a maddening mentality")

Also because you read very far into things and then add your assumptions on top of that, and then read further into it... just like the rah rah fans that you don't like... but while they assume good Packers, you assume bad Packers.

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I agree with that.

That because you are pushing your agenda (see "Packer=good is a maddening mentality")

Also because you read very far into things and then add your assumptions on top of that, and then read further into it... just like the rah rah fans that you don't like... but while they assume good Packers, you assume bad Packers.

Originally Posted by: beast

No. Rah rah fans ALWAYS say Packer=good. If you think me commenting on someone else's agenda is an agenda then I accept that. My opinion on Amichia isn't based on Packer=bad it is based on logic. Huge difference. Again, I said I understand your perception that I think all Packers are bad. That isn't true. I LOVE Aaron Jones. I really like Michael Clark. Thrilled Marty B. is our TE. I'm not automatically calibrated to say Packer=bad like rah rah is to say Packer=good. There's a difference. Just because the majority of what I say comes across as negative doesn't mean it's agenda driven other than logic being the agenda.

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beast
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No. Rah rah fans ALWAYS say Packer=good.

Originally Posted by: uffda udfa

Not always, especially when it comes to linemen. A lot of rah rah types wanted Bak gone or at least not at LT because he doesn't fit the prototypical body built.... they wanted Spriggs to replace Bak last year... and this year, they wanted to move Bulaga to RG and Spriggs to RT (again, about prototypical body built, more than actual play skill.

I LOVE Aaron Jones. I really like Michael Clark. Thrilled Marty B. is our TE. I'm not automatically calibrated to say Packer=bad like rah rah is to say Packer=good. There's a difference.

Originally Posted by: uffda udfa

No, from what I see, you're exactly the same in that regard. As neither are automatically calibrated 100% in either direction.

I was talking to some fans that you would call "rah rah" and was telling them that Ringo looks like he's going to make it this year... and they just went and bad mouth him and praised Price... as just like you, the "rah rah" players have their favorites and least favorites too.

You see rah rah types aren't as rah rah about certain linemen (because linemen are less exciting and harder to get all rah rah about). While you aren't as boo boo about the the "skilled" players (because skilled players are easy to get all rah rah about).

It's the exact same thing.

Just because the majority of what I say comes across as negative doesn't mean it's agenda driven other than logic being the agenda.

Originally Posted by: uffda udfa

It doesn't come across as negative... it is negative. You're bad mouthing a group of people. That is negative. You're saying most players will fail. That is negative. "I think we overrate ALL of them." That is negative towards other people.

Doesn't mean it's not logical and true, but it is negative.

And you also assume the worst (which is also negative) and not logical.
~ Thompson is mentally handicapped now
~ They failed in drafting Bulaga
Which you cite things as prove with just as low standards as the rah rah types.

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uffda udfa
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I won't say anything more about your perception of me. Your perception is yours. My perception is mine.

The truth is neither positive nor negative. That is what I strive for.

Everyone has to search themselves as to their biases if they ever want to get to the truth.

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beast
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I won't say anything more about your perception of me. Your perception is yours. My perception is mine.

The truth is neither positive nor negative. That is what I strive for.

Originally Posted by: uffda udfa

Sounds like I hit a nerve, sorry if I did.
If the truth is what you seek then limiting your options is not good... have more of an open mind

Everyone has to search themselves as to their biases if they ever want to get to the truth.

Originally Posted by: uffda udfa

And I think your doing good of a job attacking your fan biases... too good of a job in fact.

I believe your logic is 90+% (or whatever percent) of the Packers media positive spin so you need to read into it from the opposite perspective to get the truth from it. Which could be good logic.

I think you read into it, then use a couple of assumptions (which might be true ~~(or false)~~) and then think your interpretation is fact... which is why I think sometimes you said something was proof, and no one else could see it as proof.

Again, sorry if I struck a nerve... I'll try to drop it now.

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