See, we do see things the same way. WR is one of the biggest needs in the off-season. And not a 4th/5th/6th round need. It’s a 1st or 2nd round need in my opinion. Along with ILB and DT. Maybe we can take care of one or two of the positions through free agency to give us more options in the draft.
Originally Posted by: go.pack.go.
I believe Wolf/Sherman/Thompson have each other drafted one non-OL offensive player per GM in their time as GM, the rest were all either OL or defense as they're harder to find (just a super interesting stat to me)... and it also seems like a lot of 1st round WRs bust for some reason, don't get me wrong, that's where the amazing greats have come from as well... so I'm seeing either OT or defense in the 1st, as defender need to be more athletic.
To my needs board, I have WR, ILB (Martinez), DT like you... but I also currently have OT (Bulaga, Veldheer), TE (bye Graham, Lewis) and CB (Tramon and most important position after QB, and we need more depth and King sometimes is inconsistent as hell).
So WR, ILB, DT, OT, TE, CB ... and wildcard of RB (Jones is awesome, but both he and Williams are going into contract year and could be useful to keep 2... plus this scheme needs a good do it all RB... and some mock drafts have for some reason have had either D'Andre Swift or Jonathan Taylor falling to the Packers 2nd round pick, which I see as unlikely, but if it happened I might be yelling for them to be selected! ).
This is purely speculation, but I'm thinking the sign someone in FA for the ILB Martinez spot... might even be Martinez himself, and maybe WR if they can find a deal/player they really like (and no I don't think they're going back to Cobb).
Heck, RB Derrick Henry has had a down year... if no one offers him much, I wonder what a Gute/LaFleur conversation might be like.
Rumor at the trade deadline had it that the Packers looked into trading for WR Robby Anderson, who's going to become a WR and keeps picking up 700+ seasons with the struggling Jets.