He really threw curveball drafting 3 lineman in this draft after drafting 3 the previous year. C was a need for sure but I don't think anyone was really worried about the starting oline and the depth. Nailing your oline picks is a gonna go a long way in helping your other picks on offense.
Originally Posted by: Mucky Tundra
Oh I was worried about OL especially because I didn't know when Bakh might be healthy and I didn't trust Nijman. So I thought the Packers had no depth at OT and C.
As for curve ball of drafting 3 OL after drafting 3 OL... to a certain degree I disagree. Because while they did draft 6 OL in the last two years, they only drafted two of those in the top 5 rounds.
So 4 OL we're selected in the 6th round... if those late selection develop you're lucky... and honestly I wasn't excited about Hanson's or Stepaniak potential from the start...
That being said, the Newman selection did surprise me, but that's because I thought the Packers really needed better depth at DT, CB and S and I thought there were good options at those positions (in fact 4 of the next 12 selections after Newman were Safeties) and the Packers next two selections were DT and CB.
I was always more of a Ted guy. You don't need special players for guard. But man, we're learning right now how good it is to have depth, all the way across that Oline. Our Oline coach seems uniquely talented too, not to jinx.
Originally Posted by: nerdmann
I think it depends on your system that you're running, in this wide zone system, OGs seems to be a lot more important, and almost all of them have drafted an OG in the top 2 rounds.