The one thing I noticed with our new GM, was that he always went after athletes first...
BG went after a ton of raw, under developed athletes, huge ceilings and huge floors... going hard after the "draft and develop" as well as the "boom or bust" concepts... which might be partly why he grabbed 3 WRs... as the odds suggest at least one will bust. But these guys have a ton of raw pure talent, but they need a lot of coaching to refine their game, from great athletes, to great football players.
Ted Thompson would normally go after more developed football players.
But I think this article did a very good job of pointing out that BG went after guys that really stood out from a raw athletic prospective with great combine/pro-day numbers for someone from their position.
Brian Gutekunst plan and vision for the roster during his tenure was made transparently through his first draft. A scouting report could be done for every pick with one word: Athlete. Lets first take a look at each, day one pick’s RAS. RAS stands Relative Athletic Score and was created by Kent lee Plate (@mathbomb). RAS is a scale that measures a player’s athleticism vs others at the same position, in an easy to understand scale of 1-10. Green is good. Anything in the 9’s is great. And as you can see all three picks are in the 9’s. There is a blend of speed, length, quickness and leaping ability. This coupled with last years 2nd round picks Kevin King and Josh Jones the Packers have a core of athletes on the back end of the defense. Not to mention veterans Clay Matthews and Nick Perry, who are tremendous athletes as well.
packerstalk.com wrote:
Burks' and Moore's numbers had the most red... and really Burks was just weight and bench press... which if the Packers want him to fix, they probably can (though they might want him to be a Safety/LB hybird and stay light). And Moore's red, is just poor 40 yard times... which he looks faster on film.