James Lofton 17 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 Yeah yeah yeah -- hindsight is 20/20 -- but I still can't shake the feeling that if we had picked someone else in the first round, we may have gone to the Super Bowl -- and won! Which of these players you think might have done it? 27. Seattle: LB Jordyn Brooks, Texas Tech28. Baltimore: LB Patrick Queen, LSU29. Tennessee: OL Isaiah Wilson, Georgia30. Miami f/GB: CB Noah Igbinoghene, Auburn31. Minnesota f/SF: CB Jeff Gladney, TCU32. Kansas City: RB Clyde Edwards-Helaire, LSU 33. Cincinnati: WR Tee Higgins, Clemson34. Indianapolis f/WAS: WR Michael Pittman, USC35. Detroit: RB D'Andre Swift, Georgia36. NY Giants: S Xavier McKinney, Alabama37. New England f/LAC: S Kyle Dugger, Lenoir-Rhyne38. Carolina: EDGE Yetur Gross-Matos, Penn State39. Miami: OL Robert Hurt, Louisiana40. Houston f/ARI: DL Ross Blacklock, TCU41. Indianapolis f/CLE: RB Jonathan Taylor, Wisconsin42. Jacksonville: WR Laviska Shenault Jr., Colorado43. Chicago f/LV: TE Cole Kmet, Notre Dame44. Cleveland f/IND: S Grant Delpit, LSU45. Tampa Bay: S Antoine Winfield Jr., Minnesota46. Denver: WR KJ Hamler, Penn State47. Atlanta: DL Marlon Davidson, Auburn48. Seattle f/NYJ: EDGE Darrell Taylor, Tennessee49. Pittsburgh: WR Chase Claypool, Notre Dame50. Chicago: CB Jaylon Johnson, Utah51. Dallas: CB Trevon Diggs, Alabama52. LA Rams: RB Cam Akers, Florida State53. Philadelphia: QB Jalen Hurts, Oklahoma54. Buffalo: EDGE A.J. Epenesa, Iowa55. Baltimore f/NE via ATL: RB J.K. Dobbins, Ohio State56. Miami f/NO: DL Raekwon Davis, Alabama57. LA Rams f/HOU: WR Van Jefferson, Florida58. Minnesota: OL Ezra Cleveland, Boise State59. NY Jets f/SEA: WR Denzel Mims, Baylor60. New England f/BAL: EDGE Josh Uche, Michigan61. Tennessee: CB Kristian Fulton, LSU Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Siman08/OH 163 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 Well, the obvious answers would be Chase Claypool, but I don’t see anyone that honestly would have stopped what happened in the NFC Championship game. A missed defensive play call and an Aaron Jones fumble were the difference. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cpdaly23 48 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 The answer is no. None of these players make Pettine play cover 4 at the end of the 1st half or Aaron Jones not gift the Bucs with 7 points off a fumble to start the second. The packers didn’t play in super bowl because their star players didn’t play well in the biggest game of the year. Nobody on that list changes the outcome. 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FinneasGage 4,190 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 jaylon johnson 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brat&Beer 127 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 Packers had everything they needed to win the NFC. The league MVP. The NFL's #1 offense. A defense that got better in November and December. Home field advantage throughout the playoffs. The only playoff team with a bye. They Just Didn't Get It Done. 9 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crfalker05 24 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 To humor the OP, the answer is Winfield Jr. Maybe it matters, maybe it doesn’t. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joe 590 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 There are a few prospects that could've made a difference, but at the end of the day, a poor defensive scheme and moving away from the bread and butter of our offense(5-7 yard plays) did us in TBH. The fact that we didn't even try to do an onside kick was the final insult to the fans as well. It's one thing to take the points late in the game, but to not even try an onside kick was just flat out idiotic; the only logical excuse is that our ST were so poor that we couldn't depend on them in crunch time, which is a HUGE red flag... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
thrILL! 2,012 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 If your user name is James Lofton, then you remember how dark the days were before we had a really good QB (Lynn Dickey was basically Derek Anderson in CLE let's not kid ourselves). Majik Man started off the resurgence and then Brent and Rodgers took it to another level. If Love turns out to be legit, then we can have another decade of good to potentially elite QB play. I'll take that foresight over and hindsight. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
beekay414 6,073 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 Not a single one of those rookies makes even a blip of an impact on how the season played out. Not. A. One. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ThatJerkDave 3,479 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 The only one of these guys that plays significant snaps for the 2020 Green Bay Packers is Raekwon Davis. And if we had traded up to 26 to get him, people would have lost their **** more than when we picked Love. Take a look at Patrick Queen vs Krys Barnes. Queen ended up with 26 more tackles and 2 more sacks on double the snaps played. Barnes was better in pass coverage. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/Q/QueePa00.htm https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BarnKr00.htm Am I saying that Barnes is better than Queen? No. But he was a better value last season. And with the way that Pettine had shown he plays LBs, could he even gotten the volume that he did last season? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mazrimiv 1,002 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 Even in hindsight none of those names really stands out as someone who would have had an impact as a GB rookie, let alone in the NFCC. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pugger 1,203 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 Maybe Tee Higgins. He would probably be the only one close to our original spot that might have had significant playing time last season. But as others have said, the reason we didn't play in the SB was because we played poorly in the NFCC game. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pilprin 29 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 Thanks for posting the list...I don't see anyone that would have been thee difference maker. A number of possible contributors, but no field tilters. We needed a healthy OT...see nothing there. Not sure any of the other players are that much better than what we had to shift the balance. What I do see, are two guys that would have been impact players in the new defense...WInfield and Delpit. Both are the bigger safeties or play like bigger safeties that will be valued. I also see impactful RB's...a reminder of why its tough to over pay for Jones or Williams. I wanted Claypool in a slight trade down, and he is the one player on this group that I really wish we could have grabbed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Outpost31 10,328 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 Antoine Winfield comes here instead of Tampa and we're winning the Super Bowl, not them. Robert Hurt maybe alleviates the loss of Bakhtiari better. Even if he is an interior guy here. Tee Higgins or Michael Pittman also help bridge that gap, but I won't judge not taking one of them because if we had, MVS doesn't have the year that he had. 200 less yards on 34 less receptions than Tee Higgins (same touchdowns). 200 more yards on 6 less receptions than Michael Pittman (MVS had 5 more touchdowns). This is what the WR crowd will never accept nor understand. If you draft and develop mid round receivers, you don't need first round receivers. Other teams are just too impatient to do what we've done. Gute essentially used a 4th, a 5th and a 6th plus undrafted money on 4 receivers counting on one of them becoming a good receiver. He got two (MVS, Lazard). Give me MVS/Lazard, Gary, Alexander, Savage any day of the week. But not Love. That close to a Super Bowl and don't ****ing tell me Love was the right pick. If you pick Love you better ****ing go all out to win a Super Bowl. But nooooooo. We doubled down in the second round and took Dillon. Dillon to protect us for when we lose Jones. Not an OL to help Jones be better while he's here, but Dillon to be better when Jones is gone. I don't care if every single player drafted within 32 picks of Love busts and Love turns into a Hall of Fame QB. The NFL season is too long and life is too short to play for next year. Gute should be ashamed of himself for the Love pick. Zero value whatsoever a year after reaching the Championship game and you can't tell me you're doing everything you can to win. ****ing lying SOB trying to protect his future instead of chasing rings. I will never forgive Gute for this draft. Ever. Even though there really wasn't a lot of anything great available when we picked Love. That's fine. So trade down. Trade down and get Higgins. Trade down and get Winfield. Or just stay TF put. Anything - LITERALLY ANY PLAYER - helped us more this year than Love. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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