2022 NFL Draft Thread

[squire12]

1 GM picking late in the 1st says there are only 16-18 first round grades on prospects.....wonder if they are trying to get a cheap move up to around 20 for a prospect???

[Isherwood]

I don't really want to make my own thread for this, and if no one replies or comments on it, it's fine, but I wanted to get my final mock for GB down on "paper" somewhere, so here it is. I don't see the point in projecting trades, so I'm just standing pat and picking players I like at each spot. I'll do one alternate for each pick, for da hell of it. 

Pick #22: George Karlaftis - Edge - I don't think we get out of the 1st round without taking a value pick that drives the casuals wild. The best story is for the Packers first pick to NOT be a WR, so the Twitter soyboys go crazy. This is "one for Gute"

Alternate: Dax Hill

Pick #28: George Pickens - WR - the need pick. "One for Rodgers"

Alternate: Lewis Cine 

Pick #53: Leo Chenal - LB - versatile guy, pairs perfectly with DC. Can rush the passer, has the athletic range to do ANYTHING.  

Alternate: Cameron Thomas - Edge

Pick #59: Alec Pierce - WR - nothing here to say other than there's nothing funnier than when guys on twitter make the Jordy comp and pretend that they thought of it and aren't repeating something they've heard.

Alternate: Trey McBride - TE

Pick #93: Kellen Diesch - OT - elite athlete big man the mold GB loves

Alternate: Romeo Doubs - WR

Pick #132: Tycen Anderson - S - a definite raw project from a small program, but insanely athletic. High high RAS player. Will start on teams and has the juice to help fix things there. 

Alternate: Pierre Strong - RB

Pick #140: Tariq Castro-Fields - CB - balls skills need a little work, but a hard nosed tackler and has no problem playing with aggression.

Alternate: Daniel Bellinger - TE

Pick #171: Amaré Barno - Edge - Long, and high RAS. Raw as you'd expect from this spot in the draft. Light, so more of a pass rush specialist initially. You're getting nothing but projects in the 5th and later. 

Alternate: Smoke Monday - S

Pick #229: Matt Waletzko - OT - Another athletic freak project at tackle

Alternate: Chance Campbell - LB

Pick #250: Samori Toure - WR- Packers demonstrated interest in this guy. This may be too late in the draft for him, but he's a late round type guy. I'm not going to hem and haw about it. Another high RAS guy. 

Alternate: Bubba Bolden - S

Pick #259: Peyton Hendershot - TE - a very similar profile to Jace Sternberger, which didn't work out but is clearly a mold Gute likes. Definitely a tweener. Too light to be a great blocker originally, and not "WR fast", but at this late in the draft is a much easier lottery ticket to pull than Jace was in the 3rd round. 

Alternate: Grant Calcaterra - TE

 

 

[craig]

I may have written this before, but I am not very interested in using anything higher than a 4th or Love to move up.  I don't really want to pinch down from less than 5 picks over days 1+2, or 4 picks over rounds 1+2. 

I'll be very OK if we just hold our spots in round 1.  

 *IF* the Packers hypothetically end up 2nd-contracting both Gary and Jaire, along with Rodgers and Bakhti, and perhaps Jenkins too, we're going to have a LOT of cap space gobbled by a handful of stars.  WE need some capable young players on rookie contracts, even if not "stars".  

[Isherwood]

6 minutes ago, craig said:

I may have written this before, but I am not very interested in using anything higher than a 4th or Love to move up.  I don't really want to pinch down from less than 5 picks over days 1+2, or 4 picks over rounds 1+2. 

I'll be very OK if we just hold our spots in round 1.  

 *IF* the Packers hypothetically end up 2nd-contracting both Gary and Jaire, along with Rodgers and Bakhti, and perhaps Jenkins too, we're going to have a LOT of cap space gobbled by a handful of stars.  WE need some capable young players on rookie contracts, even if not "stars".  

Peter King has us trading a 3rd round pick to move up for Jahan Dotson of all players. Gutey would never do this, but if he did, you would see me on the 10 o'clock news. 

[Arthur Penske]

11 minutes ago, craig said:

I may have written this before, but I am not very interested in using anything higher than a 4th or Love to move up.  I don't really want to pinch down from less than 5 picks over days 1+2, or 4 picks over rounds 1+2. 

I'll be very OK if we just hold our spots in round 1.  

 *IF* the Packers hypothetically end up 2nd-contracting both Gary and Jaire, along with Rodgers and Bakhti, and perhaps Jenkins too, we're going to have a LOT of cap space gobbled by a handful of stars.  WE need some capable young players on rookie contracts, even if not "stars".  

Dosent it also kind of depend on who's available/ who falls?

[R T]

20 minutes ago, craig said:

I may have written this before, but I am not very interested in using anything higher than a 4th or Love to move up.  I don't really want to pinch down from less than 5 picks over days 1+2, or 4 picks over rounds 1+2. 

I'll be very OK if we just hold our spots in round 1.  

 *IF* the Packers hypothetically end up 2nd-contracting both Gary and Jaire, along with Rodgers and Bakhti, and perhaps Jenkins too, we're going to have a LOT of cap space gobbled by a handful of stars.  WE need some capable young players on rookie contracts, even if not "stars".  

You might want to start getting comfortable with 4 picks over days 1 and 2, the likelihood of a trade up is fairly high.   

[MaximusGluteus]

Is there a site that has an accurate listing of who the Packers have brought in for pre-draft visits?  Every site I've found is incomplete and/or the various sites list players that I can't always find any other info about a visit on.

Edited April 25, 2022 by MaximusGluteus

[R T]

6 minutes ago, MaximusGluteus said:

Is there a site that has an accurate listing of who the Packers have brought in for pre-draft visits?  Every site I've found is incomplete and/or the various sites list players that I can't always find any other info about a visit on.

They have updated their list and have the same 28 that I have, still looking for 2 though. 

 Tracking Packers’ official pre-draft visits ahead of 2022 NFL draft (usatoday.com)

[Arthur Penske]

 

 

[Mdpackfan22]

With Gute's history in the 3rd round, I really hope we trade our 3rd rounder to move up in the 1st

 

#28

#92

#132

 

for 

#19

 

#19: Jordan Davis

#22: George Karlaftis

 

Take whichever WR falls and an OL in 2nd round.

 

Jordan Davis and Karlaftis added to our front 7 gives us the potential to be the best defense in the league. 

 

[Sandy]

9 minutes ago, Arthur Penske said:

 

 

Except that it isn't really notable...twice in 4 years is well within the standard deviation of 4 times in 10 years. 

The other info is interesting though and doesn't preclude some 23 year olds like Penning or Brisker for age being day one or two picks. Penning has other reasons I'd prefer we went in another direction but it does open my mind up a bit more on some others leading up to Thursday 

[Les Punting]

6 minutes ago, craig said:

So KC's GM says there are 16-18 first-round talents, but Schefter says teams in the first half are looking to trade down without reciprocal interest in teams trading up.  I'm not sure how to reconcile those seemingly inconsistent claims?  

There might be 18 first rounders but there certainly aren't 18 elite prospects. Interest in trading down from teams in the top half might reflect that. I see 9 elites at the top. Picking ~10th, you expect elite talent. If it's not there, moving back for fair value makes sense.     

GB is in a real pickle. Unless they're willing to trade up half a dozen picks or more, they could miss out on all the premium talent, despite holding a pair of 1sts. Add it up. "Top 21" talent consists of 0 RBs, 0 TEs, 1-2 QBs, 0-1 IOL, 2-3 OT, 1-4 WRs, 0-2 DL, 4-5 EDGE, 0-1 LB, 2-3 CBs, 1-2 Ss. Anything less than the high estimate at even 2 of those positions could have GB's interests picked clean. They could be looking at the 6th EDGE, 6th WR, 4th CB, 4th OT and 3rd S. None of the guys in those slots seem like great value at 22. 

Without a trade up, GB's considerable draft capital seems destined to become a glut of 2nd round talent.       

[Lodestar]

5 minutes ago, Sandy said:

Except that it isn't really notable...twice in 4 years is well within the standard deviation of 4 times in 10 years. 

The other info is interesting though and doesn't preclude some 23 year olds like Penning or Brisker for age being day one or two picks. Penning has other reasons I'd prefer we went in another direction but it does open my mind up a bit more on some others leading up to Thursday 

Right? Thought I was going crazy reading that tweet. "A notable uptick in frequency" lol

[Leader]

Jennifer Kirton -  Draft prediction: if neither GB or KC take Watson or Pickens, the Lions will at 32 or 34.

• Peter Bukowski -  Bears at 39 too

Jennifer Kirton - I guess I just feel like they won’t get there, maybe 1 but not both and maybe neither. It’s one thing to not want to use a first on them but they’re going to be hot commodities in the second then. (Unless this doesn’t happen at all and I look like an idiot )

Either of those guys to the Lions makes a lot of sense and I wouldn’t be surprised if KC likes Skyy Moore or Dotson. But I could see Pickens there too. End of the round is gonna get wild.

[Green19]

Dude Kenny Pickett confirmed at 22!

We getting our QB everyone!!!