Old Guy Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 Y'all act like Kevin King was not a highly rated player coming out of college. He was thought to be the back end of round 1 to early round 2 guy. When he was healthy enough to play early on, he was a pretty good CB. The leg injuries have taken away his speed and he's now a liability. I think now he sucks and don't want him on the field at all or as little as possible, but I do not hate the person. Also, as long as we are re-writing history, I'd bet all of you Wisconsin fans who are butt hurt over us not drafting Watt, were jumping for joy over the Biegel pick. Be honest! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachbuns Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 1 hour ago, Leader said: This ^ It was clearly a (desperate) need pick. Cant say he was the BPA - but clearly Watt's had the better career. Oh well. Cant hit/draft them all. True but still hurts like heck .. had the chance, didn't do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R T Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 2 hours ago, Leader said: This ^ It was clearly a (desperate) need pick. Cant say he was the BPA - but clearly Watt's had the better career. Oh well. Cant hit/draft them all. TT never made a desperate need pick in his life. All these people claiming to have hated the King pick also hated on the Clark pick, Clay Matthews pick, the Jordy Nelson pick, the Aaron Rodgers pick. Some people just truly believe their Youtube scouting make them better at draft players than the Packers FO. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartacus Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 1 hour ago, Old Guy said: Y'all act like Kevin King was not a highly rated player coming out of college. He was thought to be the back end of round 1 to early round 2 guy. When he was healthy enough to play early on, he was a pretty good CB. The leg injuries have taken away his speed and he's now a liability. I think now he sucks and don't want him on the field at all or as little as possible, but I do not hate the person. Also, as long as we are re-writing history, I'd bet all of you Wisconsin fans who are butt hurt over us not drafting Watt, were jumping for joy over the Biegel pick. Be honest! I liked King a lot when we drafted him out of college..... I don't recall it being used as a " Need' pick or a reach at all. TJ Watt was anything but a sure thing coming out as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PackFiend Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 1 hour ago, coachbuns said: True but still hurts like heck .. had the chance, didn't do it. Watt was off the board well before King was even selected. Next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 18 minutes ago, PackFiend said: Watt was off the board well before King was even selected. Next. We traded back though right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squire12 Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 1 minute ago, Norm said: 20 minutes ago, PackFiend said: Watt was off the board well before King was even selected. Next. We traded back though right? technically, Watt was off the board when King was selected. The concept that GB traded back when both Watt and King were available is lost on some it appears 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatJerkDave Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 The hindsight plus UW fandom makes this a fricking monster. Why aren't people bemoaning that Alvin Kamara was 6 picks behind Josh Jones, or we could have had George Kittle instead of Montravious? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NFLGURU Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 34 minutes ago, ThatJerkDave said: The hindsight plus UW fandom makes this a fricking monster. Why aren't people bemoaning that Alvin Kamara was 6 picks behind Josh Jones, or we could have had George Kittle instead of Montravious? Or Jace Sternberger over the very next pick Terry McClaurin. We always have and always will miss the boat on players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 15 minutes ago, NFLGURU said: Or Jace Sternberger over the very next pick Terry McClaurin. We always have and always will miss the boat on players. Everyone does that one though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leader Posted September 30, 2021 Author Share Posted September 30, 2021 1 hour ago, R T said: TT never made a desperate need pick in his life. All these people claiming to have hated the King pick also hated on the Clark pick, Clay Matthews pick, the Jordy Nelson pick, the Aaron Rodgers pick. Some people just truly believe their Youtube scouting make them better at draft players than the Packers FO. Relax. I wasnt impugning the character or ability of TT. The team was desperate at the position. I've no recollection how the board broke back then - who'd been selected / who was left (and quite honestly, dont care about it anymore) - only that the team needed a top performer at the position. We'd hit rock bottom. If I'm not mistaken, we'd ended the year with Ladarius Gunther manning the position. Nuf sed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatJerkDave Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 Truth is in the middle here. Desperation pick? Probably not. Need pick? Absolutely. But we really need to remember back to the time. Kevin King was absolutely seen as a late first to early second round pick. It isn't like they opened their draft guide magazine and just took the best CB available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatJerkDave Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 1 hour ago, NFLGURU said: Or Jace Sternberger over the very next pick Terry McClaurin. We always have and always will miss the boat on players. Everyone does. If the draft was 100% perfect, we would never have sniffed Aaron Rodgers, Nick Collins, Greg Jennings, Aaron Jones, David Bakhtiari, and I'm sure there are more. Then again, we wouldn't have drafted Tony Mandarich either. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
incognito_man Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 4 hours ago, Old Guy said: I'd bet all of you Wisconsin fans who are butt hurt over us not drafting Watt, were jumping for joy over the Biegel pick. Be honest! I'm a UW alum and a casual Badger fan (I'll watch games until they lose one because then the season is done) and I liked Watt and didn't care at all about Biegel because I view Badgers like any other prospect. That's my honesty. I was fine with King at the time, but really like Watt, too. Because 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBPFan Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 There were injury issues for TJ too but I still wanted him at the time. When we were up and he was still there, I got excited. Then we traded down and he was gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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