Welcome Back! I had to take a leave from football but thought I’d drop a line about the recent NFL Draft….First of all the new format, over 3 days, is stupid. Its good for the NFL and TV but lame for fans, IMHO. I used to really enjoy heading over to a friends house right before noon for a long Saturday. Having it all broken up during the week dimenishes the event. It used to almost feel like a normal day of watching football, except instead of watching actual games you could sort of rehash the season with friends, get excited for the new players, and then joke around about past draft failures for the Pack. Now its just lame.
Thought it was interesting how (like last year) TT stuck with his draft position, and traded up to get Burnett in the 3rd. AND he took 3 Big Ten players with only one guy from smaller, lesser-known colleges (Starks). Maybe this new format has TT spinning also..
Anyways, here are the picks….(taken from pro-football-reference)
1.23 (23) Bryan Bulaga (OT-Iowa) 6′5″-314 – I think he will be a solid pro and a good fit for Green Bay. He should benefit greatly by playing behind veterans Clifton and Tauscher too….
2.24 (56) Mike Neal (DT-Purdue) 6′3″-294 – Don’t know much about this guy, but TT must think he’s good to pick a DT this high with plenty of depth already at this position. (Although they could lose both Jolly and Jenkins in 2011)
3.7 (71) Morgan Burnett (SS-Georgia Tech) 6′1″-209 – Sounds like another good pick, fast and gets to the ball, maybe another Sharper?
5.23 (154) Andrew Quarless (TE-Penn State) 6′4″-254 – This is going to be TT’s sleeper pick, great athlete who slid in the draft because of some personal issues.
5.38 (169) Marshall Newhouse (OT-TCU) 6′4″-319 – Not sure about this pick, be lucky if he makes the team…although TT’s been good at picking players from non BCS teams.
6.24 (193) James Starks (RB-Buffalo) 6′2″-218 – Seems like a strange pick, hopefully this guy has some speed and can return kicks.
7.23 (230) C.J. Wilson (DE-East Carolina) 6′3″-290 – Don’t know anything about this pick either.
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