I want to make a few things clear before we kick this beast off. First of all, this is a best case scenario draft. While it is unlikely that all of the players that I have selected will be available when they are selected in this mock it is at least possible. In fact if…
One week from tonight the Packers will make their first selection in the 2014 draft. The majority of Packer fans seem to want the selection to be a linebacker, namely Alabama’s CJ Mosley or Ohio State’s Ryan Shazier. But despite the fact that Packer fans and the media almost universally recognize inside linebacker as a…
The draft is all about opportunity cost. The reason that the entire world laughed at the Minnesota Vikings when they selected Christian Ponder #12 overall is not because Ponder wasn’t ever going to be a serviceable NFL quarterback. We didn’t know that for sure (I think everyone kind of assumed) but even if Ponder ended…
Immediately following the Super Bowl, I outlined what I perceived to be the Green Bay Packers’ needs moving into the 2014 season here. Now that it seems clear the team will not re-sign or sign another player that projects as an “impact” player, it’s time to see where these positions stand heading into May’s draft. I’ll…
The 4 most junior writers at PackersTalk.com got “together” this week and rotated picks for the first 100 selections in the upcomign NFL draft. Jacob Westendorf, Ian Hanley, Matt Bove and I played “GM” for 8 positions in each round. Ian was fortunate enough to make the first 3 selections for Green Bay and I…
AJ Hawk has always been a point of contention for Packers fans. Hawk came in as the team’s first top 5 pick in a very long time and was heralded as the “savior of the defense”. While Hawk has been very durable and one could even say dependable he has not been top 5 pick…
