I remember Dix for his failure to jump about a foot and block a 2 pt conversion desperation pass from Wilson in the 2014 NFCCG loss to the Hags. In fairness, there was plenty of blame for that loss.
He wasn’t great but he wasn’t terrible either. He actually played Safety also. His career kinda mirrored Quay Walker imo. He’s drafted back of RD1 but never really lives up to Day 1 hype. Both to me are still that top 50 area selection if there was a do over Draft that season. They are regular starters but never get off the + Starter plateau. There’s a need for that but here I think both players are pretty much near game ready early on Rookie season. That really is the payoff is the plug n play, unlike Luka’s Van Ness where you lose time hoping the ceiling pops off.
That miss was second to the botched onside kick. Wilson's throw was like a Hail Mary. It should have been a knock down.
I thought Dix played as a S. I don't remember why the Packers let him go. Good DB play is always at a premium in GB. I didn't know he went to the Bears and didn't know he quit football after six seasons.
Good Morning and Happy Memorial Day (weekend)
Thanks for the history. Well it was wise of him to end his NFL career. He showed flashes of talent but never put it all together.
Boy was I stoked when we drafted Kevin king. I was so against drafting TJ watt. lol. Thought it was just because was JJ watts brother.
Yeah I think the consensus in here wanted Watt just in case he became anything remotely close to his Brother. Plus the WI ties it just made sense.
Well GBS I'm impressed that you have the courage to admit you preferred King over Watt. I think a lot of us did and just din't want to go out on that limb.
Drafting TJ Watt because he is JJ's brother is a better reason than TJ playing in our backyard. I'm not a huge follower of the Badgers. I was aware of TJW but like our GM, was thinking CB help was priority #1, and King looked like a good foot. Once again - first thought wrong!
Actually Joe, we traded back to pick #33, and Watt was taken at pick #30.... However, we coukd have taken him, instead of doing the trade back. It's possible they were hoping he would get to #33, but CB was a huge need that year. Chidobe Awuzie was my Draft crush that year, and he ended up going #60 to Dallas in the 2nd Rd. King, Sidney Jones, and **** Tabor all went before him, and he was the best of the bunch, career wise. Funny thing is then at #61, we took S Josh Jones. If they wanted those two positions early, coukd you imagine if they took S Budda Baker at #33, and then gone CB at #61 (Possibly Awuzie, or 3rd rounders Ahkello Witherspoon, Cam Sutton, or Rasul Douglas). On paper, we would have faired a lot better with that scenario.
Exactly. Although my bigger issue was staying up until after 11pm to watch us draft our guy and Ted trades out of RD1! That was depressing. I remember EXACTLY where I was sitting that night in 2017. True story I had my laptop open and was following online.
Thanks for the correction D! Those were the years when CB was a need almost every season. But I didn't know Watt was taken in the first round.
I don't think it's luck. And I think we too often pick on what we hope rather than see. Though I have a feeling Cisse might be good. Just a feeling but he was rated well and a 2nd rounder
Thanks for the story OS. It is a bit funny, sadly at your expense.
You're right gopkrs, the Packers woeful record at picking CBs is not due to bad luck, but picking on hope rather than what is most likely to happen. And in this case a lot of hope was that CBs drafted could play well immediately. That's just not the way things (usually) go in the NFL, maybe with the exception of the OL guys.
We had pick #29. We traded with Cleveland for the 1st pick in Rd 2, and the 1st pick in Rd 4. I personally liked the tradedown we made, because it gave us the 1st pick on Day 2, and the first pick on Day 3 of the Draft.... unfortunately, those picks, overall, didn't work out for us (King & Biegel) King had a couple of decent years for us, but Biegel did basically nothing.
Thanks OS, much appreciated.
I want to say it was #27 area? Going off memory might be off by spot or 2
Thanks D. Now that you mention it, I do recall that draft (somewhat). As the first round unfolded, King would have been there at #29, but that ws a bit too high for him. TT traded back a few spots to get him and moved up in other rounds. CB was the #1 need, and all of the top talent was gone early.
Good memory OS. DoURant confirmed it was #29. So TT moved back four spots and out of round 1 to take King at #33 and move way up in rounds 3 and 4. At the time it was a v good move. King at #29 was a reach, and no one knew the kind of player Watt would become when he was selected at #30 by Pittsburgh.
I’m beginning to believe that in many drafts, once you get past the group of Top 1-12 Blue Chip types, the variance in % chances of hitting Gold on a player inside the Top 40-50 overall drafted area isn’t that much different.
Good pint about the draft this year. Not having a first round pick this year, especially at the back of the round, didn't hurt much. I don't think they would have gotten a better CB if they were drafting in the mid-late 20s, as is usually the case.
Yikes how did the Browns and Saints get so far in dead cap hell? Although the Packers at $45 mil isn't anything to write home about. Thanks for the charts OS!
