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<blockquote data-quote="TOPHAT" data-source="post: 147170" data-attributes="member: 781"><p><strong>PICKS REVIEWS</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>The good, the bad, the surprise</strong></p><p></p><p>FootballOutsiders.com lists the best and worst of each round.</p><p></p><p><strong>One of Mike Tanier's choices for best picks in the fifth round is wide receiver David Clownley, who was taken by the Packers.</strong> Tanier writes: "Clowney's collegiate production wasn't great, but his quarterbacks weren't very good and he was part of a rotation system at wide receiver. <strong>Clowney is a deep threat and a speedster, but he's also tough and willing to block, and he has some open field moves. He could grow into a starter once he learns to harness his speed."</strong></p><p></p><p>The selection of Mason Crosby was deemed the biggest surprise of the sixth round. Michael David Smith explains: "Colorado kicker Mason Crosby lasted much longer than most analysts expected, finally going to the Packers with the 193rd pick. At the combine many special teams coaches said Crosby had serious problems with his kicking mechanics, but he was so productive in college that he was expected to be taken much earlier than the sixth round. It's something of a surprise that the team that finally selected him was Green Bay, given that the Packers already had a strong-legged kicker in Dave Rayner. <strong>But Crosby is more accurate than Rayner and should have a very good career in Green Bay."</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>In the seventh round, while Mike Tanier admits it's hard to call anyone a bad pick, nevertheless both Packers choices in this round -DeShawn Wynn and Clark Harris - made his list of those who he says won't be in the NFL come September.</strong><strong>Of Wynn, Tanier writes, "A big all-purpose runner who is too soft to play fullback and too slow for halfback."</strong><strong>Of Harris: "A poor man's L.J. Smith who doesn't like to block."</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TOPHAT, post: 147170, member: 781"] [b]PICKS REVIEWS[/b] [b]The good, the bad, the surprise[/b] FootballOutsiders.com lists the best and worst of each round. [b]One of Mike Tanier's choices for best picks in the fifth round is wide receiver David Clownley, who was taken by the Packers.[/b] Tanier writes: "Clowney's collegiate production wasn't great, but his quarterbacks weren't very good and he was part of a rotation system at wide receiver. [b]Clowney is a deep threat and a speedster, but he's also tough and willing to block, and he has some open field moves. He could grow into a starter once he learns to harness his speed."[/b] The selection of Mason Crosby was deemed the biggest surprise of the sixth round. Michael David Smith explains: "Colorado kicker Mason Crosby lasted much longer than most analysts expected, finally going to the Packers with the 193rd pick. At the combine many special teams coaches said Crosby had serious problems with his kicking mechanics, but he was so productive in college that he was expected to be taken much earlier than the sixth round. It's something of a surprise that the team that finally selected him was Green Bay, given that the Packers already had a strong-legged kicker in Dave Rayner. [b]But Crosby is more accurate than Rayner and should have a very good career in Green Bay."[/b] [b]In the seventh round, while Mike Tanier admits it's hard to call anyone a bad pick, nevertheless both Packers choices in this round -DeShawn Wynn and Clark Harris - made his list of those who he says won't be in the NFL come September.[/b][b]Of Wynn, Tanier writes, "A big all-purpose runner who is too soft to play fullback and too slow for halfback."[/b][b]Of Harris: "A poor man's L.J. Smith who doesn't like to block."[/b] [/QUOTE]
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