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The Captain and I started a discussion in the Austin Johnson thread regarding how the allowable 30 potential draftee visits to Green Bay were actually converted to picks. The Captain identified several mid round-to-UDFA prospects visiting Green Bay last year who ended up with the team. Neither of us could recall possible day 1 draftees who ended up being picks.
In any case, it's probably worth some effort to try to track this stuff at least for mid-round to UDFA possibilities.
I'll kick it off with a link from Walters, where they track visits starting with the All-Star games:
http://walterfootball.com/prospectMeetings/byteam
Packers:
The one thing you'll notice is that list includes 3 LBs projected as possible day 1 picks: Ragland, Smith and Spence. Nobody at other positions are projected that high. So it indicates a particular focus, one we'd expect.
Ragland has already been hashed over quite a bit.
Just looking at Combine numbers, Spence looks like he'd be targeted as an ILB in a 3-4. I've not looked at any of his tape, so if he has edge rush projection for OLB that would be interesting to know. That's possible since some (most?) project him as a 4-3 DE, as was the case with Perry.
Smith is interesting in that he's only 223 lbs. Thomson may be viewing him as that SS/ILB tweener for coverage/and or box SS hybrid work; I don't see where he ran the 40 at the Combine or Pro Day; looks like he was coming off a knee injury. nfldraftscout pegs him in the 4.56 - 4.78 range.
This at least tells us the kind of players the Packers are interested in for roster and scheme fit.
The on-site visits will be heating up soon, so there should be more names to come.
One thing to note when looking at lists of visits past and present, the Packers always seem to be among the shortest.
In any case, it's probably worth some effort to try to track this stuff at least for mid-round to UDFA possibilities.
I'll kick it off with a link from Walters, where they track visits starting with the All-Star games:
http://walterfootball.com/prospectMeetings/byteam
Packers:
- Willie Beavers, OT, Western Michigan (COM)
- James Bradberry, CB, Samford (SR)
- Chris Jones, DT/3-4DE, Mississippi State (COM)
- Jay Lee, WR, Baylor (PRO)
- Kolby Listenbee, WR, TCU (COM)
- Dadi Lhomme Nicolas, OLB, Virginia Tech (PRO)
- Reggie Ragland^, ILB, Alabama (SR, COM)
- Luke Rhodes, ILB, William & Mary (PRO)
- Alonzo Russell, WR, Toledo (PRO)
- Jaylon Smith, OLB/ILB, Notre Dame (COM)
- Noah Spence, OLB/DE/3-4OLB, Eastern Kentucky (PRI)
The one thing you'll notice is that list includes 3 LBs projected as possible day 1 picks: Ragland, Smith and Spence. Nobody at other positions are projected that high. So it indicates a particular focus, one we'd expect.
Ragland has already been hashed over quite a bit.
Just looking at Combine numbers, Spence looks like he'd be targeted as an ILB in a 3-4. I've not looked at any of his tape, so if he has edge rush projection for OLB that would be interesting to know. That's possible since some (most?) project him as a 4-3 DE, as was the case with Perry.
Smith is interesting in that he's only 223 lbs. Thomson may be viewing him as that SS/ILB tweener for coverage/and or box SS hybrid work; I don't see where he ran the 40 at the Combine or Pro Day; looks like he was coming off a knee injury. nfldraftscout pegs him in the 4.56 - 4.78 range.
This at least tells us the kind of players the Packers are interested in for roster and scheme fit.
The on-site visits will be heating up soon, so there should be more names to come.
One thing to note when looking at lists of visits past and present, the Packers always seem to be among the shortest.
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