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<blockquote data-quote="Sky King" data-source="post: 609009" data-attributes="member: 7171"><p>The Randall pick took me completely by surprise same as everybody else. Nobody on the planet saw that one coming. On faith, anyway, I have to accept that our team's experts feel the picks may satisfy the BAP theory. </p><p></p><p>Faith because I do not make a living scouting games live nor watching video of players performing in all their games all season long. Nor do I sit in a room with others who also do the same thing for a living and who congregate for the purpose of having detailed discussions regarding the many hundreds of potential picks. Finally, I do not get to hear the players' private interviews nor review the data regarding any player's off-the-field persona. All of the above has to be weighed carefully by the <em>real </em>experts who shape the draft board. It's both art and science.</p><p></p><p>That said, I tried to sift through the picks to see if they managed to meet <em>my </em>perception of some of what the Packers needed:</p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Replace two DBs lost to free agency. <em>Check</em></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Replace an ineffective kick returner. <em>Check</em></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Add an ILB. <em>Check</em></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Replace a backup QB. <em>Check</em></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Add competition and depth at the TE position. <em>Check</em></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Add competition and depth to the DL. <em>Check</em></li> </ol><p>Personally, I cannot be down on the picks because it's far to early to know where the hits and misses will be found. Case in point: Nobody figured Corey Linsley to start last year, and certainly nobody predicted he would be <em>that </em>good. Plus, there were not enough total draft choices, let alone high choices, to fill every perceived need.</p><p></p><p>Thus, my 2015 plan is to enjoy the ride by observing the development phase of the "draft and develop" process, and also to try not to be too impatient with certain players' progression short-term. That's the hard part. I have hope that there's a diamond or two in the making from this latest group and probably expect a lump or two of coal, as well, same as from every draft class. </p><p></p><p>And I also have guarded optimism that we will finally see some late bloomers emerge from the immediate past drafts -- players that will show significant progress this season, including Thornton. I mention him especially because, right or wrong, he has struck me as the most disappointing of all the recent upper-half picks. Some may say Sherrod but in all fairness to him his failure was mostly due to that horrific leg injury and less-than 100% recovery, not to being fat, dumb and lazy. Thornton is alleged to have shown nothing much in TC last year, and was also presumed to have been stashed on IR for a year so that he may come to camp this year in-shape on both sides of his neck. I truly want to be wrong about him, however, and I genuinely hope that I will have to eat my words.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sky King, post: 609009, member: 7171"] The Randall pick took me completely by surprise same as everybody else. Nobody on the planet saw that one coming. On faith, anyway, I have to accept that our team's experts feel the picks may satisfy the BAP theory. Faith because I do not make a living scouting games live nor watching video of players performing in all their games all season long. Nor do I sit in a room with others who also do the same thing for a living and who congregate for the purpose of having detailed discussions regarding the many hundreds of potential picks. Finally, I do not get to hear the players' private interviews nor review the data regarding any player's off-the-field persona. All of the above has to be weighed carefully by the [I]real [/I]experts who shape the draft board. It's both art and science. That said, I tried to sift through the picks to see if they managed to meet [I]my [/I]perception of some of what the Packers needed: [LIST=1] [*]Replace two DBs lost to free agency. [I]Check[/I] [*]Replace an ineffective kick returner. [I]Check[/I] [*]Add an ILB. [I]Check[/I] [*]Replace a backup QB. [I]Check[/I] [*]Add competition and depth at the TE position. [I]Check[/I] [*]Add competition and depth to the DL. [I]Check[/I] [/LIST] Personally, I cannot be down on the picks because it's far to early to know where the hits and misses will be found. Case in point: Nobody figured Corey Linsley to start last year, and certainly nobody predicted he would be [I]that [/I]good. Plus, there were not enough total draft choices, let alone high choices, to fill every perceived need. Thus, my 2015 plan is to enjoy the ride by observing the development phase of the "draft and develop" process, and also to try not to be too impatient with certain players' progression short-term. That's the hard part. I have hope that there's a diamond or two in the making from this latest group and probably expect a lump or two of coal, as well, same as from every draft class. And I also have guarded optimism that we will finally see some late bloomers emerge from the immediate past drafts -- players that will show significant progress this season, including Thornton. I mention him especially because, right or wrong, he has struck me as the most disappointing of all the recent upper-half picks. Some may say Sherrod but in all fairness to him his failure was mostly due to that horrific leg injury and less-than 100% recovery, not to being fat, dumb and lazy. Thornton is alleged to have shown nothing much in TC last year, and was also presumed to have been stashed on IR for a year so that he may come to camp this year in-shape on both sides of his neck. I truly want to be wrong about him, however, and I genuinely hope that I will have to eat my words. [/QUOTE]
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