Austin Seferian-Jenkins – Mackey Award Winner. The Red Zone BEAST the Packers need, plus 89% blocking grade in 2013, best of all TEs. Donte Moncrief – Consistent downfield threat the Packers receiving group lacks. Elevates (39.5″ vertical, 11′ broad jump). Not polished jet, but tremendous upside. Cody Latimer – Big, strong, fast, fearless. Caught 72 […]
Draft
Packing the Stats: How the Packers Invest
One thing that many fans have noticed over the years is that Ted Thompson does not like to draft interior offensive linemen, instead preferring to draft tackles and converting them into the interior once they reach the NFL. This concept seems to indicate that in the NFL there is a premium placed on some positions […]
Packing The Stats: The Importance of Pre-Draft Visits
So it’s not exactly a busy week in the world of the NFL (try as they might to might to make it a year long sport), and there isn’t really anything going on until the draft; the Combine and Pro Days are essentially over, free agency has definitely hit that point where teams are now […]
Packers Like Odd Pairing At A Key Position
During this week’s No Huddle Radio podcast, we had the pleasure of chatting with Dan Shonka of Ourlads Scouting Services about everything draft related. Of course, there were deep ties to the Green Bay Packers and what we might see from them in next month’s draft. One interesting comment that Dan made about drafting players […]
Packing the Stats: Who can the Packers find at pick 21?
In 2012, Greg Gabriel postulated an interesting hypothesis that teams use historical draft data to predict how many players at a certain position will get drafted. I did this analysis in 2012 based on the draft board and draft selection of the Packers back then and thought it was a pretty interesting exercise. Basically, a […]