Draft more OL or better OL coaching?

Zero2Cool
Elite Member Topic Starter

11 years ago

We see several folks constantly whine "Ted draft OL!!", and I've been saying (along with others) that it's not the need to draft OL that is where attention needs to be sought ... it's at the COACHING the drafted players! I used to be in the camp that Ted can't draft OL. That changed a couple years ago to the Packers can't COACH OL players anymore. You just can't miss THAT many times.

2012 	7th Andrew Datko*

2011 	1st Derek Sherrod *
2011 	6th Caleb Schlauderaff 

2010 	1st Bryan Bulaga *
2010 	5th Marshall Newhouse*

2009 	4th T.J. Lang*  	
2009 	5thJamon Meredith

2008 	4th Josh Sitton*
2008 	5th Breno Giacomini

2007 	4th Allen Barbre

2006 	2nd Daryn Colledge 
2006 	3rd Jason Spitz  
2006 	5th Tony Moll

2005 	5th Junius Coston  
2005 	7th Will Whitticker

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zombieslayer
Registered

11 years ago

Pack93z knows OL way better than I do.

But I stand by what I said in another thread - 🇹🇹 is off the hook. He's done his job. He's drafted OL.

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nerdmann
Premier Member

11 years ago

First of all, Mike was asking for "smaller, quicker" guys.

So that's what Ted got him.

For the past few years, Mike's relented to asking for "bigger, stronger" guys. Since then, Ted's looked much better, because a higher percentage of those guys have worked out. We've got some guys out with injury, but they are in the pipeline. We've also got sufficient depth (not to jinx us) that we are still in the race.

But yes, I think we could do better than Campen.

Right now it behooves our QB to get the ball out in under 8 seconds.

JSO

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gbguy20
Veteran Member

11 years ago

coach sucks

wpr
Preferred Member

11 years ago

just look at when they drafted most of the players. Until Sherrod & Bulaga the only players they took above the 4th round came in 2006. It is hard to build a quality line when you are constantly using leftover spare parts. Even the best coaches will have problems developing a Pro Bowl player if they have nothing to work with.

Once Sherrod & Bulaga come back from their injuries (in 2013) the tackle positions will be solid. Lang and Sitton will do fine at G and then all they need to do is to find a quality center.

nerdmann
Premier Member

11 years ago

Originally Posted by: wpr

I'll say this.

If Barclay and Van Roten turn out to be players, that will make Campen look pretty good.

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DakotaT
Select Member

11 years ago

I think the problem has more to do with injuries than anything. Sherrod had his bones in the lower leg snapped. Now that's a two year injury and very freaky to the say the least. But not to draft a center when you let Wells walk is a mistake. It would have cost Casey Hayward to get one of the better centers in the draft though. So then you're at the opportunity cost thing.

wpr
Preferred Member

11 years ago

Originally Posted by: DakotaT

I can understand the Packers wanting to take a shot with Saturday. EDS as his backup and drafting someone next year that would take Saturday's place in 2014. They were wrong but they didn't know that in April.

nerdmann
Premier Member

11 years ago

Originally Posted by: wpr

Saturday hasn't been great, but I wouldn't say he's completely shit himself.

He's a stopgap.

“Winning is not a sometime thing, it is an all the time thing. You don't do things right once in a while…you do them right all the time.”

Zero2Cool
Elite Member Topic Starter

11 years ago

#10

Saturday hasn't been great, but I wouldn't say he's completely shit himself.

He's a stopgap.

Originally Posted by: nerdmann

I read in a few places that the Packers are grooming their eventual Center. Who that is? No idea.

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