I am just as guilty as the next person to get wrapped up in the month-to-month, week-to-week, down to the day-to-day draft rankings of college prospects. It's to a point each year where sometimes my wife thinks I have no life because she catches me at 1-2 a.m. just looking over mock drafts and "expert" analyses on players...making my own boards, my own wish lists and my own mock drafts.
Then, not moments after the draft is over, I sit there and think about all the time I really wasted because no matter what the experts say and write, they are just as clueless as we are as to how these prospects professional careers will play out.
I'm not here to wag my finger and say no one should be disappointed in what Ted and Co did in this draft because according to our own analyses and the expert analyses, Ted and Co screwed up big time in the 3rd round and maybe even with some other picks mentioned by Wade. It's nice to have Packers Home to share our opinions, whether they are popular or not.
In the end, none of these players have even touched a practice facility in the NFL. We have no idea how any of them will pan out. Maybe Thornton comes in and proves to be a reliable replacement to Pickett and then goes on to have a 10 year career with the Packers. Maybe Fake Rodgers develops into something better than Jermichael Finley should have developed into. Or...maybe they both are busts.
Also, seeing as your post happened 2 days ago, Wade...I am assuming this was pre-later round picks? Packers nabbed Abbrederis in the 5th, which could be a steal and Janis in the 7th. All I am saying is while you are ticked by some moves, technically Ted drafted some guys 3-4 rounds later than you would have.
Let's let these 9 drafted players and UDFAs go through some NFL practices before we label them as reaches or busts.