On this Reed kid why would Ted take him #32? I don't know if he's on anybody's top 64 although I could be wrong there.

"warhawk" wrote:

As for Pouncey, I have a hard time seeing the Steelers pass on him with the 31st pick if he's good enough to be a 1st round pick that is...

"beast" wrote:

^ This. If he's good enough to be a 1st, there is no chance the Steelers pass on this guy.

"beast" wrote:

I really don't think the Steelers will draft him. Think of what will happen if one of them busts. He gets cut, and the other guy's extremely upset. Which is why I also don't want us to draft Casey Matthews.

"beast" wrote:

I think Reed is a high 2. Not much behind a 32.

Ted Thompson could like him and it won't matter who has him rated where. He could be another Mike Neal.

"Dexter_Sinister" wrote:

Yeah, I'm not sold on Reed at 32. Maybe if we traded down. Ted seems to take his gambles (compared to the Draftniks) in the later rounds. His first round picks seem to be guys that have been rated around that range (Hawk, Rodgers, Harrell, Raji, Matthews, etc). The second and third round is where he seems to find his gems (Jennings, Collins, Finley, Neal, Nelson, Jones, etc.)

I'd like to see him package our first and third or fourth to move up for a OT. Knowing Ted, he'll only trade up if he REALLY likes the players (Matthews, Burnett, Jeremy Thompson).

"Dexter_Sinister" wrote:

I believe he saw action against Detroit and they ate him up. I recall reading Bob McGinn say as much. He is one of the few opinions that I value quite a bit.

Your No. 6 OL is not a lock, especially when you have a developmental program as the Packers have. There is already talk that Nick McDonald surpassed him at LG. That leaves Lang to battle it out at OT, which I dont think he can do.

I'm not saying he isn't going to get better though. I think he can, but I think people are still judging him on his rookie season, when he was a worthy fill-in lineman.

My point is that he was not that player last year.

"porky88" wrote:

Name a Packers OL that the didn't get ate up against the Lions the 2nd game and you'll name one that didn't play... Clifton, Spitz, Lang, Wells, Sitton, Bulaga all got their butts kicked that game... Colledge got injured pretty early I think and didn't play too much... but he wasn't looking too hot ether... the OL coach said they all had failing grades that game...

My #6 OL is a lock because I said this last year he was...

The McDonald passing Lang talk is all based on one writers article that twisted Mike McCarthy words... and I think it was the same writer who said Jones and Jackson didn't get tenders only for them later to say they did...

But Mike McCarthy said he was disappointed Lang didn't improve as much as he hoped. And he said McDonald has potential (same things he said about Moll, Barbre, Breno and others....) I've been saying for a while now I really like McDonald and he he's the type you look for when talking about potential coaching IOL guys up... but he's not on Lang's level (as of yet) ... the writer took Mike McCarthy words and twisted them together saying McDonald is passing Lang, when that's not what Mike McCarthy said at all... he was asked to break now his thoughts on players... not compare them... it was taken out of context and twisted...

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