Thanks Brian!

Good little player but small and not someone who is going to be able to carry the rock too many times a game. The average size NFL RB is 215 lbs. With the Packer needs a round 2 or even 3 would be unlikely I would think based on other pressing needs they have.

Spears is my favorite RB right now knowing we have no shot at Bijan Robinson. That would send some shock waves through the draft if Bijan fell to us. That isn't happening. My first RB draft crush was Devan Achane because he reminded me of Aaron Jones only smaller. Then because it worked better in my mock drafts so I could fill positions with players I liked, I chose Eric Gray-Oklahoma. A little bigger and I could wait until 4th round to take him, unlike who I had to take in the 2nd.

All 4 of these guys run fast and catch the ball really well. Any of the 4 would let us move on from AJ and his big salary. Although Aaron was a heck of find in the 6th round. What a good football player but an even better human being. Jones and Rodgers are so different, if not for football I wouldn't see them being friends.

If we could get Spears in 3rd say if we had scored some extra picks from trading back from #15, he looks like a good replacement for Jones next year. He would be an upgrade on the RB from Iowa on the practice squad.
My late round "sleeper" is Evan Hull from Northwestern. He is talented, tough, and same as the other 4 good running and catching the ball. He put up good numbers for some really bad Northwesters teams. And he is more solidly built than Spears or Achane plus playing in the Big Ten he can play in the cold.

Brian,
Suggesting when players are being profiled it would be nice to have a hyper link to that players YouTube highlights. Probably get more responses!

I’d take another Sproles type RB in LaFluers offense.

Its funny but after saying no way Robinson falls to us in my next mock draft I played he did fall and I couldn't resist taking him even though it broke my cardinal rule of trading back in 1st for extra picks. I think it is crucial for this 2023 Packers draft o go from good to great hinges on gaining extra picks in rounds 2,3,4. We are not even in the ballpark of a championship team so the more swings of the bat the better chance of filling holes in the roster.

Drafting Robinson would be earth shattering news in the draft and I am not against it because we could immediately trade Aaron jones, while he is worth the most to us. I think at best we could get a later 2nd round
pick or at worst a 3rd and 6th? Aaron would be alot of teams best RB right away. So pick wise it would be almost like trading back and still getting the best RB candidate in the last 5 years. Robinson would be a gamechanger and they are damn hard to find. Realistically If we got Evan Hull in 7th we could trade Dillon too. Cap saving x 2 and we have almost no options short of trading players left to us. Example-Savage. Trade him = $7.9 million savings. Then sign Taylor Rapp for $5 million per year.

We probably won't even get the chance to draft Robinson anyway, but hypothetically it could benefit us both ways because even if we didn't pick him our phones would be ringing off the hooks with great offers to trade up for Robinson. He would have the same effect as a QB falling and a desperate team giving us a mini farm of picks to move up.

I would probably be very happy with Eric Gray in the 5th or Evan Hull in 7th. A later round pick of RB would be better so we could draft more pressing needs and either player could let us move on from Aaron next year and if he was healthy he might still get us a 3rd.

But Bijan Robinson would really open some great possibilities.

I think there is too much focus on position players rather then play makers. In the case of running back (or WR) Jaymyr Gibbs could play all of the above. He is a difference maker the Packers could use. I think slot receiver would be best. With him you get both a slot receiver and a RB not to mention kick returner. The film speaks for itself. He will be gone before the first round to a team that values explosive play makers. A great receiver now and shifty 4.3 speed. I would take him with our first pick as he will be gone before round two. He will change the entire offense. He will be Love's best friend.

Gibbs is really fast but he is also really short. Don't you think we would be better drafting someone bigger who is also fast that knows how to run actual WR routes as opposed to only RB routes? Its also way to early to pick a RB unless its Bijan Robinson. We need TE, S, and Edge early. Better to trade back for more picks to address those needs early and pick a WR that runs WR routes with late 3rd or 4th round pick. Trade back, get more picks, fill more holes, become a better team sooner. We can score a good RB later too.

I am always well disposed when I read great vision and 4.47 speed. GB has a lot of needs, with RB only being kind of a sneaky one perhaps in 2024. Given the needs, I will just say that if he falls far enough I probably will be fine with taking Spears. 78 is awkward - I'd like him if we were drafting in the nineties per usual.

So I suppose I think he'd have to fall all the way to the 4th, which is another way of saying I don't want him enough.

There are a bunch guys that are about the same height, weight, speed and run and catch well that will be available in 5,6,7 rounds. Spears, Eric Gray, Israel Abanakanda, Sean Tucker, Chase Brown, Kenny Mcintosh, Roschon Johnson, Dwayne Mcbride, and Evan Hull. Green Bay should be able to find a good running back in the later rounds. Some fabulous stats this year and alot of touchdown scored. I seen some great video of RBs catching passes and making it look easy, Being a Big Ten fan I have seen some of Evan Hulls games for Northwestern and he might be a steal in later rounds. No fat on this guy @ 210lbs, 5'11 and 4.4 fast. If he was still available in the 7th round?