Ross' Packers Draftapalooza
By Ross Uglem
Draft Day is here. For the first time since I've been alive the Packers have two first round picks heading into the draft. They picked twice in round one in 1993 and 2009, but both of those situations arose from draft day trades. Not only that, but the Packers have ten total selections in this draft. One grading system rates their draft capital as the 3rd highest in the entire draft.
These are rare times in the Aaron Rodgers era. This isn't your daddy's draft where Green Bay selects 26th in every round and Trader Ted moves up and down a little bit, takes a Pro Bowl WR in round two or three and an All Pro OL in round four or five after probably missing on the first round pick. This two picks in the top 30, three in the top 45 and six in the top 120. This draft could very well define the Brian Gutekunst/Aaron Rodgers/Matt LaFleur marriage.
So in preparation for tonight, after you've purchased the CHTV drraft guide (seriously what are you doing go buy the draft guide how have you not purchased the draft guide go purchase the draft guide), bookmark this page. This is the place to find every piece of draft content that I have provided during this offseason.
It's pretty extensive so let's get started:
NFL Combine Interviews
Miami DE Joe Jackson on Adversity
Kansas State OT Dalton Risner on his meeting with the Packers
TJ Hockenson on being mocked in the top 10
North Dakota State QB Easton Stick on NDSU's Pro Style prepping him for the NFL
FSU EDGE Brian Burns on the toughest OL he's faced this year
TJ Hockenson on whether he prefers finishing blocks in the dirt or making a big catch
Iowa EDGE Anthony Nelson on his relationship with the Packers and with Josh Jackson
Stanford WR JJ Arcega-Whiteside on the Packers
UMass WR Andy Isabella on training with Randy Moss
Florida EDGE Jachai Polite on his discussions with the Packers
NFL Draft Prospect Twitter Threads
Minnesota LB Blake Cashman (@blockayyy) 2019 #NFLDraft Thread:
— Ross Uglem (@RossUglem) March 19, 2019
#Michigan LB Devin Bush (@_Dbush11) 2019i #NFLDraft Thread:
— Ross Uglem (@RossUglem) March 7, 2019
FSU EDGE Brian Burns (@Fire_Burns99 ) 2019 #NFLDraft Thread:
— Ross Uglem (@RossUglem) March 17, 2019
#Michigan EDGE Chase Winovich (@Wino) 2019 #NFLDraft Thread:
— Ross Uglem (@RossUglem) March 7, 2019
#SouthCarolina WR Deebo Samuel (@Uno_Captain) #NFLDraft Thread:
— Ross Uglem (@RossUglem) April 24, 2019
#KState OT Dalton Risner (@DaltonBigD71) #NFLDraft Thread:
— Ross Uglem (@RossUglem) April 25, 2019
Packers Mock Draft Mondays
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Packers Draft Specials
Where are the Good Players Taken? (Re-Check)
The 10 Commandments of Draft Season
My Top 300
War Room Episodes at Packers Talk Network
Episode 1 - Season Recap
Episode 2 - Quarterbacks with draft prospect Easton Stick
Episode 3 - Running Backs and draft prospect Dalton Risner
Episode 4 - Wide Receivers with The Draft Network's Brad Kelly
Episode 5 - Tight Ends with NBC Sports' Thor Nystrom
Episode 6 - Offensive Line with OL expert Owen Riese
Episode 7 - Defensive Line with NFL Films' Ben Fennel
Episode 8 - EDGE with pass rush expert Justis Mosqueda
Episode 9 - Linebackers with draft prospect Blake Cashman
Episode 10 - Cornerbacks with former NFL CB Eric Crocker
Epsiode 11 - Safeties with The Draft Network's Ben Solak
Episode 12 - War Room Mock Draft with Cheesehead TV's Andy Herman
NFL Draft Interview on Bison 1660 in Fargo, ND
Thanks to everyone that made this an awesome draft season!
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Ross Uglem is a staff writer for Cheesehead TV. He can be found on Twitter @RossUglem
Comments (14)
johnnyd17
April 25, 2019 at 09:36 am
thank you!
Montana
April 25, 2019 at 09:42 am
Thanks for all your hard work.... It's draft day Packer Fans!
dobber
April 25, 2019 at 01:07 pm
...and thanks to all the CHTV staff who have put in many hours to assemble content for us to digest, including the Draft Guide which is amazing work.
Kudos and thanks to you all!
Since'61
April 25, 2019 at 10:04 am
Nice job Ross. I have the CHTV draft guide. Thanks, Since ‘61
EdsLaces
April 25, 2019 at 10:46 am
In the words of the great band known as Korn......" Are youuuu readyyyyyy"?
johngalt
April 25, 2019 at 10:56 am
Past philosophy seemed to value more bites of the apple over fewer but quality picks. Count me as all in on quality over quantity. You can only signs 53 of these guys, and I think they need to start leaning into it. I'd be psyched if they traded up to net Oliver, Hock, Risner, and Thornhill. They could make that happen, albeit at a cost of perhaps camp competition. 10 picks are meaningless if only 5 or 6 likely make the squad. Agree, ton of work to put this out, thanks for the effort Ross.
ottscay
April 25, 2019 at 10:53 am
Did my last daily draft on Fanspeak this morning and for the first time Devin White fell all the way to 12. Hope it's a sign...
sonomaca
April 25, 2019 at 10:56 am
I’m going to say there’s not a single person in America who is going to call the top 12 picks correctly.
ottscay
April 25, 2019 at 11:04 am
I can't argue that! I think there's little chance White falls, but stranger things have happened.
dobber
April 25, 2019 at 04:03 pm
By all accounts, more teams than usual ahead of the Packers are itching to trade back and build draft capital later in round 1 and in day 2. If anything, it's going to devalue early picks and make it hard to get what the charts project as fair value for #12. That could mean that the Packers could get more for 12 and 30 than they were expecting. It also means that just about anything could happen in that first 90 minutes of the draft.
Mojo
April 25, 2019 at 11:04 am
I want the Pack to assemble a D as good as Minny or Chicago. I'd like us to do some ass-kicking for a change. Can't stand watching other teams march down the field on us all the time. Sick of it.
With that in mind, I'm hoping they can land D White or Oliver at twelve. I don't want them to trade-up unless they are assured of getting either Bosa, Q Williams or Allen. If Oliver and White are gone @12 then consider Burns, Bush, Ferrell or Sweat.
If they're convinced the price is too high for the above, then take the best offensive tackle or Hockenson AFTER trading back.
They seem to be assembling pieces on D. Now finish it off tonight.
ILPackerBacker
April 25, 2019 at 12:07 pm
As a young packer fan growing up in IL it was great to have the packers double up in the first round.
The draft excitement was not as wide spread but thanks to what there was and RAY N packer report it created a life long and fun relationship with GB relatives and the packers
Ezra and Mike.....lots of fun examples and never the disaster that seemed to come from single high picks like Campbell or Tony or McCoy
rconnol1
April 25, 2019 at 12:48 pm
Uglam sucks, what a gomer
BoCallahan
April 25, 2019 at 05:58 pm
My draftpalooza is pfizzling out. I just want this draft done so I can gear up for the next wave which will be learning EVERYTHING possible (and then some) about the new Packers!
One thing is for certain, the CHTV contributors will have new material which should get us to Training Camp.