Ha Ha, Teddy and more

Of course it's May, so why wouldn't we talk about football. We're into the NFL Draft now

So my beloved Packers selected safety Ha Ha Clinton-Dix with their first pick in the NFL Draft. Just what they needed and the guy they wanted. The Packers have a lot of talent at cornerback but the safety position was a train wreck last year. They'll have Clinton-Dix roam the field and let Morgan Burnett become the enforcer. That's probably the right way to go. And we've needed a guy named Ha Ha for a long time now. Good show.

The locals had two picks. First, they picked Anthony Barr, a bit of a project, but then got back into the first round and got a quarterback named Teddy Bridgewater. Bridgewater was an awfully good quarterback at Louisville and has demonstrated his ability; he probably was available because people had too much time to overanalyze every single thing he did. I suspect he'll be better, probably significantly better, than Christian Ponder has been. The Vikings did well, I suspect.

Gino's Bears took a cornerback named Kyle Fuller. This was a smart pick, too -- the Bears needed a lot of help in the secondary and Fuller looks more like a typical Bears defensive back than some of the other options available. I was concerned that they would take Clinton-Dix, given the disastrous results they got out of Chris Conte last year, but if Fuller comes through they might be able to switch someone else to safety.

The Lions took a tight end, Eric Ebron. That tells me two things -- they've decided they don't trust Brandon Pettigrew; and they didn't like any of the other receivers enough to pull the trigger. Ebron is going to be a chore for the other teams in the division to handle and yet another reason why the Packers picked Clinton-Dix; I imagine that Ebron and Clinton-Dix will become well acquainted over the next few years. Ebron is not much of a blocker, though, which makes me wonder if this is a mistake. The Lions have been puzzling for well over 50 years, of course.