Friday, May 09, 2014

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.


2 comments:

Bike Bubba said...

Green Bay's draft pick just makes me sad that the Packers don't play in Hot Springs, Arkansas. It would be so (in)appropriate.

Like the text verification; off pantsL. Ha!

Gino said...

dix was on the list for the bears, but i guess they decided on a corner instead as the more pressing need. tillman is getting up there in age.

as for conte, it wasnt so much that he performed poorly last season, it was that the d-line hung him out to dry all the time.