Packers Select Wide Receiver DeAngelo Yancey in 2017 NFL Draft, Round Five
With their fifth-round pick (127 overall) in the 2017 NFL draft, the Green Bay Packers select DeAngelo Yancey, WR, Purdue
By dnicholson
With their fifth-round pick (127 overall) in the 2017 NFL draft, the Green Bay Packers select DeAngelo Yancey, WR, Purdue
Comments (26)
stockholder
April 29, 2017 at 02:48 pm
Wasted pick. To late for a Wr. Should have picked another RB or turned the attention to the OL.
jeremyjjbrown
April 29, 2017 at 02:54 pm
They probably could have gotten his guy later since they like him for some reason.
He looks like a poor man's Plaxico Burress against all of the 5' 9" college CBs. But he's 6' 2" not 6' 5" so I am dubious he's going to look like that against pro CBs.
dobber
April 29, 2017 at 02:54 pm
You wonder what they see in him. Average speed. Good size. Iffy hands. Head-scratcher at this point.
NickPerry
April 29, 2017 at 03:47 pm
With Bucky Hodges still on the board why not take him? Christ use him as a 6'6" WR....
fthisJack
April 29, 2017 at 07:40 pm
or Jake Butt!
Nick_Suchecki
April 29, 2017 at 02:52 pm
Just picked another RB. Don't mind the pick, seems like he could turn into a big play threat with some improvement on route running.
stockholder
April 29, 2017 at 03:12 pm
TT won't have to worry about some team raiding his practice squad with these picks. I just don't see why he couldn't use these picks in trades .( get the BPA at this point.)
Since'61
April 29, 2017 at 02:56 pm
Not exactly the speed demon that I was hoping for.
Time for a C/G OL then maybe an ILB or another edge rusher in the 6th and/or another DB or WR in the 7th. At this point using a dart board to make the picks works as well as any science that might be applied to the process. Thanks, Since '61
dobber
April 29, 2017 at 02:57 pm
Picked up an extra 7th when they moved down to pick Yancey.
jeremyjjbrown
April 29, 2017 at 02:59 pm
Size/Speed is fine. Its the hands and route running that's really poor. I'm not sure I have ever seen a guy improve a lot on either of these things when moving to the pros. I hope they know what they are doing. I'd rather give Campen a Size/Speed project than Getsy.
Tundraboy
April 29, 2017 at 03:06 pm
Yay
HankScorpio
April 29, 2017 at 07:47 pm
With Yancey, the combine says he is slow. The 19 ypc on the field says he has plenty of speed. The days ahead will reveal which one of those 2 is telling the real story.
al bundy
April 29, 2017 at 02:57 pm
Ted may need to low ball any work or Janis stis is a scare pick heck you could find this level of talent in free agency
marpag1
April 29, 2017 at 03:20 pm
LOL. Put down the bottle and sleep it off, dude.
dobber
April 29, 2017 at 03:46 pm
It was only 4pm...he's just getting his second wind.
4thand1
April 29, 2017 at 03:33 pm
You drink out of your shoe and the toe jam has infected your brain.
marpag1
April 29, 2017 at 03:18 pm
Regardless of what we might think about him otherwise, I'd say Ted Thompson has earned a pretty fair amount of latitude when it comes to picking little-known receivers that most arm-chair GMs didn't know about.
Let's see what the kid's got....
fthisJack
April 29, 2017 at 07:52 pm
like Geronimo....who would have thunk he would produce a little in his first year when many were skeptical about picking him.
4thand1
April 29, 2017 at 03:30 pm
Donald Driver was drafted in the 7th round, how'd that work out?
NickPerry
April 29, 2017 at 03:43 pm
How has any WR outside of the 3rd worked out for Ted? DD was the man but Ted didn't draft him. It only FEELS like he's been here that long.
fthisJack
April 29, 2017 at 07:53 pm
Allison?
zoellner25
April 29, 2017 at 03:40 pm
I love all the fat white guys calling 4.48 slow
dobber
April 29, 2017 at 03:45 pm
I would love to run the 40 in 4.48 minutes.
Thegreatreynoldo
April 30, 2017 at 04:41 am
TT's record at drafting WRs in the 4th round or later actually kind of sucks:
Craig Bragg 6th
Corey Rodgers 4th
David Clowney 5th
Brett Swain 7th
Kevin Dorsey 7th
Charles Johnson 7th
Jeff Janis 7th
Abbrederis 5th (jury is out still)
Trevor Davis 5th (jury is out still)
Maybe Yancey reverses this pattern, but Yancey looks like a UDFA quality player to me. Hmm, TT might be better with UDFA WRs than day 3 drafted ones - Boykin had a good season and Allison has showed up a bit.
dobber
April 30, 2017 at 06:39 am
Four of those 9 are still in the league. Some have argued that once you get past round 5, there's not much difference between the players picked in 6 and 7 and priority FAs. Pretty much just preference. Still, Yancey was taken in round 5 with several edge players with potential still up there. That's my primary beef. The question I have is: what did they see in him that put him up that high?
PatrickGB
May 01, 2017 at 10:02 pm
I did not read about too many edge rushers worth a pick that far into the 5th round. But then maybe there were. Aaron does not need a great WR just a few good ones who can run routes, get open and catch the ball. Also, quickness can be more important than speed. I do not see that from him from the reports. But maybe the Packers scouts did.