CheeseHeadTV - The DO NOT DRAFT List 2020
Our writers give their choices for the player they DO NOT want to see the Packers draft with their first pick.
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Comments (42)
PackfanNY
April 23, 2020 at 11:11 am
Saw a mock with Packers taking Jacob Eason in the 2nd Round. Hate it. Way to early when we have too many other holes.
TheVOR
April 23, 2020 at 10:47 pm
Wish they had taken Eason at 26 instead of Love, Eason had the best NFL arm in the draft IMO.. I cannot believe they drafted Love, WTF! This entire board and article was a list of people including myself basically saying please don't draft Jordan Love... Damn it, we just lost a chance at the Super bowl.
Duneslick
April 23, 2020 at 11:11 am
Tee Higgins
TheVOR
April 23, 2020 at 11:16 am
Oh I know, the whole Jordan Love thing, wouldn't do it, not to be confused with we shouldn't draft a QB in this draft. If the right guy is sitting there in the 2nd or 4th round, or whatever, perhaps.
This #1 selection needs to be on the football field, starting, and or contributing at a very huge level. IMO. Tired of drafting projects, the Gary pick in the rear view mirror was a disaster. It changed the whole completion of the draft. If we had dropped back 5 to 8 slots, and selected Savage with that pick, the entire draft would have looked different. Extra 2nd rounder, still would have had the Saints pick. Using a 12 hole pick on Gary was a bust. Not saying he's a bust, just saying there was far more value in trading back and not selecting Gary.
Pick at 30, and draft a guy you intend to start! That's the guy I want at 30.
Crazedcamel
April 23, 2020 at 01:01 pm
I agree. Under your scenario they could have selected Debo Samuel with the Saints pick and still had 3 additional picks (probably 3rd and both 4th round) for depth. Who knows, maybe he would’ve found Pettine’s beloved hybrid with one of those picks. Dre Greenlaw would’ve fit the bill
TheVOR
April 23, 2020 at 06:20 pm
We could have had D.K Metcalf in that scenario? Then we wouldn't all be wanking for a WR in 2020, at least not with a #1 overall? That was the biggest *-up ever in a draft. Much worse really than Ted Thompson just picking away.
Savage was EVERYTHING you want for a rookie #1, and Gary was a massive disappointment. In the rear view mirror, what a horrific set of circumstance robbed this team of real impact from that draft. It could have been so much more! Dalton Risner, DK Metcalf, On and On..
TarynsEyes
April 23, 2020 at 01:56 pm
Do not select any player in the first two rounds that will not be in uniform and playing from day one. The lack of depth we have at multiple positions should make this a non issue as upgrading is near impossible to not do.
TheVOR
April 23, 2020 at 06:24 pm
Exactly, lets draft some real *-ing football players this year, the kind that just know how to go out and play the flipping game. That Gary pick? OMG, it set back the franchise. We could have won a Superbowl last year by simply not making that pick, and trading back 5-8 spots! We could have had a bunch of quality football players, D.K Meetcalf, Dalton Risner, on and on..
Fubared
April 23, 2020 at 10:38 pm
Gutt doesnt think so. He is an idiot. Give up picks to move down and take a so so qb no one was high on when we need line backers, receivers.
TheVOR
April 23, 2020 at 10:44 pm
Un-Flipping-Real! WT* were they doing there, Dumb! Well, look at the bright side, we just wasted a 1st rounder for a team that desperately needed to draft 2 starters back to back.. Wow... GB is going to struggle again this season, you can feel it coming like a freight train. We just blew our chance to get better and compete..
Bearmeat
April 23, 2020 at 11:29 am
"Just like Rashan Gary last year."
Yep. Crappy pick when it was made. Still crappy now.
stockholder
April 23, 2020 at 11:37 am
A.J. Epenesa DE Iowa. Just doesn't fit. We've just had to many Bust at De.
packerbackerjim
April 23, 2020 at 11:38 am
I could be wrong, but Neville Gallimore reminds me of Jerel Worthy: great first step and then gets stoned, and not in a good way.
PackEyedOptimist
April 23, 2020 at 11:40 am
Man, this has been painful recently. 3 years ago the one I DID NOT WANT (who was predicted as a possibility for the Packers) was Kevin King. Last year? It was Rashan Gary. You know how THOSE turned out :-( As a result, I'm afraid to name a "Please not him!" pick for this year. Well, not really, but that's because I don't think the Packers will take Herbert/Love/Hurts at 30. (Oh no, now I've done it!)
TheVOR
April 23, 2020 at 06:16 pm
It's not like Kevin King can't play! It's that Kevin King can't stay available for 16+ games in a season. Kevin King is a hell of a cover corner, he just can't be expected to stay on the field!
My 2..
gmeyers1
April 23, 2020 at 11:54 am
There isn't going to be a rodgers replacement drafted this year, so no sense even mentioning a name. Wide receiver, LB, or DB, or TE needs to have speed as an important part, three cone athletic ability as well, but speed is at the top of the list. There will be an OT and a DL taken in the mix somewhere too. Whoever Gutey likes is fine with me.
taarons420
April 23, 2020 at 12:05 pm
"Whoever Gutey likes is fine with me."
You must see something in our last 2 drafts that I don't see.
Gutey has been horrible.
Good:
Alexander
Savage (?)
Jenkins
Bad:
Gary
Sternberger
Keke
Hollman
Williams
Summers
Jackson
Burks
Moore
Madison
Scott
Valdes-Scantling
St Brown
Looney
Bradley
Donnerson
WMA
April 23, 2020 at 12:48 pm
Way too early to say bad for Gary, Sternberger, Keke, Hollman, Madison (injury), MVS, St Brown. Summers is a great special teams player - for 7th round that is a find. Scott the punter bad - please.
taarons420
April 23, 2020 at 01:21 pm
Nah.
They're all bad.
And drafting a punter = bad pick no matter what.
Johnblood27
April 23, 2020 at 05:57 pm
Please don't feed the trolls...
taarons420
April 23, 2020 at 12:02 pm
Anyone who is against picking a QB high must think the Packers can still win a SB with Rodgers.
You're wrong.
Passing on picking your next QB just because you made a mistake with the contract of your current QB is just digging a deeper hole.
taarons420
April 23, 2020 at 12:05 pm
The answer is Higgins.
Jnixman
April 23, 2020 at 12:15 pm
Like Nagler says, all these “no” players are great picks for some team at some point in the draft. Just not for the Packers #1.
I know the consensus is to go WR or OT but if Epenesa is there, I would take him at 30. He’s a prototype 3-4 DE and pairing him with Kenny Clark would go a long way toward fixing the Pack’s run D issues. Get the big guys early.
hobowilly
April 23, 2020 at 05:52 pm
Hi. Don't mind a Dlineman first. But, even though Blacklock is rated slightly lower than your Hawkeye (and, i do love Hawkeyes-hello Mike Daniels), we DONT NEED another edge rusher. As Nags would say, "that's just me"!!! I'd take Blacklock but i'd bet he'd slide into the 2nd round-just a hunch. Gutey doesn't like that his 3 or 4 guys he projects are within reach (in the earlier 20's) ARE GONE, so he trades his #30 for an extra 2nd and plus a 3rd or 4th? he can then select Blacklock somewhere in the mid 30's to early 40's and then an extra WR with those extra picks he gets. Bingo!
Who knows, Nags could be right. We wait all evening, or at least until, say #22, then a trade is announced, Philly trades pick with GB and GB gives up its brat concessions for 2020 and their #30 and their #94 for Murray or OT's Wills/Thomas or some such. Ya don't have to trade around for a WR in the first, guys. There are plenty that may well "contribute" in their rookie seasons--what a huge WR class indeed.
We've proven we can find the Devon's and Jordy's in the second!
Jnixman
April 23, 2020 at 12:18 pm
Like Nagler says, all these “no” players are great picks for some team at some point in the draft. Just not for the Packers #1.
I know the consensus is to go WR or OT but if Epenesa is there, I would take him at 30. He’s a prototype 3-4 DE and pairing him with Kenny Clark would go a long way toward fixing the Pack’s run D issues. Get the big guys early.
Leatherhead
April 23, 2020 at 12:36 pm
No WR or OT on the first two days. No defensive player who doesn’t love to tackle.
marpag1
April 23, 2020 at 01:05 pm
Mekhi Becton - The same reason that everybody wants him is the reason why he's overrated. He's 6'7" and damn near 370 lbs, and amazingly ran 5.1 in the 40. Problem is he can't pass block. He can damn sure be a run blocker, but bulldozers don't rate, and in today's NFL no one wants to give up a top ten pick for a guy who can't pass block. You also have to wonder if a guy that big is going to last physically. I'm not saying he's a bust, and he might develop into the next Anthony Muñoz but there's a lot of risk with this kid....
blacke00
April 23, 2020 at 01:55 pm
My gut feeling is they'll do exactly that and draft Love. They shouldn't have drafted Gary. But I hope I'm wrong.
Lphill
April 23, 2020 at 02:24 pm
A lot of Gary Haters, watch him this season , limited snaps last year and still was productive. We need players drafted that can play today, if they draft Love that is a waste of a pick .
taarons420
April 23, 2020 at 04:26 pm
couldn't get snaps over.... fackrell.
yikes.
dobber
April 23, 2020 at 06:41 pm
Didn't have the same role in the defense and was not playing behind...fackrell.
Fubared
April 23, 2020 at 10:42 pm
Gary will ape Perry, play lights out in his contract year then go dormant again. Hey gary did zilch at michigan. He only had big days against rutgers. Good teams handled him easily. Gutt is the worst gm in football.
egbertsouse
April 23, 2020 at 03:49 pm
He should not draft anyone in Rd. 1 who has to change positions to make it in the NFL. And no “slashes” like ILB/S or OLB/DE or OG/OT. He has a bunch of picks in Rds. 6 and 7 to draft those projects and “jack-of-all-trades and master of none” type guys.
Johnblood27
April 23, 2020 at 06:02 pm
Chinn is a "slash" type player, SS/Slot/Hybrid ILB, and he would be a great fit in Pettines defense at a position of need.
Im not advocating him at 30, but with a RAS of 10, it wouldn't be completely out of place.
dobber
April 23, 2020 at 06:45 pm
He's the flashy kind of RAS player BG seems to be enamored with.
Alberta_Packer
April 23, 2020 at 04:02 pm
No to any:
1. WR who runs a 4.5+ 40
2. TE who runs a 4.8+ 40
3. RB who runs a 4.6+ 40
4. CB who runs a 4.5+ 40
5. S who runs a 4.6+ 40
6. Any OL /DL who runs a 5.4+ 40
Johnblood27
April 23, 2020 at 06:03 pm
now we are set with our master plan to assemble the greatest track team EVER!
Johnblood27
April 23, 2020 at 06:07 pm
My NO! draft player in round 1 is...
Patrick Queen.
I really do not like his size for the NFL game at ILB.
He might be a hybrid type, or a WLB in a 4-3, but PLEASE, NO for a 3-4 ILb in a defense that already gets pushed around in the run game.
1st round is too early for an ILB thats NOT a 3 down player with the ability to impact both the run and pass game.
edit: My best value ILB would be Luke Wilson at our spot in round 3. Better would be in round 4, but he will not last that long.
Thegreatreynoldo
April 23, 2020 at 07:20 pm
FUBAR:
CB Jaylon Johnson. Had shoulder surgery on March 4; his recovery time is 5 months. Did I mention that it is his third shoulder surgery?
Raekwon Davis: Guys who come in like gangbusters and then don't progress despite big time college coaching and facilities have something wrong with them.
Leatherhead
April 23, 2020 at 10:28 pm
All you NotJordan Love guys jinxed it, just like last year with Gary.
Fubared
April 23, 2020 at 10:35 pm
I fn hated the gary pick last year. This year its your guys turn to hate and trash gutnick for the love pick. . Again Spielman stole another draft. He has enough picks getting rid of guys and acquiring picks to fill all gaps. Why the f did they move down for a guy no one was high on. Guttnick will destroy this team.
ottscay
April 24, 2020 at 04:26 pm
Lol, maybe it's time to stop publishing this particular bit before the draft?