Packers Replace Love in PFFs 2020 NFL Re

Packers Replace Love in PFFs 2020 NFL Re

GREEN BAY, Wis. Green Bay Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst has made some strong moves in the first rounds of his NFL Drafts. In 2018, he traded down and then back up to get cornerback Jaire Alexander and an additional first-round pick.In 2019, he bet on potential by selecting outside linebacker Rashan Gary, then used the extra first-round pick on safety Darnell Savage.In 2021, Gutekunst drafted cornerback Eric Stokes.Thats four starters. Darned good ones, at that.Yeah, but what about 2020? With the top receivers off the board, Gutekunst selected quarterback Jordan Love. Moreover, he gave away a fourth-round pick to move up to select Love, who was coming off a mistake-prone final season at Utah State. Its easy to criticize draft results. Hindsight is always 20/20. But this was foresight. , using a first-round pick on a quarterback after coming off a trip to the NFC Championship Game indeed was a waste of a draft pick. Love has played meaningful snaps in two games. With Rodgers out with COVID, Love failed to deliver in a winnable game at the Kansas City Chiefs. Then, in the finale at the Detroit Lions, he replaced Rodgers for the second half of DeForest Buckner Jersey a lo s to the lowly Lions. Love completed 58.1 percent of his pa ses with two touchdowns, three interceptions and a 68.7 pa ser rating. T Y Hilton T Shirts Of the 50 quarterbacks who threw at least Loves 62 attempts, Love finished 46th in pa ser rating, 44th in completion percentage and 47th in interception percentage. Rodgers threw four interceptions in 531 attempts. Love to sed three interceptions in 62 attempts. Thats one fewer interception in 469 fewer attempts.There are no mulligans in the NFL Draft. Good thing, or the .Scroll to ContinueNonethele s, a hints at what might have been. In it, the Packers wound up with receiver Darnell Mooney.If the Love selection was what spurred Aaron Rodgers to two consecutive MVP trophies, then maybe the Packers make the same decision again, . However, with Rodgers fresh off a new extension, theres no path for Love to make an impact on his rookie deal, barring injury. And there is a gaping roster hole at wide receiver, even more so than back when they still had Davante Adams in 2020.A fifth-round pick, Mooney might not be the No. 1 receiver the Packers need going into 2022 but hes been productive. In two seasons dealing with the Bears me s at quarterback, Mooney has 142 receptions for 1,686 yards and eight touchdowns. He is third in the draft cla s in receptions and fifth in receiving yards.Imagine what he might have done with Rodgers slinging the football.Two more receivers went after Green Bays slot in the redraft. Jerry Jeudy, who went No. 15 to Denver, wound up going to Tenne see at No. 29 in the redraft. Gabriel Davis, a fourth-round pick by Buffalo, went No. 32 to Kansas City in the redraft. Stuck with Drew Lock and Teddy Bridgewater at quarterback in Denver, Jeudy has 90 receptions for 1,323 yards and three touchdowns. Davis has only 70 receptions for 1,148 yards and 13 touchdowns but destroyed the Chiefs with eight receptions for 201 yards and four touchdowns in last years playoff shootout.Former USC offensive tackle Austin Jackson, the 18th pick, has struggled with the Dolphins but the Packers superb touch with offensive linemen might have led to a different outcome.In the real draft, after Justin Jefferson went to Minnesota at No. 22 and Brandon Aiyuk went to San Francisco at No. 25, Green Bay traded from No. 30 to No. 26 to select Love. Had they taken the next-best receiver, they could have selected Tee Higgins. The 33rd overall pick, he has 141 receptions for 1,999 yards and 12 touchdowns. He went ninth in the redraft.Instead Marvin Harrison Jersey , the Packers have Love, whose career is going nowhere fast with Rodgers career rebirth and his own mediocre play.I think Jordans doing a great job of really taking ownership of this offense, coach Matt LaFleur said last month. And its a great opportunity for him. He hasnt probably gotten the number of reps that I dont think anybody would like. So, its just maximizing those opportunities, and hes got a great opportunity to get the majority of the reps out there throughout the course of OTAs.The Green Bay Packers frequently split into two groups - starters and key players on one side of the field and rookies and bottom-of-the-depth-chart players on the other side. Here is what we learned during those practices. QuarterbacksVeteran locks: Aaron Rodgers, Jordan Love.Rookie locks: None.Veterans fighting for a spot: Danny Etling.Extra point: The idea that the release of Kurt Benkert ensures Loves spot on the roster is ridiculous. Loves spot on the roster was secure, anyway. Etling, who like Benkert entered the league as an undrafted free agent in 2018, is the only other quarterback on the roster and, thus, is the front-runner for a spot on the practice squad. For what its worth, the Packers took four quarterbacks into training camp last year and there is one open spot on the roster. Running Backs Veteran locks: Aaron Jones, AJ Dillon.Rookie locks: None.Veterans fighting for a spot: Kylin Hill (perhaps PUP following last years torn ACL), Rodney Thomas Jersey Patrick Taylor. Extra point: Taylors excellent performance in Week 18 at Detroit could give him the upper hand in the race to be the No. 3 behind Jones and Dillon. When all three were absent for the final week of OTAs, undrafted rookie BJ Baylor ran with the starters and undrafted rookie Tyler Goodson worked with the backups. . Receivers Veteran locks: Allen Lazard, Randall Cobb, Sammy Watkins, Amari Rodgers.Rookie locks: Christian Watson, Romeo Doubs.Veterans fighting for a spot: Juwann Winfree, Malik Taylor.Extra point: This is going to be fun. There have been years in which it seemed po sible the Packers would take seven receivers into the John Mackey Jersey regular season but it hasnt happened. Could it happen this year if, for instance, Watkins wins a starting job and the three draft picks (or undrafted rookie Danny Davis) show theyre worthy? And dont forget Winfree, who is coming off another strong series of offseason practices. Tight Ends Veteran locks: Robert Tonyan (perhaps PUP following last years torn ACL), Marcedes Lewis, Tyler Davis (especially if Tonyan starts the season on PUP).Rookie locks: None.Veterans fighting for a spot: Josiah Deguara, Dominique Dafney, Alize Mack, Eli Wolf.Extra point: It was interesting during the first week of OTAs to see Dafney working with the starters on one end of the field and Deguara, the former third-round pick, with the backups on the other end of the field. They are players with similar skill-sets. Do the Packer

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