He is the second-straight offensive player taken by Green Bay. Jamaal Williams, Aaron Jones and Devante Mays were all taken in the fourth round or later, so they will likely have limited roles in 2017. Then were embarrassed by the New York Giants in the divisional round in their quest to repeat as Super Bowl champions. With the Packers defense ranked 31st in passing yards a year ago, general manager Ted Thompson decided the time is now to fix the problem. He didn't go offense until the 241st pick (tackle Andrew Datko).
Adams was selected with the 93rd overall pick. "We have the first pick tomorrow and the first pick on Saturday". He grew up traveling to Lambeau Field for games and training camp practices, he became the High School Player of the Year who committed to Wisconsin so his friends and family could watch him play and now they'll only have to travel about 90 minutes across Highway 54 to watch him peform at Lambeau Field.
"I'm not sure I would characterize that exactly the same way", Thompson told USA Today when asked about their failure to fix the defense through the draft.
"The reason we were doing something like trading was we felt like the board was strong enough to absorb it, and I think it did, and we're looking forward to picking tomorrow", Thompson said. After seeing their defense struggle in a big way last season, especially in the secondary, the Packers could not afford to pass on a talent like King.
Turnovers. King forced eight turnovers in four years at Washington, and had five interceptions over his final two seasons. Datone Jones, Jerel Worthy, Casey Hayward) or have been downright awful (e.g. The last selection was linebacker Brady Poppinga in the fourth round in 2005.
But the Packers' longtime boss isn't scared off.
"Absolutely, [Ty Montgomery] is our starting running back,"said Packers head coach Mike McCarthy, via the Wisconsin State Journal".
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The Packers sent the 29th overall pick to the Browns to move back four spots to the first pick of Friday's second round (No. 33).
Amichia is the third Bull the Packers have ever drafted.
Kevin King of Washington, at 6 feet 3 inches the tallest top cornerback in the draft, was held in highest regard by the Packers before the draft.
Apparently, that includes covering a perennial All-Pro such as the 6-foot-4, 220-pound Jones.
King had a 40-yard dash time of 4.43 seconds, according to NFL.com, while Jones was timed at 4.41 seconds.
During his Senior year, DeAngelo had 49 catches for 951 yards, 10 touchdowns and a 19.4 average yards per catch.
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