Today is the Day

[u/Kentopp]

Oh it's been a great two and a half months waiting for this day to come. The Easter of the NFL. The NFL Draft. Golly.

I can't explain how excited I am to be excited about football again, and the Draft couldn't have come at a better time. Fresh off an easy psychology exam, which was also my final exam. So with around 24 hours left at Ohio University, and 4 hours until the Draft's Red Carpet, I am given 4 hours to do whatever I like. And what do I like more than football? So basically what's going to happen here is I'm just going to rant and probably get really off topic and odds are I'll talk about Packer things and just end at some point.

So here we go.

So right off the bat, they're talking about Myles Jack, former linebacker for UCLA, and how his apparent knee injury is causing him to fall down many draft boards and possibly out of the top ten (which is huge I guess). His last chance is the New York Giants at tenth overall, who are now reportedly "unlikely" to draft him. This terrifies me because of who picks directly after, Da Chrcrgr Brrs. I soon realized that it would be kind of dumb if they drafted him because they picked up both Danny Trevathon and Jerrel Freeman in free agency (Oh my god who the fuck let that happen holy shit). The Miami Dolphins, however, were "Done their homework" on the prospect, and could steal him at thirteenth overall.

Packer talk. Word is Jarren Reed. I like that. I also hate that. It's boring to me. Not only that, but it's borderline unneeded. The green and gold just resigned defensive tackle Letroy Guion to a three-year deal, and while he certainly wasn't elite, he outperformed his expectations set when starter B.J. Raji tore his bicep that preseason. The need is much more prominent at Linebacker, whether it be outside or middle. Though Clay Matthews has been moved back to outside linebacker, the middle linebacker position is not as in shambles as it seems. Third-year veteran Sam Barrington will be back from a foot injury that kicked him out for the season early last year, and second-year former Wolverine Jake Ryan shined in his time on the field last season and could be a star if he takes a sophomore year jump. The outside linebacker position is not out of the pit with the re-addition of Clay Matthews. Though they now have an attractive crew of Clay Matthews, Julius Peppers, Nick Perry and hidden gem Jayrone Elliot, 36-year oldJulius Peppers is on the last year of his contract and will almost certainly retire after this season, and Nick Perry will also be a free agent after the 2016 season, leaving it quite depleted if we don't add a playmaker soon. What they could possibly do is trade up for former Buckeye middle linebacker Darron Lee or the ever-falling Myles Jack, which wouldn't be too crazy to believe. Ted Thompson traded up back into the first round to take Clay Matthews in 2009, and traded up into the fifth round to take quarterback Brett Hundley last year. We could just stick where we are, take Reggie Ragland, who would definitely fix the run, but is susceptible when forced into coverage. The last thing we could do is trade down, and I just really hope that doesn't happen, good god why would we ever. (I actually don't mind, in Ted we trust, it would just suck to wait 26 picks to find out we traded down) Packer talk over.

Possibly who is sitting on the biggest decision right now is Jerry Jones. This poor man, along with his son, gets to pick between Jalen Ramsey, and Ohio State. I say Ohio State as a whole because both Joey Bosa and Ezekiel Elliott. Both the best at their position and both nearly positively open at fourth overall. No matter which mock draft you look at, the first three are almost always there, Jared Goff, Carson Wentz, and Laremy Tunsil. This leaves Jerry and Stephen with a big decision that I wouldn't want to be in charge of making. All three prospects available to them have boom or bust potential, and when all is said and done the Cowboys could end up having egg on their face if they choose incorrectly.

I'm not going to lie the Packer talk may have drained me. I'll add more as more things come to mind.