Not a betting man but my money is on Jacobs v. Hod x 11 and it isn’t even close.

Pa Hod x 11 maybe. Otherwise no.

Jeff from Foothill Ranch, CA

What are the next main schedule/agenda things for the offseason and when are they? Minicamp and schedule release? More PTO burn?

Rookie minicamp is today and tomorrow, schedule release is May 14, OTAs start after Memorial Day, and I’ve got a few Brewers games to catch before then.

Arthur from Eau Claire, WI

Now that you have a chance to look back, in your own opinion did you get more of a boost from the lead up to the draft, the draft itself, the “get it done 10 minutes ago” deadlines, the moment that you realized it was over, the satisfaction of a job well done by all, or the first chance you had to reflect and decompress with the family?

I definitely felt more energized for Day 1 with the draft being right outside the office windows. Then the way everything fell into place with Barryn Sorrell in Saturday’s opening round carried me to the finish line.

From a fan and community level the Green Bay draft was undoubtedly considered a success (attendance, ambiance, TV ratings, etc.), but how do you think the NFL brass felt about the overall experience? Would it have been favorable enough to consider a future return?

Absolutely. The league will keep moving the draft around, but nothing happened to damage any chances of it being brought back after other cities have had their opportunity. By the way, a quick clarification on my Wednesday comment about only Green Bay incorporating the stadium in its draft. Dallas obviously held the 2018 draft inside AT&T Stadium. I was referring to Green Bay using its stadium grounds for the draft with the stadium itself as part of the scenery/backdrop, and my answer was poorly worded.

Mike, I attended the Super Bowl parade in KC where bullets flew into a massive crowd and an innocent person was killed. I have not attended a big outdoors event since then. Green Bay had over 600,000 people attend the draft and it was safe and fun. Amazing! How did they accomplish that?

Dare I say Packers fans are winsome? In all seriousness, what happened in KC was tragic and disturbing, but a Super Bowl parade can’t and won’t have the security measures in place that there were for the draft. I had a special pass to park in Lambeau’s underground lot for those three days (we don’t otherwise park there, ever) and my car was sniffed by dogs every day before I drove in. The security operation was incredibly thorough, and unfortunately that’s necessary these days.

In regard to a donnybrook, the late great Keith Jackson, announcer not Packer, used to say that a lot back in the day when announcing college football games. I believe that is where I first heard it. Great announcer who I miss.

Now that you (and John from Waupaca) mention him, I almost certainly heard the term from him first, putting it in my subconscious vocabulary. He was my favorite college football announcer, and everyone else is a distant third.

Jeff from Albuquerque, NM

A few examples of “scout speak” please?

Here are a bunch of lines Sullivan (talking about Anthony Belton) and Hendrickson (Sorrell, Collin Oliver) dropped on us in the media auditorium: Big doesn’t get small, overwhelm with size and physicality, twitch to play out there on the edge, match speed, ability to anchor and just play big-man football, can’t play through him, get thick on you in a hurry, see him in the quarterback’s lap, sustain vs. power, callous enough, the get-off and the takeoff, put your hand on the ground and go, playing the stack spot, get under tackles who can’t bend, the tape matches that.

With the durability issues with Christian Watson would the Packers consider sitting him out for all of the upcoming season?

When Watson is healthy enough to play, he’ll play.

Gents, it seems ever since the Packers have drafted and played Sean Rhyan they are trying to replace him. Am I missing something or is his play substandard? By my untrained eye, he seems to play well and warrants the starting spot. Your analysis please?

Rhyan has held his own at right guard, and he’s a player still coming into his own. His career started slowly but he’s put that behind him and has looked only forward. That said, a personnel department’s job is to try to find upgrades. Always. Linebacker Brian Noble, drafted in 1985 and a defensive mainstay for most of a decade, has famously told the story of his first meeting with new GM Ron Wolf in 1991. “He said to me, “You’re not a great football player, but you are a solid football player. Somebody who can play the game. But realize this, you are here only until I can replace you.'”

Gents, I took the draft pick player selections as a bit of a vote of confidence in the DC. You can have offensive, defensive, special teams players rated the same on the board. But seeing any coach’s vision and ability coming forth on the field allows you to be less cautious and swing for a home run. A top 10 or so defense is plenty good to win it all with a couple offensive weapons.

The Packers like their defense, especially the way it was playing toward the end of the season, and they’re excited for Hafley’s second year as well as counting on a new defensive line coach to get more consistency from the pass rush without sacrificing stout run defense. Adding Hobbs in free agency amidst the Alexander uncertainty allowed Gutey to go into the draft not feeling he had to chase any particular position or addition, and let the board speak to him. I don’t really analyze it much beyond that.