Packer 2013 Draft

For the next few months one of the topics that I will tackle is the decisions that pertain to the NFL Draft.  Over the past few years I think the overall success has been more positive then negative.  Let's begin by going back to last year and the decisions made in the 2012 draft.

1 - LB Nick Perry - Round 1
2 - DE Jerel Worthy - Round 2a
3 - CB Casey Hayward - Round 2b
4 - DT Mike Daniels - Round 4a
5 - S    Jerron McMillan - Round 4b
6 - LB Terrel Manning - Round 5
7 - T   Andrew Datko - Round 7a
8 - QB BJ Coleman Round 7b

The good news is all the above are still on the roster.  The bad news is the impact that the players from this draft had was limited during the 2013 season!  As a Packer Fan, here is what I observed:

The player with the most impact - Casey Hayward!

     NFL Defensive Rookie of the Month - October
     All Rookie Team - Pro Football Weekly
     Packer Team Leader in Interceptions!!! - 6  (#5 in NFL & Led Rookies!)
     Played entire season!  Stayed healthy!  Played a lot of plays!

Casey appeared to be a great "cover guy".  And the interceptions - WOW!  A definite plus!  With his size - 5'11 & 192 lbs, he will never be an intimidator!

Biggest disappointment - Nick Perry!  Played 5 full games & was injured.  I am always leery of players that are injured.  Hope it was a freak injury & he has a chance to bounce back next year!  He stats for 5 games were not very impressive - 2 sacks, 17 tackles.  Next year will be critical to the future, my philosophy for a number one draft pick in they must be a IMPACT player!

The defensive tackles Daniels & Worthy each played 14 of 16 games,  Worthy was injured for the playoffs.  Each had two sacks (not enough!).  They did provide much needed depth, but I question if they are athletic enough!(This is one of my biggest concerns of the entire defensive line!)

The rest of the 2012 draft had little impact this season.

Overall I would rank this draft - C minus - a little below average!