Quote:#1. Jacksonville Jaguars - Teddy Bridgewater, QB, Louisville


#2. Green Bay Packers (TRADE) - JaDeveon Clowney, DE, South Carolina

 

#3. Minnesota Vikings - Anthony Barr, LB, UCLA


#4. Atlanta Falcons - Louis Nix, DT, Notre Dame

 

#5. New York Giants - Jake Matthews, OT, Texas A&M

 

This projection of a Green Bay trade to number 2 overall to take Clowney doesn't make much sense on any number of levels.

 

1.  As another poster pointed out, it's doubtful Green Bay would have the ammunition to get that high to get him, even if you assume the Packers somehow lose out.

 

2.  Clowney is NOT a scheme fit for the 3-4, and the last thing you'd want to do is experiment with the 2nd overall pick.

 

3.  The Packers are set at 3-4 OLB.  They have Clay Matthews and just spent a first round pick last year on Nick Perry out of USC.  Now even assuming Green Bay could trade up to 2, I don't think it would be for Clowney.  More likely, they might deal up to about 4-5 and get Matthews or Lewan.

 

4.  That said, I think the Louis Nix pick for Atlanta makes a lot of sense.  Atlanta has NEVER had the dominant stud interior DT.  EVER. The pick itself may be too high for Nix, but he would be a great fit in Atlanta.

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