Tez Doolittle - DT - Auburn [Archive] - Draft Countdown Forums

PossibleCabbage

04-02-2009, 02:01 AM

Does anyone have any info on this guy? the Packers seem interested in him, and would like info on the guy.

I haven't personally scouted him much, but looking at his measurables he looks like the sort of guy that Ted Thompson likes to pick: good athleticism, and a guy who will likely get downgraded more by other teams because of an injury in the past. Seems to have adequate speed for the NT , where it's often a better idea to draft a guy who's about 300 and get him a gift certificate at Old Country Buffet and a key to the weight room than to get a guy who's already 330 and a bit of a slug coming out of college. I mean, after all, in order for an NT to be effective at his job, he has to be quick enough to actually be worth blocking in the first place. Since Pickett will be the Packers NT this year (unless they pick Raji), whoever they pick up to be the backup for that position will have at least a year to put on pounds and muscle. I could totally see this being another fifth round pick by Thompson which gets all the draft experts to question his sanity, but actually works out to be a pretty good pick (like Josh Sitton last year, a guy most pundits (including Scott) didn't even bother to rank, and many panned the Packers for reaching on, but Green Bay has been very happy with the pick.)

Though, to be honest it's really hard to predict which players the Packers are high on since Ted Thompson's crew is known for absolute saturation for college pro days. I mean, Ted skipped out early on the owner's meeting last year so he could attend the Clemson pro day, and they weren't high enough on any guys from Clemson that they felt high enough on to draft. Unlike a lot of teams, Green Bay scouts everybody intensively at their pro days and never brings in high profile prospects for visits. The only visits they conduct, usually, are either smokescreens or intensive scouting on small school, low profile guys.