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Pick No. 21 has been historically awful

Plenty of tall wide receivers in this draft


Paul from Folkestone, UK



Mark from Stewartville, MN



Jeffrey from Milwaukee, WI

Vic, if the Packers decide to take a safety in the first round and Clinton-Dix and Pryor are not available, do you think they could trade down and get a guy like Deone Bucannon? He's a big safety with very good speed, can tackle and can cover very good.

I'm all for it.

Mike from Kansas City, KS

If the price could be negotiated to the Packers' satisfaction, how much would Eric Berry interest them?

Trade a draft pick for a player? Somebody would have to kidnap Ted Thompson and hold him hostage until the deal is done, but I'm all for anything that would make fans stop obsessing about safety.

Chris from Fond du Lac, WI



Phil Savage

Senior Bowl Director Phil Savage announces his position rankings during the Senior Bowl and he put Ward at the top of the defensive back rankings. It's important to note Savage is a former NFL GM and that he and Ward are natives of Mobile. Here's what I can tell you about Ward and the Senior Bowl. During practice, a bunch of school kids began chanting, "Jimmie Ward, Jimmie Ward." I said to Tony, "Have you seen him do anything this week?" Tony said he hadn't. Other than the first day, I hadn't seen much of anything from the defensive backs or the wide receivers. The other two days were very windy and the deep ball was missing from practice. I can remember a lot of deep balls thrown the previous year, and that's what you want because you find out who can flip their hips, close on the ball and play it in the air. Dwayne Gratz, Blidi Wreh-Wilson and Desmond Trufant stood out in those drills last year, but I can't remember a defensive back jumping out at me this year. I'm giving you a reporter's opinion. Savage studies the tapes. He's taking a harder look and he obviously liked what he saw in Ward. Mel Kiper loves Ward. I would definitely put more stock in Savage's and Kiper's reviews of Ward than mine, but I'm not going to lie to you and tell you I saw Ward making plays all over the place. I didn't see him make one.

Carter from Madison, WI


He was my idol. I lived and died by his batting average. I would love to say Clemente was better than Mays, but he wasn't. It wasn't until the latter part of Clemente's career that he became a power hitter. Through most of his career, he was a bad-ball, opposite-field singles hitter. He didn't drive in a lot of runs until 1966, and that's when his career shifted gears. He started to pull the ball and that's what had been missing through the prime of his career and it's why he was largely ranked behind Mays, Hank Aaron and Frank Robinson in the National League. The Clemente that won the 1971 World Series MVP was different from the Clemente of his prime. Having said all of that, there's one thing about Clemente that doesn't get mentioned: He hit top pitching. He was the one guy that hit Sandy Koufax.

George from Hutchinson, MN



Chris from Savage, MN


I still think Aaron Donald's smallishness will cause him to fall on draft day. Teddy Bridgewater has been disappointing in workouts; he could be this year's Geno Smith. Allen Robinson turned in a terrible workout at the combine. He was too heavy and too slow, and even though he dropped weight and bettered his 40 time at his pro day, I think a deep crop of wide receivers and the lack of deep speed are going to drop Robinson farther than a player of his talent should fall.

Rob from Ripon, WI



Browns C Alex Mack

Yes, it is. The inner workings of this game are becoming too difficult for fans to understand. Who has the time to devote to learning this stuff? Sports shouldn't be this difficult. The Alex Mack situation is a perfect example. The Browns transitioned Mack. As it's turning out, everyone is going to lose in this deal. The Jaguars worked hard on an offer sheet and the Browns say they're going to match, which means the Jaguars wasted their time and money courting Mack, the Browns are going to grossly overpay for Mack and Mack is going to lose seven figures in tax money he wouldn't have to pay if the Browns didn't match. It's a lose-lose-lose. Why should the fans have to know the inner workings of all of this, when it was all a waste of time that changed nothing? Get rid of the transition tag.

Matthew from Racine, WI


I don't think you have to worry about tennis questions. I'll dabble on some other things, but not tennis. The most important thing is to get this safety issue decided. Calvin or Ha Ha? Or how about Jimmie Ward? He had a great Senior Bowl; too bad I missed it.

Mark from Matawan, NJ


There are plenty of tall wide receivers in this draft. Mike Evans and Kelvin Benjamin are 6-5. Martavis Bryant is 6-4 and can fly. Brandon Coleman is a late-round guy who's 6-6. This draft is loaded with any kind of receiver you want.

Max from Bisbee, AZ


It's the one trade-up scenario that makes sense. The Packers wouldn't have to go up far for him. Do they like him enough to do that? I don't know. What I do know is the Packers have need at tight end and Ebron is one of those mismatch tight ends Mike McCarthy loves.

Don from Juneau, WI

I've come to trust Tony Pauline and Vic Ketchman.

Do not trust me. I'm serious. I'm just a reporter, not a scout. I tell you what I see and hear, but I do not pore through tape and evaluate prospects. Tony does that. Trust him.

Kevin from Chicago, IL

If draftniks are so good at what they do, why aren't they employed by NFL teams?

They already have draftniks.

Tudor from Saint Augustine, FL

Who would you take at No. 3 if you were Jacksonville's GM?

Tony's 1-2-3 is Clowney-Mack-Matthews, so I guess it would be one of those three. You know how I am about this stuff, especially when you're that high. You don't dare reach when you're that high; the cost of failure is way too high.

Dan from Waupun, WI


If he was officially detected for having used a legally banned substance, it should count against him. I know, a lot of guys used them and avoided detection or used them when they weren't a banned substance, but we can't turn this into a witch hunt. Barry Bonds was convicted of obstruction of justice. That's a fact and it has to count against him.

Ryan from Westfield, WI

Vic, I just got a call from the school. My four-year-old "lost his footing on a toy and bumped his head." The teacher went on to say there is no bump or redness and he is experiencing no pain at all, but she wanted to let us know. Thought that would give you a chuckle.


Wesley from Hoover, AL


I think you know the answer to that.

Nathan from Oregon, IL


I don't want to be a class act. In some ways, that's almost insulting because it suggests that I know how to answer questions in a politically correct way. I don't like politically correct. It's a lie. I wanna be known as a guy who could be trusted to answer questions with his honest opinion. If you don't like it, too bad.
