04/24/09

In case you didn't realize, the NFL draft is this weekend.  The Packers select 9th overall and have 9 picks total. The breakdown by round:

1st Round, 9th overall
2nd Round, 41st
3rd Round, 73rd
3rd Round, 83rd (from N.Y. Jets)
4th Round, 109th
5th Round, 145th
6th Round, 182nd
6th Round, 187th (from New Orleans)
7th Round, 218th

Predictions:

SI.com's Peter King (via the Magazine) Andre Smith, Tackle, Alabama

Mel Kiper/ESPN: BJ Raji, DT, Boston College

ESPN/Todd McShay: Andre Smith, OT, Alabama

SI.com's Don Banks: Tyson Jackson DE, LSU

Scout.com: Brian Orakpo DE/OLB Texas

ProFootballTalk.com: Michael Crabtree, receiver, Texas Tech.

Other links...

Thompson: doesn't give any hints but loves the later rounds (probably because theres less pressure to Justin-Harrell it.)

JSOnline writers like Raji and Jackson.

Jason Wilde's Draft chat will take place at noon on Friday.