Packers Hope They Chanced on Diamond In The Rough With Quarterback Michael Pratt

Nobody perfected the art of discovering quarterbacks — even must you had them — rather adore Ron Wolf.

Wolf, the Green Bay Packers’ total manager from 1991-2000, took a quarterback in seven of his 10, despite the indisputable fact that he had already traded for future Hall of Famer Brett Favre.

Green Bay G.M. Brian Gutekunst has expressed an hobby in adopting the same philosophy, even with rising quarterback Jordan Love on the roster. And Gutekunst did factual that Saturday when he passe a seventh spherical draft purchase on quarterback Michael Pratt.

“I desired so that you just may per chance perhaps add a quarterback and a bunch went early, so there wasn’t rather quite a lot of fellows available in the market in the mid-rounds,” Gutekunst stated. “So as we acquired later and later (Pratt) modified into as soon as form of the splendid left that we desired to specialise in, so that modified into as soon as form of good.”

If Gutekunst begins having half the luck with quarterbacks that Wolf as soon as did, Packer Nation will be all smiles.

Wolf drafted Mark Brunell, Ty Detmer, Aaron Brooks and Matt Hasselbeck — all avid gamers that modified into starters for assorted organizations. Brunell threw for more than 32,000 yards and 184 touchdowns after leaving Green Bay.

Gutekunst deserves great praise for placing his neck on the line and taking Love in the main spherical of the 2020 draft — despite the indisputable fact that he had Aaron Rodgers on his group. Gutekunst looks to catch also came across a high quality No. 2 quarterback in Sean Clifford, who he drafted in the fifth spherical final year.

Now, the Packers will hope that Pratt pans out, as successfully.

Pratt (6-2, 217) modified into as soon as a four-year starter at Tulane who threw for 9,602 yards, 90 touchdowns and had a passer ranking of 101.8. While Pratt has a pleasant contact with the football, many scouts questioned his arm skills, which is one cause he fell to the seventh spherical.

Pratt is a huge cause, though, Tulane went 23-5 over the final two seasons after ending 2-10 in 2021.

“Clearly a winner. He indubitably modified into that program spherical,” Gutekunst stated. “Began rather quite a lot of video games for them. He’s a appropriate athlete. He’s acquired an very unbiased appropriate stay arm. Very accurate. Correct adore the attain he handled himself. He had some huge wins, so we’re enraged.”

Packers coach Matt LaFleur modified into as soon as factual equally pumped.

“I feel he’s a man that he indubitably is a essential, courageous thrower and that to me is a prerequisite with the region,” LaFleur stated. “You’ve acquired to be in a space to stand in there and throw in muddy pockets, throw in the face of rigidity and I feel he exhibited that. I feel he’s a winner, so we had been enraged. We had been form of afflicted that he modified into as soon as restful there in the seventh.”

Pratt and fresh Green Bay backup Clifford modified into associates a few years support after assembly at the Manning Passing Academy. So Pratt is labored up to gape as a minimum one acquainted face when he arrives in Green Bay.

“Correct gonna tear up there and having as a minimum one guy that I know, especially in that room,” Pratt stated. “Correct having that chance to proceed our friendship and be in a space to push every assorted, be in a space to handbook every assorted, learn from every assorted. I feel it’s an sizable ride.”

Pratt knows he has a lot to learn making the jump from the American Convention to the NFL. However he can’t wait to initiating.

“Clearly I’m coming into true into a brand novel realm from faculty to the NFL,” Pratt stated. “Correct taking every thing I’m in a position to from the full coaching workers, from the full avid gamers who catch had an ride that I haven’t but.

“I feel factual continuing to work on accuracy, continuing to work on the psychological part of the game and figuring out defenses and figuring out offensive draw and protections. I feel as a entire you may per chance perhaps perhaps per chance perhaps proceed to grow in all those ways and that’s what I want to proceed to achieve.”