Green Bay Packers: 3 First Round D-Line Draft Prospects

Green Bay Packers Draft Prospect #2 – Jordan Davis

Were you impressed by Devonte Wyatt’s RAS of 9.56 and want someone really athletic on the front line of this Green Bay Packers’ defense? Well, Jordan Davis scored a perfect ten, meaning he had the highest RAS of any defensive tackle to come out of the draft since 1987.

With size like he has at 6’6″ 304 pounds, it’s really difficult for anyone to move him in the run game. When he’s not slanting one way, and an offensive lineman tries to turn him a certain way, they very rarely have any success. He’s also great at playing two gaps at once, being able to play in one and work back across an offensive lineman’s face to make the tackle when the running back makes a cut. When the defensive call does have him slanting one way, his freakish athleticism and quickness let him knife between blockers, even at his size. One weakness he does have in the run game is when teams run power at him and give him a straight double team, he does have a tendency to lose a good amount of ground.

At Georgia, his pass rush production was similar to Wyatt’s, with just seven sacks in four years, but he has a lot more potential as I see it. As I mentioned, he has an impeccable combination of quickness, power, and size, and if he just goes at a lineman’s shoulder, he has the tools to blow through it quickly. Seeing him beat guys off the line with his quickness at his size is really incredible when he gets reps in obvious pass-rush scenarios. For the most part, Georgia had special packages of pass rushers for those situations that didn’t usually include Davis, but if he gets more of those opportunities, he could definitely be a force as an interior rusher in the NFL.