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We are here locked on Packers with another episode of Goody's Guys This Time, Oklahoma Defensive

Tackle Grayson Halton.

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We're going to dig into Grayson Halton's fit on the Green Bay Packers.

But let's start with the player.

This is a six two and a half, 293 pound defensive tackle.

That would be light for the Packers and I understand that though at six two and a half, I think

that frame is more workable in terms of the density we've talked about with receivers

with corners for this Packers team.

He just turned 22 and was a captain at Oklahoma a 9.7 relative athletic score.

He was and is the kind of twitched up athlete with power with speed with agility that the

Packers tend to like at this position, nine sacks and 46 hurries.

The last two seasons combined.

The length is, okay, 31 inch arms.

He was according to the profile focus numbers and elite run defender, despite not being

the biggest guy.

And part of that is because he's extremely disruptive.

He will shoot gaps.

He will use speed to power to push offensive lineman into the backfield had a 10.4 pass

rush win rate, which is well above average.

I like that he's a well proportioned body type.

He's not someone that's holding all the weight in his midsection or all the weight in his

lower body.

He is well proportioned that that first step that I talked about.

That used to be the Javon Hargrave calling card.

That is the Devante Wyatt thing that they love so much that penetrating three technique.

The reason they wanted that for for Joe Berry's defense is the same reason you would want it

for Jonathan Ganon's defense.

89th percentile 10 yard split.

So you take what you see on tape that explosive first step.

It matches with the athletic profile.

He is explosive off the line of scrimmage and not just explosive like he's some quick

little jitterbug defensive tackle, which is not really a thing.

Anyway, but we're not talking about you know, some undersized Kalazia can see type player

six to and a half to 93 is a legit defensive tackle.

He is a forceful, violent football player.

He attacks blocks with force.

He makes tackles with force.

And that is what I love when I watch him on tape.

He might be my favorite defensive tackle in this class.

He closes down space.

Okay.

What are the what is the testing really tell us?

Well, it stamps what we see on tape that when he sees the ball carrier, he closes like

the terminator like like a linebacker in space.

He is closing down that space.

He closes to the ball with burst.

That is one of the things that I think is really underrated about defensive players defensive

lineman, particularly.

Some guys are really quick off the ball and they get in the backfield and they're sort

of like, I don't know what to do.

And then they see the ball carrier and they're like, okay, let me go make the tackle now.

No, this guy wants to arrive with bad intentions.

He had this vicious pass, wrist wrap against Texas with explosive movement arm over, then

closed to archmaning who is probably going to be the number one overall pick next year

and is a terrific athlete for his size.

Now you're going to see him at times against the run against bigger bodies have some issues.

He got put on his ass by a Texas guard in that game as well.

Now you fast forward to the senior bowl.

He was a a record at the senior bowl.

He played his best football for me against the best teams.

And he gives really good effort.

This is sometimes an issue with defensive tackles.

They're not always giving you their A game all the time because it's a lot.

It's a lot to eat double teams and to lean on 320 pound offensive lineman all game.

And so their effort will wax and wane.

That's not the case.

Michael Parsons was was absolutely unequivocal.

You have to have players on this team that are going to give you effort all the time.

And so this is when I hear from people about like D'Angelo Ponds.

Oh, he's an effort, an effort, a high effort player plays with his hair on fire, violent

all those things.

Okay.

But he's little.

Grayson Halton is a really good football player at size and also has all of those things.

I don't think he played it to 93.

Okay.

He looks more like 305 to me.

And the packers know that the teams know what he really played at.

And so it's possible he cut a little bit of weight.

Maybe he played it to 98 300 and cut some weight to go run fast and jump high.

Now he didn't do agility testing.

And I think on tape, you see there is a little bit of that, you know, he's a linear mover,

a straight line mover.

The agility moving side to side is not is not always where you want it to be.

He is someone who is like they trusted him to play on the edge though and be a path

rusher for him.

Like that's not what what you want.

Okay.

Just let him shoot gaps.

Just let him be an interior rusher.

I think there was some like I think he could have had more sacks.

Frankly, if they would have used him in past situations, the way they're going to use

him in the NFL, this is where I cashed out with him.

Halton, maybe my favorite defensive tackle in this class.

He's explosive, violent and aggressive.

He's still developing his hand usage and I'd like to see him get stronger in his upper

body.

The issue using him using his hands to get off blocks could also be related to his arm

length.

31 inches is to short, even for a defensive tackle.

But because he's so explosive, I just don't think it's a big problem for him.

He's the three tech who can be a one tech pass rusher in nickel and dime looks.

He's thought enough to play the run on early down than explosive enough to knife into the

backfield for TFL.

So he is a modern three tech, you know the player that he reminds me of.

The guy that the packers just gave a two year contract to even at an advanced age for

them.

He is someone exactly the type of player that Jonathan Ganon has deployed in the past.

And I think he is a terrific fit.

Despite the fact that his skill set is duplicative with Devon Tayyate and Javon Hargrave.

I don't care.

Let's talk about that fit though next on locked on Packers.

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Now on this packers team I would understand if you said but Peter they already have

Devonte Wyatt and Javon Hargrave that's true Devonte Wyatt is going into the last year

of his contract.

Are they going to give him an extension?

Are they going to pay him like one of the best defensive tackles in the league after

this season?

We've never seen him play at you know a top 10 top 15 level over the course of a season

because he's had injuries.

He ended the season hurt again and this is a continued theme with him.

Let's be honest.

He's also an older player like we talk about the age of Javon Javon Hargrave and you know

I think for good reason the packers actually went out and signed a 33 year old free agent

that's that's unusual for them.

But it's not like Devonte Wyatt is that much younger Devonte Wyatt turns 28 in just

a few days.

So you're going to give him a contract for the next four years after that.

That's that's kind of the point at which the packers generally will go now we're all

good.

It's why they don't give a lot of third contracts.

So basically what Devonte Wyatt would be at this point because he was an older first

round pick.

Now at the time I think it was you know somewhat defensive.

I didn't love the draft pick at the time you may recall.

But you drafted 22 year old and then you give him a contract when he's 25 and then when

he's 27 28 29 unless he's an elite player.

The packers are usually like thanks but no thanks.

Now Brian Utikin said they were working on an extension for Devonte Wyatt.

I think the reason that he doesn't have one is because they're not going to give him

one.

I think he's going to play on his fifth year option and they were going to say thanks

for the memories Devonte.

But that's going to be it.

And so you need a player like this in this front and the last time we saw this Jonathan

Ganon defense be really good in Philadelphia.

They had a ton of interior defenders who could get up field who could penetrate and disrupt.

Now they still needed and I still think they need a a run stuffing interior defender.

They traded up that Eagles team for Jordan Davis and still used linval Joseph right for

that Philadelphia team.

They still need that.

So the need for a DJ reader, a kaleis Campbell is still there and I don't think they're

going to find that guy in this draft.

I think they'll take one on day three, a big run stuffing nose tackle.

But I think they need two starters along their defensive front to be long term pieces

for them.

Those guys are not currently on the roster.

So in terms of what he does well, Jonathan Ganon is going to let him use his strengths

as a slanter as a gap shooter as someone who could run games up front that ability to

get up field and be disruptive is essential to this defense.

And there just aren't that many players in this draft class who can do it the way that

he can.

I think it would be a mistake for the Packers to go into this, this draft season and go.

Let's find a guy who can stop the run and hope he can become a penetrator to with an

early pick.

I just don't think that makes sense.

This similar did not test at his pro day and I don't think it's going to make it to

52.

Kaden McDonald at least based on the reports that I've seen and we're recording this on

the day of the Ohio State pro day.

I didn't see testing numbers for him.

I think he went through drills.

It doesn't look like he tested.

Maybe that causes him to be there at 52 because teams are a little bit more worried or they'd

rather take the edge rush or they'd rather take the corner of the receiver or the offensive

tackle.

There's a lot of those guys in this draft.

I would rather have Grayson Hall in the anyway because I think he is that kind of disruptor.

I think he's someone who can give you everything you're looking for as a defensive tackle because

the most important thing a defensive tackle can give you is pass rush.

Now if he can't play on early downs, you have a problem.

That's why you need to go get a DJ reader.

But someone like Grayson Holton who is for my money, the best interior path like P woods

is in this draft class.

Kayla Banks is in this draft class.

I think the best interior pass rusher in this class that I've seen anyway is Grayson

home.

And I know that there are other guys out there that that are intriguing.

But for the Packers, I think this is a fit where he can give you enough in the run game

as a splash run defender to be what you thought Devante Wyatt was going to be and isn't and

hasn't been.

And I also think if you look at what Micah Parsons does for this defense, his ability to dictate

terms to opposing offensive line, you have to send to at Micah Parsons.

That gives you one-on-one opportunities for Grayson Holton even in the run game because

on first down, Micah Parsons is so athletic and so disruptive that even on first down

in the run game, you have to understand where is he and and be aware, either send extra

bodies or be running away from him.

Well, that gives more opportunities to someone like Grayson Holton.

I understand that for a defensive tackle, he is small for the Packers in terms of the

wait.

They have not used a pick on a sub 300 pound defensive tackle very often in the in the

Ron Wolf Ted Thompson Brian Udekin era.

It just does not happen very often early in drafts.

In this case, I think you have to make an exception because of the fit and because of the athletic

ability, because of the disruptiveness.

I would I am pounding the table.

This is the first defensive tackle where I go, this guy to me, if we didn't know anything

about the Packers draft history in terms of like the, and I don't know if they have a cut

off at 300 pounds.

But to me, he checks the boxes that you want.

He's a terrific scheme fit.

He can be a long term piece for you with three technique and then no tackle is just one

of those things where you can sign a linval Joseph, a DJ reader, even a Dolvin Tomlinson

and have him be that early down run defender for you or a day three player who develops

like DJ Slate and did.

It's so much harder to find true disruptors and look at what Milton Williams did for the

Patriots.

I think to me, that is the comparison or Javon Hargrave for the Eagles Milton Williams

for the Eagles.

But Javon Hargrave in that Jonathan Ganon defense, this is your Javon Hargrave.

This is your opportunity to get a guy like that.

I think for the Packers, it makes a world of sense, not, not just for this year, because

I think Halton could is, is going to potentially start for the Packers if they, if they drafted

him this year, because how many games healthy is, is Duponte Wyatt going to have?

And you'd like to keep Javon Hargrave fresh for third downs, because he's still a very

good interior pass rusher.

The more interior guys you have, that Eagles defense.

It wasn't that the edge rushers were superb phenomenal all pro guys.

It was the best career, it was a career year for Hassan Reddick.

But they had waves and waves of interior bodies to throw at you.

And that is just, that's just not something the Packers have.

They need bodies, period.

And I don't think they can be that picky, especially for someone that has the athletic tools

that he has.

It's not like he's 280.

We're not advocating for anything like that.

We're talking about someone who looks to me, at least at like a legit 300 pounder and

has his physical abilities.

Man, that guy seems like the perfect fit for the Green Mip Packers to me.

All right, back with more this week on Goody's guys, we're going to get into some receivers

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