CHTV Interview With Raven Greene

2. HOW MUcH pREp DID YOU DO FOR THE INTERvIEWS WITH TEAMS? WHAT kINDS OF THINGS DID YOU GET ASkED?

I received a few calls, but it was on a more routine check-in kind of basis rather than genuine interest.

3. WHAT WAS YOUR pRO DAY LIkE? WHAT DO YOU REMEMbER AbOUT IT?

The scouts had my speed as my biggest question mark, so I remember putting a lot of time in during training working on flexibility/twitch out of the start. It was a pretty cold day, ended up running well and was fluid throughout the drills. I knew that I had helped myself but was unsure how much exactly. It was a great feeling to be out on the turf in Bridgeforth one last time with some of the guys from my graduating class. A special group of guys that did a lot of great things for the school and the program as a whole.

4. HOW MUcH DID YOU pAY ATTENTION TO DRAFT MEDIA DURING THE LEAD Up TO THE DRAFT? WERE YOU LOOkING AT MOck DRAFTS, ETc?

I didn’t really read that much into things, didn’t feel like I would go high enough to care.

5. WHERE DID YOU SpEND THE DRAFT? WHO WERE YOU WITH?

I was in Hampton Virginia with some family and close friends on day 3, so they were all around when I got the call. Looking at them, saying “I’m a Packer,” is something I’ll remember for the rest of my life.

6. HOW MANY TEAMS cALLED OFFERING YOU A cONTRAcT AS AN UNDRAFTED FREE AGENT AND WHAT MADE YOU cHOOSE THE pAckERS?

I had a list of the places that I wanted to go and Green Bay was No. 1, and it just so happened that they were the first to call and offer a contract, so it was a no-brainer.

7. WHO WAS ON THE pHONE FOR GREEN bAY AND WHAT WAS THE cONvERSATION LIkE?

I talked to a few different people but I was so relieved to be getting an opportunity and overcome with emotion that I don’t really remember who I talked to!

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JOnATHAn TAylOr

There seems to be a pretty wide debate this year about who the best running back in the 2020 prospect class is. But exiting the combine, the Wisconsin Badgers’ Jonathan Taylor might have the strongest overall resume when you pair his three-year stats at UW with the numbers put up at the combine, where he participated in all measurable activities.

Taylor checked in at 5’10¼”, weighing a solid 226 pounds. When field drills began, he burned a 4.39 40 time, the only running back to go below the magic 4.40 benchmark. Taylor is a smooth runner, with just as much speed in pads as he shows as a sprinter on the track team. He shows the usual patience all Badgers running backs are taught to run with: waiting for his offensive linemen to create holes for him to burst through, which makes sense with the quality of Badgers linemen through recent decades. Once past the line of scrimmage, he accelerates quickly and shows very good field vision to elude approaching defenders. He has good power on contact and augments that attribute with excellent balance to maintain his feet. Some would criticize his relatively small receiving numbers, but head coach Paul Chryst has shouldered the blame for that, saying he never really got around to getting Taylor the ball as a receiver. He did record a career-high 26 catches in 2019, including five trips to the end zone. Just to refresh your memory, he rushed for 2,003 yards last season, including 21 rushing touchdowns.

If we really want to find a flaw in Taylor’s game it would be his lack of pass protection skills, which he also was seldom asked to perform. Of course, some scouts express concern about a lack of tread possibly left on Taylor’s tires, having recorded 926 carries in his three-year college career. In all likelihood, Taylor is a reasonable facsimile to lE’VEOn bEll after losing his baby fat coming out of Michigan State.