The conclusion of the NFL season means that it’s time once again for mock drafts to begin in earnest for the 2019 NFL Draft. On Thursday morning http://www.authenticsgreenbaypackers.com/cheap-nick-perry-jersey , ESPN’s Todd McShay published his latest mock for April’s upcoming draft, which featured the Green Bay Packers selecting a pair of linebackers in round one.However, despite the Packers’ needs on the edge, the first pick is an off-ball linebacker instead. First up, with the Packers on the clock at 12 overall, McShay projects them to select LSU linebacker Devin White:The only part that I really agree with in this rationale is the first half of the first sentence: the Packers want an edge rusher. With three excellent ones still on the board — Clelin Ferrell, Jachai Polite, and Montez Sweat — I can’t see the Packers going for an off-ball linebacker instead, even if White is a great prospect.To illustrate this point Youth JK Scott Jersey , let’s look at where the Packers have drafted off-ball linebackers since Ted Thompson’s arrival as GM in 2005:2018: Oren Burks (3rd round)2016: Blake Martinez (4th round)2015: Jake Ryan (4th round)2013: Sam Barrington (7th round)2012: Terrell Manning (5th round)2011: D.J. Smith (6th round)2007: Desmond Bishop (6th round)2006: A.J. Hawk (1st round), Abdul Hodge (3rd round)2005: Brady Poppinga (4th round)The Packers have a type and a value on their off-ball linebackers, and it’s simply not a position they have prioritized highly in the past. Besides, given the fact that Martinez has one starting job locked down and the investment made in Burks (the team’s highest-drafted off-ball linebacker since Hawk), the need is far, far less pressing than that on the edge. The better bet here is that the Packers double up on outside linebackers rather than taking an off-ball linebacker this high.Is White a good player? Yes, and he’s likely to be a good pro. But so are those edge rushers, all of whom would likely make a much bigger impact in Green Bay given the need and the defensive system the team runs under Mike Pettine.As for the 30th pick, McShay does have the Packers picking a player on the edge: Old Dominion’s Oshane Ximines. Here’s McShay’s reasoning:Interestingly Color Rush Kenny Clark Jersey , Ximines appears to be built similarly to Matthews coming out of college. He measured in just over 6-foot-3 and weighed 241 pounds at the Senior Bowl, numbers that put him right on par with Matthews’ size at the Combine. However, Ximines is unlikely to test on par with Matthews, who had an excellent Combine workout. Perhaps if the draft board fell the way it did in McShay’s mock, the Packers would be inclined to trade up with the Seahawks at 21 and land Jachai Polite instead. Then again, Ximines might be worthy of a first-round grade just based on his Taco Bell menu preferences: The Green Bay Packers have only begun the interview process for their next head coach, but already some names have surfaced for consideration. According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, the team will conduct a “wide-ranging search with perhaps 10-12 candidates” with Northwestern’s Pat Fitzgerald and the New England Patriots’ Josh McDaniels named as targets.Fitzgerald and McDaniels, both of which appeared in our list of the top five candidates from early December http://www.authenticsgreenbaypackers.com/cheap-davante-adams-jersey , have at least some ties to the Packers organization. Team president and CEO Mark Murphy hired Fitzgerald as head coach when the two worked for Northwestern during the mid-2000s. As for McDaniels, his name came up in connection with the San Francisco 49ers’ head-coaching job at a time when Brian Gutekunst, now running Green Bay’s personnel department, had become the front-runner for that team’s general-manager position.Rapoport also reports that Joe Philbin, currently the Packers’ interim head coach, has little chance of receiving the full-time job even though the team will interview him. Given the issues the offense has dealt with all year, that comes as little surprise.While Fitzgerald and McDaniels headline the list of targets, the Packers will interview many other candidates before settling on their next head coach.