Packers 2018 Draft Board Projection: Athletic defensive linemen projected for day 3

The Green Bay Packers, like any NFL team, like players who are big, fast, and quick. Perhaps no position exemplifies that better than on the defensive line, where the Packers have tended to draft players who possess excellent physical attributes when accounting for players’ massive size.

Looking back at the Packers’ picks over the years, Justis Mosqueda used speed and agility scores to assess edge defenders and interior linemen; for those down linemen in the Packers’ scheme (ostensibly a 3-4), the Packers have been almost perfect in selecting players who have positive numbers in both metrics over the years. Although Justis set the bars at -0.30 for the speed score and +0.08 for the agility…