I don't understand why you would draft 3 defensive linemen when GB already has Clark and Daniels. Also Lowry and lancaster are serviceable. No edge players taken either.
Don't forget Adams who played well the last 4 or so games of the season.
I should of caught it and made the correction, but Anthony Nelson is an EDGE player in Pettine's defense. As for drafting 2 more DL, it is the strength of the draft and they were the best players available. It would give the Packers the option to move on from Daniels as footballdad points out or go 7 deep on the DL for a season and still be set in the coming seasons. Oliver may well be the most disruptive front 7 player in this years draft and is said to be a freakish athlete, it will interesting to see how he tests at the combine.
As for drafting to just fill needs, I just don't believe in that and I don't think good drafting teams do either. Take the best player on the board when it is their turn to pick and for me those were the best players on the board in this exercise.
Nelson is 6'7 270 and one of his weaknesses is his lack of burst, stiff hips, and can't play in space. I don't see how he can plays OLB in the NFL. He also has a big frame so he will probably get bigger. He sounds more like a 3-4 DE or 4-3 DE. Adding Adams and Oliver(who i'm fine with) even lessens the need for big DL.
Well lets take a look at Mike Pettine's history as a DC and it might shed some light on the type of EDGE players that will be on the Packers draft board.
2009-2012 he was the DC for the Jets and his starting OLB's were Calvin Pace (6'4/262) and Bryan Thomas (6'4/266) both college DE's. In 2012 the Jets drafted DE Quinton Coples (6'6/284) 16th overall in the 1st round and turned him into an EDGE player.
2013 in Buffalo, his only season there before becoming the Browns HC, one of the first things he did in tinkering with the pieces he had to work with there was stand Mario Williams (6'6/300) up as an EDGE player. Also their was much talk that year about them trading Jerry Hughes (6'2/245) because he did not fit their defense, Hughes had been a high priced FA signing by the old staff the season before. The ironically fun thing about that is some here where calling for the Packers to trade for Hughes last summer to help fill their believed need at OLB.
In 2014 Pettine became HC in Cleveland and what was the first thing the Browns did in free agency? They signed Paul Kruger (6'4/285) to what many people felt was a very highly over pay contract to play on the EDGE in Pettine's defense.
Before all that he was a LBer's coach with the Ravens and his OLB's were Terrell Suggs (6'3/265), Jerret Johnson (6'3/285) and Adalius Thomas (6'2/270).
The number one job of an EDGE player for Pettine is setting a stout edge and contain, it is not bending the corner and getting after the QB. That is secondary for him.
Their will be a great deal of debate about EDGE draft prospects in the coming months, but many of the players that fans will pound the table for may well not even be on their draft board. IMO, I doubt their is much chance they draft any of these guys that come in at that 240ish range. Vince Biegel (6'3/245) works in some defenses, but just didn't have enough lead in his pants to work in Pettine's defense as an EDGE player. Just a few things to consider when reviewing 2019 draft possibilities.