The Green Bay Packers will reportedly bring in Baylor quarterback Bryce Petty for a pre-draft visit, which should tell you something.
It should tell you the Packers are not 100 percent sold on Scott Tolzien as their No. 2 quarterback. It should also tell you that they may finally be serious about getting Aaron Rodgers a top-tier backup.
Petty isn’t Jameis Winston or Marcus Mariota, but we’ve seen him ranked as high as the fourth-best quarterback in this draft. UCLA’s Brett Hundley is third and Colorado State’s Garrett Grayson is often ranked ahead of Petty.
Still, Petty is no slouch. He’s likely a third or fourth-round pick.
Not only have the Packers only chosen a quarterback in one of the past six drafts, that guy was seventh-round pick B.J. Coleman.
The Packers M.O. in recent seasons has been to try to develop some barely drafted or undrafted guy like Coleman or Graham Harrell to be the No. 2. That, or pick up some scrap heap guy like Seneca Wallace, Scott Tolzien or Matt Flynn (for a second run).
In 2014, Petty threw for 3855 yards, 29 touchdowns and seven interceptions. He was better statistically as a junior, when he threw for 4200 yards, 32 touchdowns and three interceptions.
Obviously, he doesn’t throw a lot of picks. Who does that remind you of?
Perhaps the only knock on Petty is that he played in a spread offense at Baylor. It’s tough to determine how his game will translate to the pros.