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Bottom line: Thompson should have used Wolf's draft model
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October 7, 2009 at
10:42PM CST
GERY WOELFEL It has become painfully obvious Green Bay Packers general manager Ted Thompson has a radically different draft philosophy than his predecessor Ron Wolf. When Wolf brilliantly ran the Packers football operations, he made it a priority to draft offensive linemen. In fact, Wolf consistently used high draft picks to select such quality offensive linemen as Chad Clifton and Mike Flanagan and Aaron Taylor and Earl Dotson. Wolf also chose another highly-productive offensive lineman, Mike Wahle, in the second round of the 1998 supplemental draft. Thompson, meanwhile, has refrained from using high draft picks on offensive linemen. Thompson has overseen five drafts in Green Bay and has secured 18 players in the first three rounds. In those five years, Thompson never expended a first-round pick on an offensive lineman. He has used only one second-round pick -- Daryn Colledge in 2006 -- and just one third-round pick -- Jason Spitz in 2006 -- on an offensive lineman. Now, do you understand why the Packers offensive line is so offensive?
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