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Packers in position to boost defense with draft picks

Green Bay— Just because the Green Bay Packers are scheduled to wait about three hours Thursday night before selecting a player in the first round of the National Football League draft doesn't mean they need to feel the least bit anxious.

An executive in personnel for another team last week said the Packers' No. 30 slot wouldn't preclude them from addressing one of their defensive needs if general manager Ted Thompson so chooses.

"I think they're sitting pretty," the personnel man said. "For picking as late as they are, they have to feel good about it.