GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Ted Thompson has rarely traded up during his 12-draft tenure as Green Bay Packers general manager, but he absolutely did not want to lose out on Indiana offensive tackle Jason Spriggs.
So instead of staying put and hoping that Spriggs would make it to the Packers’ second-round pick (No. 57 overall), Thompson sent the Indianapolis Colts his fourth-round (No. 125) and seventh-round (No. 248) picks to move up nine spots and take Spriggs at No. 48.
“We were sweating it, looking at the board, and it just didn’t look like the board was going to hold up all the way [to No.