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Green Bay Packers' 2017 draft picks: Analysis for every selection

Rob Demovsky breaks down the Green Bay Packers' 2017 draft class.

My take: Another draft, another defensive player for the Packers with their first pick. Forget that this one came in the second round after general manager Ted Thompson traded out of the first round Thursday -- it still qualifies as the sixth straight year the Packers have used their first pick to improve their defense. Yet here they are with a defense that ranked 31st in passing yards allowed last season. There’s no way to argue that taking a cornerback like King was the wrong call given the Packers' shaky pass defense in 2016, but they need to make sure they get more from him than they did from some of their recent first-rounders.