Remembering the Majik

On April 10th, 1987, twenty-nine years ago today, the Packers selected Don Majkowski with their 10th round pick. If you, like me, remember that day, then you are getting old.The brash and athletic, if unheralded, quarterback out of Virginia was damaged goods already the day the Packers drafted him. He had separated his shoulder the fourth week of his senior year and never had it properly mended. He knew that if he sat out a month, he wouldn’t be drafted. Majik got his way. He played. Virginia finished 3-8, and Majik was drafted, just barely.

With Majkowski being a 10th round pick and a still young Randy Wright on the roster, virtually nothing was expected from Majkowski. However, those of us…