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Cory's Corner: Inside Linebacker Matters — Deal With It

The inside linebacker continues to haunt the Green Bay Packers.

"I think the way they value the inside linebacker position especially in that defense, it wasn't as valued as other places I guess in my opinion," said former Packers inside linebacker Blake Martinez, after signing a free agent contract with the Giants.

Martinez is right. The last time an inside linebacker was drafted higher than the third round was in 2006 when the Packers took A.J. Hawk fifth overall. And the ghosts of that position were aiive and well when the Colts came back from 14 down in the second half to beat the Packers 34-31 in overtime.