GREEN BAY—The draft is about the long view, and recent results won’t change that for Packers General Manager Ted Thompson.
The Packers’ last two drafts have produced several immediate contributors as rookies. Eddie Lacy, David Bakhtiari and Micah Hyde burst onto the scene in 2013, and Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, Davante Adams, Richard Rodgers and Corey Linsley followed suit last year.
Thompson won’t allow that kind of instant success to alter how he views each and every draft, though. It’s still a long-term investment in the Packers’ roster.