As teams desperate for a top-end quarterback weigh the risk and rewards of drafting one No. 1, the Green Bay Packers have been able to bask in the comfort of not having that worry for a quarter-century.
At the same time, they’ve been there, done that.
As blessed as the Packers have been with outstanding passers over their 96 seasons in the NFL, there also have been times when they’ve been in the problematic position of having a desperate need at quarterback. And five times since the first NFL Draft in 1936, their choice of a first-round QB has backfired.