Packers could add receiver early or late in draft

Green Bay has drafted eight WRs in the last six drafts

This is the third in a series of stories that’s examining the Packers’ roster, position by position, leading up to the 2017 draft. The series continues with the wide receivers.

GREEN BAY – As they currently stand, the Packers don’t necessarily need a receiver for 2017.

That doesn’t mean they won’t draft one, though.

Only once in the last six drafts has General Manager Ted Thompson not selected at least one wide receiver, and in that time he has drafted eight in all.

The question, really, is whether Thompson will find another Randall Cobb or Davante Adams in the early rounds that he can’t pass up, or if it’ll be another Jeff Janis or Trevor…