Packers should focus on defense, pass-rushers at combine

INDIANAPOLIS -- A closer look at the positions the Green Bay Packers could target at the NFL combine in Indianapolis:

Positions of need: Anything that helps new defensive coordinator Mike Pettine. When Dom Capers took over that job in 2009, then-GM Ted Thompson finagled his way into a pair of first-round picks -- his own pick at No. 9 and trading back into the first round at No. 26 -- and turned them into nose tackle B.J. Raji and linebacker Clay Matthews. They became cornerstones of a defense that won the Super Bowl in their second season.

Pettine needs that kind of talent influx as he implements his system, and truth be told, he could use help at every level -- from the front seven through…