Packers: What do the Packers have in Eric Stokes?

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When the Green Bay Packers selected Georgia cornerback Eric Stokes with the 29th pick, this marked the ninth time in the last 10 drafts where the team spent a first-round pick on a defensive player.

In four of the last seven drafts, that first-round pick has been a defensive back. This has been in large part to numerous misses in the draft and a defense that has under-performed for the better part of the last decade. So the Packers tried their luck once again with Stokes, hoping to secure their boundary corner of the future and complement to superstar Jaire Alexander.

It was no surprise to see GM Brian Gutekunst select Stokes,…