Hitting on players in the later stages of the NFL Draft is critical to the success of any NFL team. It’s something that former Green Bay Packers general managers Ron Wolf and Ted Thompson did for years — turning picks in the third rounds and later into steady with regularity.
Wolf was especially productive in round three over his tenure in Green Bay. Of the 14 third-round picks the team made with Wolf calling the shots, he found nine players who were multi-year starters for the team and several who have been inducted into the Packers Hall of Fame.