Here's another fine article that I've borrowed from coldhardfootballfacts.com. It's part of a larger article on the draft performance of all the teams in the league. What they did was take the values according to the Trade Value Chart and then show us where we've "spent our money" so-to-speak. Here's the chart.
Pet position: LB
Least concerned with: RB
First-round breakdown: QB, WR, TE, T, 2 DE, 2 LB, 2 CB
Steals: LB Hunter Hillenmeyer (5th round, 2003), DE Aaron Kampmann (5th, 2002), TE David Martin (6th, 2001), DE Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila (5th, 2000), G Mark Tauscher (7th, 2000), QB Aaron Brooks (4th, 1999), WR Donald Driver (7th, 1999), QB Matt Hasselbeck (6th, 1998), CB Mike McKenzie (3rd, 1999), S Darren Sharper (2nd, 1997)
Is the plan working? The Packers haven’t drafted a running back above the third round for the entire Brett Favre era, yet the team has been in the top 11 in the NFL in scoring offense in 12 of Favre’s 15 years. Between Ahman Green (trade), Dorsey Levens (fourth-round pick) and Edgar Bennett (fourth-round pick), Favre has always had someone solid behind him to tote the pigskin. Over the past decade, Green Bay has loaded up on receivers and linemen, and have been able to overcome injury and defection on the offensive side of the ball. Defensively, the draft hasn’t paid off as well, with ranks of 25, 20 and 23 in scoring the last three seasons. First-round busts CB Ahmad Carroll (2004), DE Jamal Reynolds (2001) and S Antuan Edwards (1999) didn’t help.
Summary: The Packers have been incredibly adept on Draught Day, amassing more picks (average of 9.1 per season) than anyone in the NFL and getting a slew of second-day heroes. This production comes despite having less total draft value to work with than most clubs thanks to perennially good teams. The Packers have had just one losing season since 1991, and that’s more a tribute to the front office than it is to Favre.
Overall grade: A-minus
I think that the #5 overall selection of Hawk kind of skews our linebacker score. Personally, I'd spend more resources on running backs and the offensive line, but that's just me.
