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Packers Friday Musings: Can TJ Slaton help reverse misfortunes with D-line selections?
The past decade of draft choices along the defensive line has been sketchy in terms of finding reliable rotational pieces.
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Over the past week, the Green Bay Packers have learned their upcoming season schedule and begun to lock up their latest draft selections one-by-one. While the uncertainty and rumors continue to swirl around who the team’s starting quarterback will be in 2021, the same type of unknown can be applied to a few of the Packers’ latest rookie additions.
Today’s musings center around a trio of players who are trying to answer questions about which roles they can play early on in their time with the Packers and just exactly what kind of long-term promise they can bring to the team at positions that have been yearning for meaningful depth.
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The Green Bay Packers selected Georgia cornerback Eric Stokes with the 29th overall pick in the 2021 NFL draft on Thursday.
With that move, Green Bay has now added just one offensive player Utah State quarterback Jordan Love in 2020 in the first round of the NFL draft since 2012:
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The Packers have drafted 1 offensive player in the 1st round since 2012.
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The other selections were linebacker Rashad Gary and safety Darnell Savage (2019), cornerback Jaire Alexander (2018), defensive tackle Kenny Clark (2016), safeties Damarious Randall (2015) and Ha Ha Clinton-Dix (2014) and defensive ends Datone Jones (2013) and Nick Perry (2012).