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Being Ted Thompson: Wide Receiver Tendencies

The Green Bay Packers have a type at receiver. Since 2008, in the draft after Mike McCarthy's second season as an NFL head coach, Ted Thompson's Packers have drafted 10 pass-catchers.

Here is the cast of characters:

• 2008 second-round pick Jordy Nelson

• 2009 second-round pick Randall Cobb

• 2013 second-round pick Davante Adams

• 2015 third-round pick Ty Montgomery

• 2013 fifth-round pick Jared Abbrederis

• 2013 fifth-round pick Trevor Davis

• 2008 seventh-round pick Brett Swain

• 2012 seventh-round pick Charles Johnson

• 2012 seventh-round pick Kevin Dorsey

• 2013 seventh-round pick Jeff Janis

Generally, the mold that the Packers follow is as such: Receivers must be within an eighth-inch of 6'0”, at least 188 pounds, run at least a 4.