Packers general manager Ted Thompson is known to take the best player available whenever he picks. That’s what famously fetched him Aaron Rodgers when Brett Favre was still a capable and reliable starter.
But the running back position is peculiar because Thompson picked three. He didn’t stick to his best available philosophy and instead opted to add depth to a position that was very thin last year.
With injuries to Eddie Lacy and James Starks, wide receiver Ty Montgomery was called into action as the team’s featured back in Week 6 last season as he rushed 9 times for 60 yards vs.