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Green Bay Packers 2016 NFL Draft: The Reasons Behind the Picks

Another year, another draft class that Packers fans have to rationalize over. While some teams are usually very upfront and transparent with their draft selections, Ted Thompson usually has more than one agenda and sometimes it takes a while to figure out why the Packers picked a player when they did. So what was the reason behind the 2016 draft for the Green and Gold?

Round 1, Pick 27: Kenny Clark, DT UCLA – I’m not entirely sold on the concept that this pick was directly caused by the sudden retirement of BJ Raji.