GREEN BAY, Wis. – The Green Bay Packers, according to the conventional wisdom of 12 months ago, needed a receiver. Badly. And with what was billed as a historically deep draft class of pass catchers, supply and demand were aligned.
The class was loaded, all right. A record 36 were selected. None of them were picked by Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst. The team led the NFL in scoring, anyway.
As noted by ESPN.com’s Mike Triplett, the Packers, New Orleans Saints and Miami Dolphins are the only teams to not select a receiver over the last two drafts.