Last year at this time, the Green Bay Packers had just hired an unproven offensive coordinator from the Tennesee Titans to become the 15th head coach in the history of the franchise.
They were coming off of back-to-back seasons of missing the playoffs with a future Hall-of-Fame quarterback who was coming off one of the worst statistical seasons of his career that left many wondering if he still had “it” anymore.
Stars Randall Cobb and Clay Matthews were departing to become free agents and they had the 12th overall draft pick, a spot higher than any draft since they selected B.