Green Bay — The Green Bay Packers' decision to bypass UCLA linebacker Myles Jack underscores the oftentimes hidden dimension of medical tolerance and the importance it plays in who is drafted when.
As much as the Packers loved Jack as a player, the condition of his right knee carried too much risk for general manager Ted Thompson at the 27th pick of the first round of the NFL draft last week.
Loquacious Sam Seale, the team's valued west regional scout since the mid-1990s, urged Thompson to make Jack a Packer.
"Sam told Ted, 'Take him.