In rebuilding the Green Bay Packers, former GM Ron Wolf pulled off what were essentially unprecedented coups by trading for Brett Favre and signing Reggie White, and few, if any, general managers ever did better mining the mid to lower rounds of the draft. But Wolf also bridged the gap between the post-Lombardi woebegone years and the Packers’ first Super Bowl victory in 29 seasons with some capable stopgaps.
Here were his five best short-term acquisitions who contributed to the Packers’ turn-around from 1992 to 1995. The choices had to meet two criteria. They had to have played in the NFL for at least four years prior to being acquired, and they couldn’t have stayed beyond 1995.