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He repeated the number himself - "579" - at the NFL scouting combine. Mike McCarthy and the Green Bay Packers will not escape that nightmare at Candlestick Park any time soon.

The Green Bay Packers were in desperate need of a defensive end not only last season, but the last few.

Ted Thompson has had some excellent drafts in Green Bay over the years, but it could be argued that 2009 was his finest.

The Green Bay Packers have been looking for a versatile, three-down defensive lineman ever since they let Cullen Jenkins leave in free agency after the 2010 season.

You can never have enough good D-linemen and Thompson and head coach Mike McCarthy are truly in lock-step on that point.

Steve Tate, Deforest, WI; right and Chris Starkey, Madison, join, , join other Packer fans shout their approval as The Green Bay Packers pick Datone Jones , DE, UCLA as their first pick in the NFL draft.

The Packers add a tall defensive end experienced in the 3-4 who has the ability to rush the passer.

The 6-foot-4, 283-pound Jones had 19 tackles for loss and 6A1 2 sacks for UCLA in a breakout season in 2012 as a fifth-year senior.

It's easy to play the part of a Monday morning quarterback, especially when it comes to the NFL Draft.

Michigan State Spartans linebacker William Gholston sacks Wisconsin Badgers quarterback Russell Wilson.

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Collapsing into the worn hotel furniture, the shades had been drawn for days with only slits of light illuminating Johnny Jolly's 320-pound figure slumping into his created confines.

The draft starts Thursday and the ratings around town don't figure to be all that high as the Redskins don't have a selection that night.

Oct 21, 2012; St. Louis, MO, USA; A Green Bay Packers helmet sits on a bench prior to a game against the St.

Why haven't the Packers made it back to the Super Bowl since their heartbreaking defeat of the Steelers? I actually have the pick here, and am not just posting for one of our participants.