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He made it his mission to fix the safeties, and did.
I think the Packers have finally broken what I’m going to call the curse of Harrison Smith.
Rewind the clock to the spring of 2012, when then Packers’ general manager had a choice to make. With Nick Collins’ career over and Charles Woodson aging, he needed to upgrade his secondary, and near the end of the first round of the 2012 NFL Draft, he had a chance to do it. Notre Dame safety Harrison Smith was on the board, and Thompson could have pulled the trigger.
Instead, he selected USC edge rusher Nick Perry, while Smith went one pick later to the Minnesota Vikings. Perry was frequently injured, but managed to parlay one stellar season into a hefty extension, only to be out of the league by 2019. He never played a full season.
Smith, meanwhile, could end up in Canton some day, and has spent most of his career making things difficult for the Packers, haunting the NFC North throughout his long, excellent career.
Woodson would play safety for much of 2012, but instead of Smith, he’d be joined on the back end of the Packers’ defense by 2011 undrafted free agent M.D. Jennings and 2012 fourth-round pick Jerron McMillian. You may remember Jennings as the guy who caught the game-winning interception against the Seahawks in 2012, scoring Seattle’s decisive touchdown in the process. You may remember McMillian for…well, we’re talking about him now, and that’s all that matters.
Brian Gutekunst made it his mission to fix the Packers’ safeties, and it worked.
The Packers still seem well-positioned on offense, but they’ve got some significant questions to answer.
The Raiders drafted Josh Jacobs with a pick they got from the Bears for Khalil Mack. It would be funny if both ended up in Green Bay.
The NFL never sleeps!
Organizers weren’t pleased, but this is one of the funnier (albeit pretty mean) pranks I’ve heard of lately.
