"Last year with the final pick in the first round of the NFL draft, Ted Thompson passed on an outside pass rusher, Brooks Reed, who had Green Bay Packers written all over him. Reed had a strong rookie season (six sacks) as a 3-4 outside linebacker and was among the players who helped the Houston Texans weather the season-ending loss of their best defensive player, outside linebacker Mario Williams, and still make the playoffs. Late in this year's first round, there's another player at that critical playmaking position who appears even more tailor made for defensive coordinator Dom Capers' 3-4 scheme, Shea McClellin of Boise State. With the Packers desperate for pass rushers after finishing last in the NFL last season in sacks percentage, Thompson might very well consider McClellin the best fit among the defensive players available when the general manager picks tonight at No. 28 overall. Assuming the Packers have cleared McClellin medically after he sustained at least two and possibly three concussions in college, the guess here and around much of the NFL is Thompson will take him." Read more: http://host.madison.com/sports/foot...cle_27f2f8f4-8f35-11e1-a9f6-0019bb2963f4.html
