Packers Suffer Bad Line of Credit; Several Defensive Investments Failed
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel › September 06, 2005
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Green Bay When veteran Cletidus Hunt was released Saturday in the cut-down to 53, it marked yet another failure in the Green Bay Packers' recent attempts to piece together a dominant defensive line.
Like a homeowner intent on raising the value of his property, the Packers sunk millions of dollars into what might be the second-most important position on a football team, hoping the investment would provide the ultimate payoff. Instead of playing in Super Bowls, however, the Packers have been playoff pretenders and now, after a series of mis-hits, face the prospect of defending the line of scrimmage with a seven- or eight-man rotation of scrappers.See the full content of this document
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Packers Suffer Bad Line of Credit; Several Defensive Investments Failed
In the four years in which coach Mike Sherman held or shared the title of general manager, the Packers dished out contracts worth more than $110 million to various defensive line prospects, including Hunt, ends Joe Johnson, Jamal Reynolds and Chukie Nwokorie and nose tackle Gilbert Brown.
Yet all the Packers really have to show for that era are defensive end...See the full content of this document
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