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Seven years ago Packer Nation fell in love with University of Wisconsin product T.J. Watt and were ecstatic when the outside linebacker was available with the 30th pick in the NFL Draft.
Packers general manager Ted Thompson then busted their collective balloon by trading back and eventually taking cornerback Kevin King.
Of course, the arm-chair quarterbacks were proven correct on that one, as Watt is a six-time Pro Bowler today and King was out of the league last season.
A similar love affair developed this offseason with Green Bay fans and Iowa cornerback Cooper DeJean. So when DeJean was available with pick No. 25 Thursday night, you could hear the celebrations starting from Racine to Rhinelander.
Only this time, general manager Brian Gutekunst played the bad guy.
Instead of taking the fan favorite in DeJean, Gutekunst selected Arizona offensive tackle Jordan Morgan. And of course, the natives got restless once again.
The guess here, though, is years from now, people will be far happier with Gutekunst’s pick of Morgan than they were with Thompson’s selection of King.
“Really athletic,” Gutekunst said of Morgan. “Really feel like he could probably play four positions for us, two-time team captain — just our kind of guy.”
In Morgan, Green Bay landed an extremely versatile player who will be given every chance to be the Packers’ left tackle of tomorrow. Morgan (6-5, 311) has terrific feet, outstanding athleticism and ran the 40-yard dash in 5.04 seconds at the NFL Combine.
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