In this next installment of our 2011 Draft Prep series looking at the Green Bay Packers’ needs by position, we are going to analyze how the inside linebacker position currently stands. Strengths, weaknesses, depth, and uncertainties will all be examined to determine the urgency of need in regards to next season.
Brandon Chillar
According to Hobbes: Packers Offseason Primer on the NFL Combine: Inside Linebackers
This article will use the combine numbers from previous players drafted by GM Ted Thompson as a guide for what inside linebackers are likely to fit into the Packers’ scheme.
Green Bay Packers 2010 Player Evaluations – Defense – Clay Matthews
When Packers general manager Ted Thompson made the unusually aggressive move to trade back into the first round of the 2009 NFL Draft, the jaws of many fans and draft “experts” hit the floor. The thinking went that if Thompson was doing something this big, he must have his sights on someone he REALLY likes. The pick? Some guy named Clay Matthews, a linebacker from USC.