Green Bay Packers Draft History: Ted Thompson and his perennial Super Bowl contender

Ted Thompson’s draft picks … 2013

… and the reason the Packers are perennial Super Bowl contenders …

With Eddie Lacy topping the list of the best picks of recent years, Thompson also got great value in this 2013 draft. Though Datone Jones has been a disappointment because of injuries and lack of production, you can’t complain about David Bakhtiari and J.C. Tretter in the fourth round, Micah Hyde and Josh Boyd in the fifth round, Nate Palmer in the sixth round and Sam Barrington in the seventh round.

Johnathan Franklin retired because of a neck condition and seventh-rounder Charles Johnson was one who got away.

April 25-27, 2013; Drafted alternately 26th-25th

• 1. DATONE JONES, DE, UCLA, 26
• 2. (to San Francisco 49ers in draft-day trade), 55
• 2. EDDIE LACY, RB, Alabama, 61
  (from San Francisco 49ers in draft-day trade)
• 3. (to San Francisco 49ers in draft-day trade), 88
• 3. (to Miami Dolphins in draft-day trade), 93
  (pick originally obtained from San Francisco 49ers in draft-day trade)
• 4a. DAVID BAKHTIARI, T, Colorado, 109
  (from Miami Dolphins in draft-day trade)
• 4b. JC TRETTER, T, Cornell, 122
• 4c. JOHNATHAN FRANKLIN, RB, UCLA, 125
  (from Denver Broncos in draft-day trade)
• 5. (to Denver Broncos in draft-day trade), 146
  (pick originally obtained from Miami Dolphins in draft-day trade)
• 5a. MICAH HYDE, CB, Iowa, 159
• 5b. JOSH BOYD, DE, Mississippi State, 167
  (free agency compensatory pick)
• 6. (to Denver Broncos in draft-day trade), 173
  (pick originally obtained from San Francisco 49ers in draft-day trade)
• 6. NATE PALMER, LB, Illinois State, 193
• 7a. CHARLES JOHNSON, WR, Grand Valley State, 216
  (from San Francisco 49ers in draft-day trade)
• 7b. KEVIN DORSEY, WR, Maryland, 224
  (from Miami Dolphins in draft-day trade)
• 7c. SAM BARRINGTON, LB, South Florida, 232

Next: 2014