Ted Thompson: His last five Green Bay Packers drafts are defensive misery

Packers 2014 defensive picks

This could have been Ted Thompson’s worst defensive draft ever.

Though he hit a home run with the first round selection of Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, Thompson reached in the third round for Khyri Thornton, a defensive end out of Southern Mississippi, reached again for Carl Bradford, a linebacker out of Arizona State and then really stepped over the line when he drafted Demetri Goodson, a cornerback out of Baylor.

Clinton-Dix has been a steady performer and showed improvement during his first two seasons. If he stays healthy, he could be a player who sticks around for a decade.

However, the other picks that draft are just plain awful. Thornton was lazy and never had a chance of cracking the 53-man roster. Though Bradford showed some pop in preseason games, he seems to have been nothing better than a practice squad body.

As for Goodson, he was a basketball player with limited experience on the football field. Though he has played some off the bench, his place on the field was only out of desperation as the Packers have continued with injury issues over the past couple of seasons.