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General Manager Ted Thompson held true to his philosophy of taking the best player on the team's draft board with the selection of another defensive end, C.J. Wilson of East Carolina, with the team's final pick in the seventh round on Saturday.
In Wilson, the 230th overall selection, the Packers get a highly productive college player who the team and Wilson himself thought would go higher in this weekend's draft.
"I have no idea (why he slid)," Thompson said. "I talked to him briefly before we turned the card in, and he's pretty fired up to show people everybody made a mistake. We liked him a lot.
"Brian Gutekunst scouts in that area. His dad worked at East Carolina this year toward the end of the season, and we felt like we knew him very well. He's a very impressive player. We had him higher on our board than where he wound up going."
Wilson played in a 4-3 scheme for the Pirates, but has the size (6-foot-3, 290 pounds) to play end in defensive c..
Source: Packers.com
