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<blockquote data-quote="Spanky" data-source="post: 970906" data-attributes="member: 12367"><p>Interesting thread.</p><p></p><p>I remember watching Eddie Lee Ivery's first game against the Bears in 1979. He promptly blew out his knee, which ended his season. There was a lot of hype about him then (as was common with any RB taken in the first round) so people were really looking forward to the opener. I felt like a kid at Christmas who had his toys taken away after only 15 minutes of play.</p><p></p><p>Doing a little research after seeing this thread, I see the Packers drafted Steve Atkins, another RB, in the second round of the 1979 draft (the same draft as Ivery)*. So the Packers spent their first two picks of '79 on RB's when they were coming off of Terdell Middleton's breakout 1978 season (1,116 yards) in only his second year.</p><p></p><p>Very weird. But then the Packers had a lot of odd draft picks in the 1970's.</p><p></p><p>*and Joe Montana was drafted by the 49ers in the 3rd round!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Spanky, post: 970906, member: 12367"] Interesting thread. I remember watching Eddie Lee Ivery's first game against the Bears in 1979. He promptly blew out his knee, which ended his season. There was a lot of hype about him then (as was common with any RB taken in the first round) so people were really looking forward to the opener. I felt like a kid at Christmas who had his toys taken away after only 15 minutes of play. Doing a little research after seeing this thread, I see the Packers drafted Steve Atkins, another RB, in the second round of the 1979 draft (the same draft as Ivery)*. So the Packers spent their first two picks of '79 on RB's when they were coming off of Terdell Middleton's breakout 1978 season (1,116 yards) in only his second year. Very weird. But then the Packers had a lot of odd draft picks in the 1970's. *and Joe Montana was drafted by the 49ers in the 3rd round! [/QUOTE]
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