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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sanguine camper" data-source="post: 917175" data-attributes="member: 9744"><p>A GM has to find 4 starters per year and one of those has to be pro bowl/all pro material if you want to win a Super Bowl. Most Super Bowl teams have 6 to 8 pro bowlers with some of those HOF quality.  There are 22 starters, throw in the nickel back, 3rd WR, punter, kicker, and a good kick returner. If those starting caliber players last 7 years as a starter on average you have the need to find 4 per year. The GM has to then draft those guys, preferably in the upper 3 or 4 rounds. If those draft picks fail to be decent starters for 6 or 7 years. then the team likely has  a big roster hole to fill. If a 1 to 3rd round pick isn't a good long term starter for the Packers, then he's a bust and makes it necessary to go to free agency which stresses the salary cap or you need to get lucky and find good starters lower in the draft. The Packers gave had a bunch of high draft pick busts that have stressed the salary cap and caused roster holes that are all too easily exploited in the playoffs. It wouldn't be for the low round gems like Cory Linsley, the team would've been sunk by the bad drafting in the upper rounds. When, it comes to upper draft picks, the bar is set high if you want to win the Super Bowl. A few   years as a serviceable starter isn't good enough.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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