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<blockquote data-quote="packerbob" data-source="post: 296745" data-attributes="member: 1542"><p>That's true. As I mentioned in my post the Packers had Crabtree rated slightly higher than Raji. They also had Andre Smith rated higher than Raji but also below Crabtree. They wanted Smith but he wasn't available. At the time of their selection Crabtree was still available and even though he was rated the highest the Packers took Raji instead. They weren't going to take Crabtree because of the injury and issues with his attitude. I'm sure for the sake of rating players they probably had Mathew Stafford up near the top but if he for some reason fell there is no way they would select him. Even though they like to say they always take the best player available, need and character always factors in. Picking at #9 in the 1st their wish list was 1. Andre Smith 2 B.J. Raji 3. Clay Mathews and 4. Michael Oher. After getting Raji in the first, there is a reason they traded a 2 and 2-3's to get back in the 1st to take Mathews. They had Mathews rated very high and might have even considered him at #9 if Raji was gone. I'm even 100% sure given the choice of Crabtree or Mathews the Packers would have taken Mathews hands down.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="packerbob, post: 296745, member: 1542"] That's true. As I mentioned in my post the Packers had Crabtree rated slightly higher than Raji. They also had Andre Smith rated higher than Raji but also below Crabtree. They wanted Smith but he wasn't available. At the time of their selection Crabtree was still available and even though he was rated the highest the Packers took Raji instead. They weren't going to take Crabtree because of the injury and issues with his attitude. I'm sure for the sake of rating players they probably had Mathew Stafford up near the top but if he for some reason fell there is no way they would select him. Even though they like to say they always take the best player available, need and character always factors in. Picking at #9 in the 1st their wish list was 1. Andre Smith 2 B.J. Raji 3. Clay Mathews and 4. Michael Oher. After getting Raji in the first, there is a reason they traded a 2 and 2-3's to get back in the 1st to take Mathews. They had Mathews rated very high and might have even considered him at #9 if Raji was gone. I'm even 100% sure given the choice of Crabtree or Mathews the Packers would have taken Mathews hands down. [/QUOTE]
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