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		<title>Meet the Packers&#8217; 2012 draft class</title>
		<link>http://blog.packers.com/2012/04/28/meet-the-draft-picks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 01:31:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Duke Bobber</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[#53 NICK PERRY • LINEBACKER • SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Drafted: 1st Round (#28 overall) Ht: 6-3   Wt: 265 Story: Perry ready to take game to next level Editorial: Packers turn to USC, again, for pass rusher Photo Gallery Conference Call Audio Video: Perry on stage at NFL Draft Video: GM Ted Thompson on Perry Video: Def. [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.packers.com&#038;blog=14432679&#038;post=4343&#038;subd=nflcompackers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>McCarthy comments on Clifton, Collins</title>
		<link>http://blog.packers.com/2012/04/28/mccarthy-comments-on-clifton-collins/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 23:58:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Spofford</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[2012 nfl draft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chad clifton]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just as GM Ted Thompson did on Friday, Head Coach Mike McCarthy addressed the release this past week of veterans Chad Clifton and Nick Collins when asked by the media. Here is a transcript of McCarthy&#8217;s remarks: &#8220;I tell you, it’s something I will never get used to. That was a hard week, starting with [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.packers.com&#038;blog=14432679&#038;post=4489&#038;subd=nflcompackers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>QB caps Packers 2012 draft class</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 23:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vic Ketchman, packers.com editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Packers capped their 2012 draft class by selecting quarterback B. J. Coleman of Tennessee-Chattanooga with the 243rd overall pick, one of two compensatory picks by the Packers in the final round. Draftnik Mel Kiper had projected Coleman to be a fifth or sixth-round prospect. The Packers, of course, are in the market to develop a young quarterback, after having [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.packers.com&#038;blog=14432679&#038;post=4472&#038;subd=nflcompackers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tackle first offensive player picked by Packers</title>
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		<comments>http://blog.packers.com/2012/04/28/tackle-first-offensive-player-picked-by-packers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 22:54:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vic Ketchman, packers.com editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It took seven rounds, but the Packers finally turned away from defense and gave new offensive coordinator Tom Clements a player for his side of the ball, Florida State offensive tackle Andrew Datko. Datko, 6-6, 315,  was a starter in the first four games of last season before missing the rest of the season with a shoulder injury. [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.packers.com&#038;blog=14432679&#038;post=4470&#038;subd=nflcompackers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Packers trade up to pick N.C. State linebacker</title>
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		<comments>http://blog.packers.com/2012/04/28/packers-trade-up-to-pick-n-c-state-linebacker/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 19:21:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vic Ketchman, packers.com editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[North Carolina State linebacker Terrell Manning made it six defensive players in a row and threatened to make this an all-defense draft for the Packers, as the Packers traded a sixth-round pick and two seventh-round picks to the Patriots to move up to pick 163 in the fifth round and select Manning, 6-2, 237. Manning made [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.packers.com&#038;blog=14432679&#038;post=4440&#038;subd=nflcompackers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Maine safety is fifth straight on defense</title>
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		<comments>http://blog.packers.com/2012/04/28/maine-safety-is-fifth-straight-on-defense/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:58:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vic Ketchman, packers.com editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Defense, defense. Yeah, for a fifth consecutive pick, the Packers stayed on the defensive side of the ball, selecting Maine safety Jerron McMillian, 5-11, 203. McMillian was picked with the 133rd overall selection, the second of back to back picks by the Packers in the fourth round. McMillian is a second team All-America. He started each [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.packers.com&#038;blog=14432679&#038;post=4435&#038;subd=nflcompackers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Packers stick to defense, pick Iowa DL</title>
		<link>http://blog.packers.com/2012/04/28/packers-stick-to-defense-pick-iowa-dl/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:53:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vic Ketchman, packers.com editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The focus on defense continued into the third day of the draft for the Packers on Saturday, as they made Iowa defensive lineman Mike Daniels their first pick of the day, in what was to be the first of consecutive picks in the fourth round for the Packers. At 6-0, 291, Daniels is undersized, but [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.packers.com&#038;blog=14432679&#038;post=4433&#038;subd=nflcompackers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Packers on the clock</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:42:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Spofford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Packers now have back-to-back picks, at No. 132 and 133. They are on the clock.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.packers.com&#038;blog=14432679&#038;post=4430&#038;subd=nflcompackers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Two RBs, two Cs already gone in fourth</title>
		<link>http://blog.packers.com/2012/04/28/two-rbs-two-cs-already-gone-in-fourth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 16:42:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Spofford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If the Packers are looking for a RB and/or C at the end of the fourth round, a pair from each position have come off the board early in the fourth round. The Dolphins took Miami RB Lamar Miller with the second pick of the fourth round, No. 97 overall, and then the Seahawks took [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.packers.com&#038;blog=14432679&#038;post=4426&#038;subd=nflcompackers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Packers have 7 picks on Day 3</title>
		<link>http://blog.packers.com/2012/04/28/packers-have-7-picks-on-day-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 15:41:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Spofford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Day 3 of the draft begins, the Packers have seven selections left to make. Two of their Day 3 picks &#8212; in the fourth and fifth rounds &#8212; were traded on Friday night as the Packers moved up for a pair of second-round picks. The Packers&#8217; remaining picks are as follows: two in the [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.packers.com&#038;blog=14432679&#038;post=4422&#038;subd=nflcompackers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Day 2 chat transcript</title>
		<link>http://blog.packers.com/2012/04/27/day-2-chat-transcript/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.packers.com/2012/04/27/day-2-chat-transcript/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 04:45:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Duke Bobber</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Click here to read the transcript of the Day 2 live chat on packers.com.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.packers.com&#038;blog=14432679&#038;post=4417&#038;subd=nflcompackers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Thompson discusses Clifton, Collins</title>
		<link>http://blog.packers.com/2012/04/27/thompson-discusses-clifton-collins/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.packers.com/2012/04/27/thompson-discusses-clifton-collins/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 02:56:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Spofford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During his remarks to the media on Friday evening, GM Ted Thompson was asked to comment on the what veteran players Chad Clifton and Nick Collins, who were released this past week, meant to the Packers. Here&#8217;s what Thompson said: &#8220;They are the epitome of our franchise. Chad Clifton came in as a second-round pick [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.packers.com&#038;blog=14432679&#038;post=4402&#038;subd=nflcompackers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Packers trade up, again, pick defensive back</title>
		<link>http://blog.packers.com/2012/04/27/packers-trade-up-again-pick-defensive-back/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.packers.com/2012/04/27/packers-trade-up-again-pick-defensive-back/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 01:14:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vic Ketchman, packers.com editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;ll be remembered as a draft for defense. The Packers turned to defense for a third consecutive pick in the 2012 NFL Draft by trading back into the bottom of the second round on Friday and selecting Vanderbilt defensive back Casey Hayward. Hayward, 5-11, 188, was a cornerback at Vanderbilt. He is said to be skilled [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.packers.com&#038;blog=14432679&#038;post=4393&#038;subd=nflcompackers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Packers go defense again with Worthy pick</title>
		<link>http://blog.packers.com/2012/04/27/packers-go-defense-again-with-worthy-pick/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.packers.com/2012/04/27/packers-go-defense-again-with-worthy-pick/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 00:25:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vic Ketchman, packers.com editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Packers addressed their need for a young defensive end by targeting, trading up and selecting Michigan State&#8217;s Jerel Worthy in the second round of Friday&#8217;s NFL Draft. Worthy, 6-2, 308, was ranked by several draft services as a potential first-round pick. The Packers selected him with the 19th pick of the second round, following [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.packers.com&#038;blog=14432679&#038;post=4385&#038;subd=nflcompackers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Packers trade up to 51</title>
		<link>http://blog.packers.com/2012/04/27/packers-trade-up-to-51/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.packers.com/2012/04/27/packers-trade-up-to-51/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 00:19:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Spofford</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.packers.com/?p=4382</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Packers are about to go on the clock after trading up from pick 59 to 51 in a swap with the Eagles. More details to follow.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.packers.com&#038;blog=14432679&#038;post=4382&#038;subd=nflcompackers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Packers 10 picks away</title>
		<link>http://blog.packers.com/2012/04/27/packers-10-picks-away/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.packers.com/2012/04/27/packers-10-picks-away/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 00:16:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Spofford</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[devon still]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.packers.com/?p=4378</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re approaching pick 50, so the Packers at 59 are only 10 slots away. Wisconsin C Peter Konz is still on the board, thought to be the only center with a first-round grade in this draft. It was thought he&#8217;d be long gone by now. On the defensive side, linemen Devon Still of Penn State, [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.packers.com&#038;blog=14432679&#038;post=4378&#038;subd=nflcompackers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bears trade up, add another WR</title>
		<link>http://blog.packers.com/2012/04/27/bears-trade-up-add-another-wr/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.packers.com/2012/04/27/bears-trade-up-add-another-wr/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 00:02:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Spofford</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.packers.com/?p=4374</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[NFC North rival Chicago pulled off a trade with St. Louis to move up five spots, from 50 to 45, and the Bears selected South Carolina WR Alshon Jeffery. The Bears already added WR Brandon Marshall in the offseason, and now just picked up Jeffery. They&#8217;re clearly intent on upgrading QB Jay Cutler&#8217;s weapons in [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.packers.com&#038;blog=14432679&#038;post=4374&#038;subd=nflcompackers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Offensive tackles disappearing</title>
		<link>http://blog.packers.com/2012/04/27/offensive-tackles-disappearing/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.packers.com/2012/04/27/offensive-tackles-disappearing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 23:49:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Spofford</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.packers.com/?p=4369</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Beginning with Cal&#8217;s Mitchell Schwartz at 37, four of the last six picks now have been offensive tackles. Midwestern State&#8217;s Amini Silatolu, Georgia&#8217;s Cordy Glenn and Stanford&#8217;s Jonathan Martin have been the last three picks in succession (40 through 42). This draft was said to be thin at offensive tackle, so you wonder how many [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.packers.com&#038;blog=14432679&#038;post=4369&#038;subd=nflcompackers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>CB Jenkins goes at 39 to St. Louis</title>
		<link>http://blog.packers.com/2012/04/27/cb-jenkins-goes-at-39-to-st-louis/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.packers.com/2012/04/27/cb-jenkins-goes-at-39-to-st-louis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 23:38:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Spofford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first cornerback of the second round, Janoris Jenkins of North Alabama, has been taken by the Rams at No. 39. Jenkins, who was dismissed from Florida&#8217;s program for off-the-field issues, was considered a first-round talent but a character risk. The Rams finally thought, at 39, he was worth the risk. It would have been [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.packers.com&#038;blog=14432679&#038;post=4365&#038;subd=nflcompackers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Upshaw finally goes, to Ravens at 35</title>
		<link>http://blog.packers.com/2012/04/27/upshaw-finally-goes-to-ravens-at-35/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.packers.com/2012/04/27/upshaw-finally-goes-to-ravens-at-35/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 23:17:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Spofford</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.packers.com/?p=4360</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Alabama OLB Courtney Upshaw, thought by many to be a first-round pick, finally came off the board early in the second round at No. 35 overall. The Baltimore Ravens took him. Upshaw was a candidate for the Packers in the first round at No. 28 when the Packers took Nick Perry, who is the faster [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.packers.com&#038;blog=14432679&#038;post=4360&#038;subd=nflcompackers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Round 2 is underway</title>
		<link>http://blog.packers.com/2012/04/27/round-2-is-underway/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.packers.com/2012/04/27/round-2-is-underway/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 23:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Spofford</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.packers.com/?p=4355</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[WR Brian Quick of Appalachian State is the first pick of the second round, going to the Rams at No. 33. Right after that, the Colts took TE Coby Fleener from Stanford, so the first two picks on Day 2 are offensive players. There are still a number of attractive defensive players, particularly defensive linemen, [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.packers.com&#038;blog=14432679&#038;post=4355&#038;subd=nflcompackers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Day 1 chat transcript</title>
		<link>http://blog.packers.com/2012/04/27/day-1-chat-transcript/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.packers.com/2012/04/27/day-1-chat-transcript/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 05:26:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Spofford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Click here to read the transcript of the Day 1 live chat on packers.com.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.packers.com&#038;blog=14432679&#038;post=4322&#038;subd=nflcompackers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Packers get their pass rusher in Perry</title>
		<link>http://blog.packers.com/2012/04/26/packers-get-their-pass-rusher-in-perry/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.packers.com/2012/04/26/packers-get-their-pass-rusher-in-perry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 02:41:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vic Ketchman, packers.com editor</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.packers.com/?p=4311</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Packers got their pass rusher and he&#8217;s from USC. Can Nick Perry do for the Packers&#8217; defense what Clay Matthews did? Perry, a blend of power and speed who lit up the scouting combine, was made the 28th pick of the draft on Thursday night. He immediately addresses the Packers&#8217; desperate need for a [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.packers.com&#038;blog=14432679&#038;post=4311&#038;subd=nflcompackers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Packers are on the clock</title>
		<link>http://blog.packers.com/2012/04/26/packers-are-on-the-clock/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.packers.com/2012/04/26/packers-are-on-the-clock/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 02:37:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Spofford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Houston took Illinois DE Whitney Mercilus at 26, and Cincinnati took Wisconsin G Kevin Zeitler at 27. Now it&#8217;s the Packers&#8217; turn at 28. As for defensive players, both Alabama&#8217;s Courtney Upshaw and USC&#8217;s Nick Perry are on the board.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.packers.com&#038;blog=14432679&#038;post=4309&#038;subd=nflcompackers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Patriots move up for another first-rounder</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 02:24:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Spofford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New England has moved back into the first round at No. 25 to take Alabama LB Dont&#8217;a Hightower.  That&#8217;s two picks, both on defense in the front seven, for the Patriots in the last five picks. Remember, the Patriots were criticized for their defense last year, much like the Packers were.  They were clearly targeting [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.packers.com&#038;blog=14432679&#038;post=4306&#038;subd=nflcompackers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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