Green Bay - Last year, Ted Thompson was the bold one. The Green Bay Packer general manager was the cavalier chasing up his draft board for potential starters on defense.

Twelve picks became eight. He moved up three times.

Out of character?

"I'm not my father's son anymore," Thompson joked then. "It's pathetic."

The theme of the 2012 draft was aggressiveness, defense, need. Thompson looked to invigorate the league's last-ranked pass defense through trades and by riding the first-round wave of pass rushers in USC gamble Nick Perry.

This year - picking at the end of the first round again - it'd be wise for Thompson to be his father's son.

This time, he should trade down.

The stars may align for such a scenario. If a market for quarterbacks - think Ryan Nassib, E.J. Manuel, Mike Glennon, maybe even Matt Barkley - does build then Thompson should capitalize and trade out of the first round.

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