Some strange moves in the draft

Updated: April 28, 2003, 12:30 PM ET

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By By Darrell Trimble
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Every year, some teams either fail to address their major needs via the draft, or they address those needs by greatly reaching for picks. This draft was no different, and here are a list of a few teams that made curious decisions over the weekend&

The Green Bay Packers went into the draft knowing that Brett Favre is talking about retirement with more frequency, and targeted a quarterback that they could groom as their quarterback for the future. Instead, they stood pat with their current collection of backups that include Craig Nall, Doug Pederson and recently acquired Eric Crouch.

The Packers had their eye on Florida quarterback Rex Grossman, but the division rival Chicago Bears took him seven slots before Green Bay was on the clock. There were still many signal-callers available in what was thought to be a very deep draft, but apparently the Miker Sherman was content with Craig Nall as Favre's understudy. That move could backfire on them, because even though they're expected to struggle whenever Favre hangs them up, they could sustain the blow much better if they had a starting caliber quarterback ready in the wings.

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