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Know when to hold 'em Packers may stay put at No. 10 rather than deal up
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -- Green Bay Packers general manager Ron Wolf said Wednesday he was leaning toward keeping the 10th pick in the first round of the NFL Draft, even though the team has flown in some of the top talent for interviews. "The way I view that is we have five chances in [the top] 82 picks to really improve the quality and depth of our team," Wolf said. "As I'm looking at it right now, it would be kind of foolish to throw a couple of those away to move up seven spots. "I may get in a room with everybody and they might convince me to go the other way. Right now, it doesn't make much sense to me." Dwight Clark, the Cleveland Browns' vice president of football operations, told the Akron Beacon-Journal on Tuesday that he called Wolf this week to discuss the possibility of a trade after reading that Green Bay might have interest in moving up. "He said he'd think about it," Clark said of Wolf. The Browns, who have had the top pick the last two seasons, own the third overall pick in the April 21-22 draft. The Packers moved up seven spots to No. 10 by trading backup quarterback Matt Hasselbeck to Seattle over the winter. Arizona owns the second pick and reportedly is interested in moving down in the draft and taking a player who won't command a signing bonus of about $12 million. If the Packers move up, it would probably cost them their first-round pick and one or two of their third-rounders. They would probably go after Florida defensive lineman Gerard Warren if they do trade up.
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