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COPYRIGHT 2001 South Florida Sun-Sentinal
Byline: Charles Bricker
FORT LAUDERDALE _ In seven seasons as coach of the Green Bay Packers, Mike Holmgren, with General Manager Ron Wolf, drafted six quarterbacks and traded for one.
The first quarterback he obtained, in a deal with Atlanta in 1992, was Brett Favre, who is going to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The last, sixth-rounder (1998) Matt Hasselbeck, is going to lead the Seattle Seahawks out of Averageland this year.
There has been a lot of focus this offseason on Brad Johnson, Troy Aikman, Trent Dilfer, Trent Green and Ray Lucas _ all available in one way or another. Yet the Hasselbeck trade will be the most important transaction of the season.
How do I know? Because when Holmgren's magic wand touches a quarterback, good things happen. None of the quarterbacks he and Wolf drafted was taken higher than the fifth round, but one of them was Mark Brunell (5th...
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