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Who moved to the head of the NFL class during the draft? Find out with FanHouse's team-by-team 2009 Draft Grades.

By dealing up into the last part of the first round for Clay Matthews, Ted Thompson may have forever changed his image in Green Bay. He went from being consistently ripped for his trade-downs and seemingly passive nature during the draft to being branded a genius. Of course, if either of his first-round selections fail, he'll be back to being an idiot again.

The Green Bay Packers' transition to a 3-4 defense is not likely to be complete in 2009. There are some personnel shifts that have to take place, and the change is an adjustment for most of the players who will return.

Sure, the Packers will play a base 3-4, but that won't be the only thing they do defensively. Head coach Mike McCarthy and general manager Ted Thompson discussed the team's plans over the weekend at the NFL combine, this time offering more depth and detail than they have in the past.

Training camp has not gotten off on the right foot for the Green Bay Packers. Even before the first practice began, they found themselves to be one man short after wide receiver Donald Driver failed a team physical.

"He has a re-occurring injury with the shoulder that he hurt last year, so, he will be day-to-day with the shoulder," McCarthy said.

Day-to-day should be considered an optimistic diagnosis. Unfortunately, Driver may not return to the field until August 11th at the earliest. Even when he does return, he's going to have a lot of catching up to do. Thankfully for the Packers, he's a veteran who won't struggle too much after missing a little over two weeks of camp.

In addition to Driver, the Packers suffered another loss yesterday. Tight end Tory Humphrey injured his ankle during practice and had to be carted off the field. The team has not given specifics on how severe the injury is, but it doesn't sound pretty.

Other Injury Notes: Defensive tackles Ryan Pickett and Johnny Jolly also missed practice due to failed physicals, while rookie running back DeShawn Wynn sat out with a stomach virus.

Welcome again to "Packers Notebook." The purpose of Packers Notebook is to keep all of you hardcore fans up-to-date with Green Bay's goings on without littering FanHouse will three or four posts per day. With that said, let's check out what's happening in Packers land.

Special prosecutor has been named in Barnett case: The district attorney in the Nick Barnett battery case has been officially changed. After it was revealed that Carrie Schneider's husband was a potential witness, she was forced to drop the case. Door Country district attorney Ray Pelrine will now handle it instead.

No beer here: Legendary Lambeau Field will open its doors to thousand of Christians this Saturday, the 7th. Over 6,000 people have signed up (out of 45,000 available seats) to attended what will be called "Leap of Faith Lambeau;" a night filled with music, prayer and teaching.

Packers may use defensive tackle rotation: Due to significantly improved depth at defensive tackle, Green Bay may opt to use a rotation this season. Although Justin Harrell, Ryan Pickett and Corey Williams will all be playing for a starting nod, all three could see significant time throughout the year within the rotation.

The Packers held their first two organized team practices this week and there was a good turn out. Despite being voluntary, all but four players showed up. One of the players who was not in attendance was three-year veteran defensive tackle Corey Williams. Unfortunately, Williams was back in an Arkansas hospital visiting with one of his two sisters who recently had a stroke.

"He would have been there (Thursday) but for his sister," Williams' agent said, later adding: "I know he's going to be there as soon as he can be there. It's tough for him."

Our thoughts and prayers certainly go out to Williams and his family.

Also missing in action were cornerbacks Charles Woodson and Al Harris, as well as defensive tackle Ryan Pickett.

Woodson left Packers minicamp back on May 20th for what was deemed "personal reasons," and wasn't expected to rejoin the team until the mandatory training camp. "Personal reasons" is basically a cover for "I'd rather workout in Houston on my own."

"There are (different) training methods," Coach McCarthy said. "I don't disagree with it, because there's more than one way to skin a cat."

I, personally, think that all NFL clubs should make organized team activities and minicamps mandatory. Players leaving their team hanging and working out on their own is becoming a bad habit around the league.

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