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Posted By: davidcycleback

Perhaps the biggest reason the Packers won their 1997 Super Bowl was GM Ron Wolf. When he traded a 2nd round pick for an Atlanta Falcolns backup quarterback (Brett Favre), more than a few Wisconsin sports writers and announcers that Wolf was nuts. It was considered a coup when Wolf signed Reggie White, as White was the most coveted defensive player in the NFL and he could have gone anywhere he wanted. Many thought there was no way the Southerner White would go to a small market in Wisconsin, in part because White has expressed a desire to go to a big city with a large minority population.