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Cheese Curds: Green Bay Packers News and Links for February 4, 2015

It's a random grab bag of curds here on National Signing Day.

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Let's face it - today belongs to college football, not the NFL. It's National Signing Day, the biggest day on the college football recruiting calendar. Therefore, the pros tend to take a back seat.

However, with unheralded players around the country signing their letters of intent today, today's curds have some parallels. We look at undrafted free agents to see what impact they have played in the Packers' roster construction as well as that of this year's Super Bowl teams. Plus, we get a look at one Packer who was a walk-on in college, and find a projection of how he will fit in on the team next season.

There's that and much more in today's curds. Enjoy!

Super Bowl highlights the importance of UDFA's - JSOnline
The Packers' success with undrafted free agent signings has been well-documented. Just last season, Jayrone Elliott and Mike Pennel made the team, with Luther Robinson contributing later in the season as well.

Packers hold 30th pick in 2015 draft | Packersnews
Twice before the Packers have had that pick - they once drafted Ross Verba and later traded back into the second round to select Jordy Nelson.

Hall of Fame wait worth it for Ron Wolf | Packers.com
Here are some great comments from the former GM, who is very appreciative of all of the members of the Packers organization who helped him to earn the honor.

Run/pass? What the Green Bay Packers may have done in Seahawks' shoes - ESPN
We brought you a silly look at what casual fans think the Packers would have done on second-and-one, but here ESPN breaks down the stats and tendencies from the 2014 season.

Just one of the guys | ESPN Wisconsin
We broke down Letroy Guion's free agency status on Monday, but here's another great look at how Guion contributed in the locker room as well as on the field. (NOTE: this story just got a little more interesting with the news on Wednesday that Guion has been charged with possession of marijuana and a firearm.)

Green Bay Packers Annual Checkup: Jared Abbrederis | FOX Sports
Paul Imig thinks that there's a 99% chance that the Wautoma, WI product will be on the active roster in 2015.

Falcons owner admits 'embarrassing' use of fake crowd noise - SBNation.com
But somehow they've still never investigated the same issue at the Metrodome...