GBReceived
PBrett FavreQuarterback discovery · February 10, 1992
The first-round gamble that revived Green Bay
Green Bay sent the No. 17 pick in the 1992 draft to Atlanta for second-year quarterback Brett Favre.
See where this happened in the 1992 offseason →The original receipt
Every asset in the deal
The arrows show what each team received—not which direction a player left.
ATLReceived
Atlanta Falcons
#1992 first · No. 17
Why it happened
The bet each side made
Ron Wolf trusted his pre-draft evaluation despite Favre throwing only four passes as a Falcon and failing his initial Packers physical.
Why history remembers it
Favre won three consecutive MVPs, started 253 straight games for Green Bay and delivered the franchise's first championship in 29 years.
The family tree
Where the picks and rights went
Selections, swaps and later trades are traced separately so a downstream player is not mistaken for a direct one-for-one return.
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1992 No. 17 · traded
Trade-down branch → Tony Smith
Atlanta moved the pick to Dallas, slid to No. 19 and selected running back Tony Smith.
What changed
The consequences
- Favre became the first player to win three straight AP MVP awards.
- Green Bay reached consecutive Super Bowls and won Super Bowl XXXI.
- The trade began the franchise's three-decade run of elite quarterback play.
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