The streak just turned 21.

With the reports that Nazir Stackhouse has made the Green Bay Packers ' 53-man roster, it appears the franchise will extend its streak to 21 seasons of placing at least one undrafted free agent on the active roster.

The streak dates to 2005, the dawn of the Ted Thompson era. The quirk became one of the general manager's trademarks, finding talent in unusual places.

But there's a little bit of trickiness in defining what "undrafted free agent on the initial 53-man roster" means, and it's why this isn't quite a done deal yet. We're talking about players who made the roster in their first year of NFL eligibility; that is, they had been eligible for draft selection the preceding April and didn't get taken. So even if they were initially signed with another te

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