What has Ted Thompson done for the Packers? You say he brought in the pieces to win a super bowl and that was correct he had Rodgers fall in his lap. But look at the team the past few years and what good has it been? He built a team that has no depth we are in salary cap bs because he overpaid for his draft picks. And if it wasn't for Rodgers last year we would have had the 1st overall pick this year and probably next year as well. I can see a top 10 pick next year. So when the defense sucks do we still get to blame Capers? I didn't like giving up Jordy for Graham that to me was a very stupid move. Graham is not the same person he was in his first few years in New Orleans. He is now slower and injury prone. People will claim he will open up the middle for us but why didn't he do that in Seattle? Hes a redzone freak but we can get any tall receiver and turn him into one also. The draft has a few of them and i hope we draft one because after 1 year people will be saying how bad it was picking him up just like last year with Bennett.
I like the Earl Thomas talk but it would cost to much.
Originally Posted by: dhazer
The trade would require a negotiation for a new contract and Thomas AINT comin' to GB. Well maybe if he gets $20M+.
Your prediction of doom is perfectly duplicitous. If Rodger is so great GB will get a bye and win at least 1 in the playoffs, that means they draft 29-32. Now if Rodgers stinks, we might see top 10.
After removing the mythical fantasy GM from discussion, we realize an actual GM doesn’t coach or play. Ted unequivocally assembled at least 3 SB rosters [2010, 2011, 2014] in 8 years. I’d argue Ted set up a SB roster in ’15, ’16 and ’17 as well. In ’15 Rodgers single-handedly killed a 6-0 team’s playoff position. In ’16 Rodgers’ suck play in the first half plus his suck play in Atlanta Champ game cost us another SB. In 2 years Rodgers’ refusal to do what Brady does [getting rid of the effing ball] caused 2 major injuries. If Rodgers plays up to his salary in the playoffs in ‘11 and ‘14 and during the season in ‘13, ‘15, ‘16 and ’17; GB has at least 3 and maybe 7 trips to SB in 8 years. That’s what Ted did…Now you’re gonna learn about what it’s like w/o Ted and it’s going to be painful!
Just confine your thinking to conform to what you see, do not ignore what can be seen.
This year's free agent class was LOADED with solid FA CBs and GB’s GB was super doper aggressive, right? Well, how come the first 30 CBs signed/were traded elsewhere? And now we had to pay 2x 5 to get the 31st CB [who turned 35 last week] that was available thru trade and free agency.
Look at the deals; Graham 3x10, Wilkerson 1x 5 to 8, Tramon 2x5…This is the cost of FA when most players with a similar financial choice don’t want to come to GB. Another thing Ted gave you was NOT overpaying douchebags. Sometimes doing NOTHING is the best move.
And we can get Reid w/ no prob...ya just gotta be aggressive, which means find out what other teams are willing to pay and double it! And you gripe about Ted’s cap issues….LOL, just wait!