Originally Posted by: warhawk 
Ted is hard enough to figure out and this year looks especially hard to predict how he feels about the team.
Dynamics to consider:
1)We're going to lose a couple of players for sure. Jennings and maybe Finley.
2)He drafted heavily on the defensive side of the ball last year. Will he go more balanced this year?
3)We will get Bishop,Smith, and Perry back on D. I'm guessing he wants Woodson back too.
4)We get Bulaga and I would hope Sherrod back as well on offense. Does Ted Thompson feel like the OL will have what it takes with those guys back in the mix?
5)With the cap issues on the horizon I do not see Ted Thompson trading up but using all or gaining picks to stockpile less expensive talent.
Picking in the mid 20's all the time we see all the top OL and DL picked other than who Ted has swooped up if still around. He's gone OL in the first with Bulaga and Sherrod then Mathews, Raji, and Perry. All had one thing in common. They really weren't predicted to be there when it was our turn (well, Mathews wasn't but what a move).
So I figure this year it really doesn't matter what position it is but hope for a top player to slip between the cracks and Ted jump and then work his magic from there.
Who knows what he's thinking though?
1. wouldn't be shocked if woody falls into that group. It all depends on his willingness to restructure.
2. It is possible. Still may be heavy on the Def. WR, TE, QB,even OL are not critical needs. (upgrades always welcomed.) DL, OLB and S more pressing.
3. For the right price. He has the Packers over a barrel. He is the $10 mil man for the next 2 years.
Contract: 2013-2014: $6.5 million (+ $2.5 million roster bonus due 7/24 + $1 million in per-game roster bonuses). But they take a $4.2 million dollar hit for the next 2 years if they release him.
4. Who knows what he thinks. IF both are healthy going into the draft and then TC, I think he is willing to let them play a year and see. Bulaga has not been bad. Learning and getting better. Sherrod looked like a rookie but had flashes of being a first round pick in the little he played. If one of them were to fail then Newhouse or Barclay will get a little more PT. I could see Uncle Teddy adding an interior lineman especially a C in the draft.
5. He trades up so rarely it would have to be a special player at a price (draft picks) he loves. I hope he doesn't trade down too much. There are not a lot of needs and extra picks will only be squandered.
To hear him talk he just works the board and let's the broad tell him who to select. Very simplistic but he doesn't tell us much more than that.