Want some names...

Fernando Bryant
Boss Bailey
Micheal Boley
Warrick Dunn
Trent Green
Takeo Spikes
Joey Harrington
Duante Culpepper
Javon Kearse
David Carr
Alge Crumpler
Corey Smith
Lance Briggs
Astana Samuel...

They all had thread around the first couple weeks of FA last season... sorry didn't read through all threads for more names.. lol.

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Briggs would have been a difference maker. I don't think that was ever a possibility though, and it would have been a HUGE price tag.

Asante Samuel, good player but Tramon Williams' emergence proves (I think) that it wouldn't have had any effect except on our salary figures.

Maybe Kearse, with the Jenkins injury? I don't know though... he only had 3.5 sacks last year, i.e. 1 more sack than Montgomery, and many less tackles.

Maybe Takeo Spikes...

Certainly not Crumpler.

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If you prefer duty or obligation for your moderator title, my apologies to your feelings. I am raising three blonde girls and believe me it's a job and there is no monetary compensation. :icon_smile:

As for the Tators, I will try to be more understanding to their fragile feelings as they defame our general manager.

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Here's a little piece of perspective on perspective.

I submit that just about everyone here takes this whole Green Bay Packer thing real serious. Many of us assign various motivations to the decisions made by our front office, and we personalize and/or rationalize those decisions as we see fit.

Sometimes my initial reaction to a decision made by Ted (and co., btw) is:

WHAT IS HE THINKING!!!!!

Then I think to myself, What is he thinking?

This seems to calm me down on the whole Ted Thompson thing, more often than not.

I'm willing to bet that just about all of us would agree that if Ted Thompson (and co., btw) pull off a SuperBowl utilizing their present course of action...however unlikely some/all might think that to be...we would be:

A: Thrilled beyond imagination.

B: The most obnoxiously boisterous pack of know-it-alls on the internet.

(I can just hear us now..."And we didn't even TRY to BUY our Superbowl, unlike you assholes in [insert NFL city here]...well, at least that's how I would be :thumbleft: )

And i think your volunteer work at the soon to be "homeless shelter" (Purplepride.org) is quite commendable too!!! LOLOLOL!!!! :thumbleft:

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Exactly. Just like before TT, there was a lot of emotion, good or bad, towards Sherman's decisions. I was mad at Mike for punting on 4th and 1 which would have prevented the 4th and 26th. That was Mike's decision. I know it pained BF to not go for it. You could see it on his face.

On the flip side, he gave us one heck of an Offense.

The same goes for any decision, good or bad, that Ted Thompson makes. It affects the Packers and being Packer fans, we get all emo about it, good or bad.

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Here's the way i see it with TT.
When i think he does well, i say so. When i think he screwed up, i say so.

I think what is missing with MANY of the posters is BALANCE.

NO ONE is going to get everything right. NOT ONE GM in the NFL does.
Those that seem to think Ted Thompson is "Matt Millen" are WAY off base. I also don't think Ted Thompson has reached the level of Ron Wolf yet, either. Although i think he has done better then many GM's, he's not the best.....yet. He may turn out to be so, or he may crash and burn. But fact is, it takes time to rebuild a team that has lost ALL it's players from the mid 1990's when we were so good.
I think this coming season will tell which way we are headed. But to act like Ted Thompson is an idiot because of last years record is insane. The defense and ST's let us down all season, where if you remember, the PREVIOUS season our D and ESPECIALLY ST's scored often to pull out close games. That was sorely missing last year, and it cost us MANY games.

And MM's conservative play calling cost us alot too. You have to have that "killer instinct" to finish off your opponent. And MM didn't have that last year. THAT needs to change.

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I'd have a Ted Thompson & MM picture next to my BF action figures.

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I'd hazard to say that Ron Wolf wasn't Ron Wolf, if you get my drift...

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My Brett Favre action figure's arm fell off, and the cat keeps knocking it off the ledge. It refuses to take off like a jet. It just flutters to the ground like a wounded duck. I'd have to find a more fitting place.

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