macbob
9 years ago

This proves what I have been saying for years. Trading up for a stud player is better than trading down to get 2-3 average quality players.

Originally Posted by: wpr 



Actually, it depends on your situation. Trading away picks to move up helps your starting team at the expense of your depth.

Mike Sherman was a poster boy for the former (trading up), and Ted Thompson is a poster boy for the latter (trading down for additional picks).

Sherman left us depleted--as long as our starters were healthy, we were OK, but the minute somebody got injured there was a big drop off to their replacement. It also relied on him hitting a larger percentage of his picks, since he had fewer picks overall.

Thompson's approach was exactly what we needed after Sherman. The additional picks allowed us to regain depth quicker.

But once you have good depth again, you can afford some trading up to improve your starters. Which is where Thompson has impressed me the most--he adjusted his normal approach to trade up and take CM3 because of his player evaluation, and hit a home run.

Overall, I've been impressed with Thompson--he's kept us toward the top of the NFL, got us a Super Bowl championship, and had us surviving the loss of Aaron Rodgers to make the playoffs. He's had a few misses, but that's the nature of the beast--it's going to happen.
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nerdmann
9 years ago
Biggest problem facing this team is the injuries.
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9 years ago
It is hard for me to be pissed at Thompson for most of the picks because I was pretty happy with most of them as they were often BPA that filled a need. The one pick I wasn't happy with and I hope he proves me wrong is Nick Perry. Not that I thought he wasn't talented, I just thought we should have went with a Safety and Harrison Smith was my pick even though he had a second round ranking. I think Safety is now such a key position that if you lose your starter you need to draft a replacement in the early rounds. I find it a failure that Thompson has not found a replacement for Nick Collins.
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9 years ago

Actually, it depends on your situation. Trading away picks to move up helps your starting team at the expense of your depth.

Mike Sherman was a poster boy for the former (trading up), and Ted Thompson is a poster boy for the latter (trading down for additional picks).

Sherman left us depleted--as long as our starters were healthy, we were OK, but the minute somebody got injured there was a big drop off to their replacement. It also relied on him hitting a larger percentage of his picks, since he had fewer picks overall.

Thompson's approach was exactly what we needed after Sherman. The additional picks allowed us to regain depth quicker.

But once you have good depth again, you can afford some trading up to improve your starters. Which is where Thompson has impressed me the most--he adjusted his normal approach to trade up and take CM3 because of his player evaluation, and hit a home run.

Overall, I've been impressed with Thompson--he's kept us toward the top of the NFL, got us a Super Bowl championship, and had us surviving the loss of Aaron Rodgers to make the playoffs. He's had a few misses, but that's the nature of the beast--it's going to happen.

Originally Posted by: macbob 



I don't advocate always trading up at the expense of depth. Nor do I advocate always trading down and collect a lot of backups at the expense of quality game changing players. Like the FA vs draft debate, it takes a balanced approach to have a solid team.

Keep in mind of one the reasons Uncle Teddy had to get extra draft picks is because GB was in cap hell and they had to get rid of a lot of over priced and under performing players. Accumulating 5th, 6th and 7th round picks is a quick way to do that.

When I say trade up (and I have said this many times in the past week) it has to be the right player and fit a need. I am not saying to trade up just because they can. Uncle Teddy's team will have spent countless hours researching the prospective player. And let's face it, Ted & Co does a lot better job than 90% of the other GM's out there.
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9 years ago

Wow man, so you know ahead of time that Clay was gonna pan out like he did.

Perhaps you'd care to name the top 5 pro bowlers in this years draft? I'm gonna be putting together my board soon, could use the insight.

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Yep that is what I said wasn't it? I said I called Uncle Teddy on his private line and told him CM3 was worth what he gave and and 5 times as much.

I got more than the next 5 pro bowlers but why would I want to give them to you?

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9 years ago
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Yep that is what I said wasn't it? I said I called Uncle Teddy on his private line and told him CM3 was worth what he gave and and 5 times as much.

I got more than the next 5 pro bowlers but why would I want to give them to you?

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nerdmann
9 years ago

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Yep that is what I said wasn't it? I said I called Uncle Teddy on his private line and told him CM3 was worth what he gave and and 5 times as much.

I got more than the next 5 pro bowlers but why would I want to give them to you?

Originally Posted by: wpr 



In order to prove you know wtf you're talking about.
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In order to prove you know wtf you're talking about.

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I don't have to prove squat to you.
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mi_keys
9 years ago

Ted's best pick was trading back into the first the pick up CM3. The players that were taken with GB's picks were Darius Butler, Derek Cox and Brandon Tate. Now if NE selected Jairus Byrd and Mike Wallace instead of Butler andTate maybe we would grade the deal differently. (Cox drafted by Jacksonville in a trade with NE.) This proves what I have been saying for years. Trading up for a stud player is better than trading down to get 2-3 average quality players.

Originally Posted by: wpr 



I get what you are saying with a lot of your post but I disagree with this. One instance doesn't prove anything. It's all about the situation and who is available, and trading back doesn't always result in average players.

For example, in 2006 New England traded up with Green Bay in the second round. They took Chad Jackson, a receiver who ended up with 14 career receptions. With the picks we got from New England we ended up with Greg Jennings and Jason Spitz. Yes, Spitz was an average player. But Jennings was a multi-pro bowler and a key piece of our most recent Super Bowl team. He is decidedly well beyond average (except for his career choice decision making ability; that is subpar).

We also traded back for Jordy Nelson.

More good to elite players are found in the earlier rounds; but depending on what your scouting has dug up and what the board shows, your sometimes better off trading back, not just with regards to depth, but even finding top-end NFL players. It varies widely by situation.
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I get what you are saying with a lot of your post but I disagree with this. One instance doesn't prove anything. It's all about the situation and who is available, and trading back doesn't always result in average players.

For example, in 2006 New England traded up with Green Bay in the second round. They took Chad Jackson, a receiver who ended up with 14 career receptions. With the picks we got from New England we ended up with Greg Jennings and Jason Spitz. Yes, Spitz was an average player. But Jennings was a multi-pro bowler and a key piece of our most recent Super Bowl team. He is decidedly well beyond average (except for his career choice decision making ability; that is subpar).

We also traded back for Jordy Nelson.

More good to elite players are found in the earlier rounds; but depending on what your scouting has dug up and what the board shows, your sometimes better off trading back, not just with regards to depth, but even finding top-end NFL players. It varies widely by situation.

Originally Posted by: mi_keys 



So I trust in Uncle Teddy's crew more than other team's draft teams is that a crime? Naturally I am speaking in general terms. Even the great Uncle Teddy can fail when he is working a trade. Thing is people don't get as excited if he were to trade down than to trade up and it not work out. You have more picks so if the 3rd round pick is a bust and the 5th round pick is great many people would tend to give him a pass. They would over look the fact that he could have still had the pick without the trade.
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