uffda udfa
9 years ago

do we grade Aaron on his scrambling ability or look at the total package to determine his value as a qb? I never said Ted was/n't a great drafter, I just said subjective draft grades don't tell us much of anything.

As greenngold just wrote, draft grades ignore the udfas which are a part of a draft process and as I alluded to with my Aaron Rodgers analogy, however well you or some interent analyst grade his past drafts are meaningless...what is the total body of work with cap management, the draft, udfa, retention, free agency, etc?

Originally Posted by: musccy 



Why weren't those points raised until the leg was cut out that he was a great drafter? I would say those are important... but retaining your own doesn't improve your franchise... it keeps it the same, or can weaken it if you overpay your own which Ted Thompson likely did with Shields, Cobb and Bulaga. I hail his signing of Cobb. I felt he had to do that. Shields I'm mixed on... and I think it was a mistake to give what he gave to Bulaga. If you want to talk totality remember he failed to retain Cullen Jenkins who was a big part of our SB winning D. A really nice player... not a superstar but a non Ted Thompson UDFA who really played well minus his injury problems. Not signing Cullen and then giving big money to Hawk was a MAJOR mistake...one that had ramifications that kept our D subpar for the past several years. You can't hardly grade him on FA, so he gets an incomplete grade there. He's a middle of the road GM riding Rodgers who does well with street guys and drafting WR's. That's him.


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musccy
9 years ago

AJ Hawk for where he was drafted was a miss. The author of that puff piece even acknowledged Hawk never lived up to his promise. I would call that a miss. Same with Colledge. Never a good player. A tick below average Olineman. Yes, he got money from AZ but Erik Walden got money from Indy. If Hawk and Colledge are your building blocks your house is going to crumble. Had Hawk and Colledge been 5th and 6th rounders they're still just decent picks...not great players.

Originally Posted by: uffda udfa 



I agree, as would many people I'd imagine. However there were duds before and after AJ. Bush and especially Vince Young flopped. AJ was at least at times solid albeit never a spectacular player in the NFL.
greengold
9 years ago

AJ Hawk for where he was drafted was a miss. The author of that puff piece even acknowledged Hawk never lived up to his promise. I would call that a miss. Same with Colledge. Never a good player. A tick below average Olineman. Yes, he got money from AZ but Erik Walden got money from Indy. If Hawk and Colledge are your building blocks your house is going to crumble. Had Hawk and Colledge been 5th and 6th rounders they're still just decent picks...not great players.

Oh, I forgot to reemphasize Ted Thompson has been good at drafting WR's...that and UDFA's like Tramon and Sammy are his strengths.

Originally Posted by: uffda udfa 



Again with the extremes. I never said Hawk and Colledge were great players. I said they played in the NFL for 9 years. Plenty of draft picks (even first rounders!) don't last 5 years in the NFL. That is a miss. There is a HUGE difference between being a great player, playing for 9 years, and being a miss (IMO.)

Again, I don't know the pedigree of the guy you quoted, but it didn't look like he accounted for where they were drafted, just "good" or "miss" for the most part. I'm sorry if that offends you.


musccy
9 years ago
Retaining your own is still part of the calculated risks with a roster and cap, though. Belichck has been lauded in hindsight for knowing when to let guys go.

I agree about Jenkins and overpaying Bulaga, but letting EDS walk for a cheap replacement worked, same with Greg and James Jones...it's more than just who you're retaining, it's knowing who to retain and let go.
uffda udfa
9 years ago

Again with the extremes. I never said Hawk and Colledge were great players. I said they played in the NFL for 9 years. Plenty of draft picks (even first rounders!) don't last 5 years in the NFL. That is a miss. There is a HUGE difference between being a great player, playing for 9 years, and being a miss (IMO.)

Again, I don't know the pedigree of the guy you quoted, but it didn't look like he accounted for where they were drafted, just "good" or "miss" for the most part. I'm sorry if that offends you.


Originally Posted by: greengold 



I'm not offended at all. Staying in the league for 9 years is impressive. It doesn't mean you're a good player. Hawk and Colledge were two guys we could've never drafted and been just as good without. Ted Thompson could find UDFA's as good or better than those two and when you consider they were 1st and 2nd rounders that's pretty depressing.

I just hope Ted Thompson can boost his "legend" with a great draft this season. I really hope he hits on a 1st rounder who can help right away.
Ted Thompson is not a bad drafter. He's a little better than average. He really needs to hit on some defensive picks this time around. No more Thornton's. Bradford's and Goodson's. I wish he'd just draft WR's and trade them for proven defensive players. Play to your strengths. 🤣


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greengold
9 years ago

Retaining your own is still part of the calculated risks with a roster and cap, though. Belichck has been lauded in hindsight for knowing when to let guys go.

I agree about Jenkins and overpaying Bulaga, but letting EDS walk for a cheap replacement worked, same with Greg and James Jones...it's more than just who you're retaining, it's knowing who to retain and let go.

Originally Posted by: musccy 



Cullen Jenkins had me scratching my head, maybe that was a mistake. I think the Eagles overpaid him. You can't keep them all.

Bulaga I think was given a fair contract. Of course if he spends the next two years on IR I will be proven wrong on that! 😊

The others, Jennings, Jones, EDS, don't forget Newhouse. You gotta guess right on who to keep and who to cut ties with to manage the cap. 👍

uffda udfa
9 years ago

Cullen Jenkins had me scratching my head, maybe that was a mistake. I think the Eagles overpaid him. You can't keep them all.

Bulaga I think was given a fair contract. Of course if he spends the next two years on IR I will be proven wrong on that! 😊

The others, Jennings, Jones, EDS, don't forget Newhouse. You gotta guess right on who to keep and who to cut ties with to manage the cap. 👍

Originally Posted by: greengold 



Cullen was let go so Ted Thompson could give AJ Hawk a 5 year 33.75 million contract. Cullen was the player who should've gotten the money but the (cough cough) Ted Thompson draft pick got the money instead. Cullen would've signed for less and given us much more than that stiff. A compound mistake by Ted Thompson that had negative impact on our team and D for years.

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musccy
9 years ago

Cullen Jenkins had me scratching my head, maybe that was a mistake. I think the Eagles overpaid him. You can't keep them all.

Bulaga I think was given a fair contract. Of course if he spends the next two years on IR I will be proven wrong on that! 😊

The others, Jennings, Jones, EDS, don't forget Newhouse. You gotta guess right on who to keep and who to cut ties with to manage the cap. 👍

Originally Posted by: greengold 



Ultimately I'm happy Bulaga was retained. continuity on a line that was successful is never a bad thing, I just felt we spent too much to do that. I'm nitpicking though.

Cullen had a good first year but off memory nose dived quickly thereafter. Hawk was younger and Ted loved him since college.

Ted moved on from Woodson and Favre at unpopular times too. As you said, you can't keep them all and usually he's been pretty good making those tough decisions.
nerdmann
9 years ago

Again with the extremes. I never said Hawk and Colledge were great players. I said they played in the NFL for 9 years. Plenty of draft picks (even first rounders!) don't last 5 years in the NFL. That is a miss. There is a HUGE difference between being a great player, playing for 9 years, and being a miss (IMO.)

Again, I don't know the pedigree of the guy you quoted, but it didn't look like he accounted for where they were drafted, just "good" or "miss" for the most part. I'm sorry if that offends you.


Originally Posted by: greengold 



Alot of these guys are good enough to play in the NFL, just not on OUR team.
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Zero2Cool
9 years ago

Do you know why I did that? I would be charged with my anti-TT bias. You wouldn't respect what I have to say because you don't on what I've said about TT. Anything I say about him is going to be written off due to the messenger. It doesn't matter how true and correct it is.

Originally Posted by: uffda udfa 

Copying someone else is just being lazy and shows you do not have conviction in what you say and are doing so just out of spite, not actual belief.


Cullen Jenkins had me scratching my head, maybe that was a mistake. I think the Eagles overpaid him. You can't keep them all.

Bulaga I think was given a fair contract. Of course if he spends the next two years on IR I will be proven wrong on that! 😊

The others, Jennings, Jones, EDS, don't forget Newhouse. You gotta guess right on who to keep and who to cut ties with to manage the cap. 👍

Originally Posted by: greengold 



The mistake was the Packers waited until the market set his value to offer him a deal. If they had offered the same deal earlier, he would have most likely signed it, but once he was scorned, there was no deal the Packers could offer that he would have signed. This is how the Packers operate and he even acknowledged he knew as such after the season concluded. Jenkins was also turning 30 and missed seventeen games during his last three seasons with the Packers.

The piece the defense missed most was Nick Collins, not Jenkins. However, it is easier to fault Ted Thompson for Jenkins than it is for Collins, thus Jenkins is inappropriately used as a tool to fuel hate.
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