Odds are heavily stacked against him even being a marginal NFL player. He looks like Just another failed high defensive pick.
He seemed like a reach to me. Maybe two rounds ahead of where he should've gone. A project kind of a guy.
I remember watching an interview of him and thinking he reminded me of Deacon Jones for some reason. Too bad he ain't like Deacon on the field.
As for him not living up to his potential... just imagine you're from the south and that's all you know and then you get drafted to play for the Packers. You have to move to Wisconsin. Yes, some players make a seamless transition, it seems, but some just aren't going to and they'll never feel comfortable in certain places. I think Ted generally does a nice job of being mindful of things like this so maybe that has nothing to do with it and he just sucks.
Ted Thompson sits on his hands per former GM: "because they’ve had 25 fricking years of great quarterbacks. Of course it works. Try it without a special quarterback."