Uffda, I'm curious to hear how you think Ted Thompson ranks in terms of other GMs. Which would you rather have in charge of the packers? This should be a straight forward question. I am not trying to troll you are anything like that, I am genuinely interested.

If you're not happy with the criteria others have used to make their selections, or the resulting choices, explain what you think would be the best way to rank them, and of course, how they stack up under your criteria.

Originally Posted by: earthquake 

How do you know that Ted Thompson isn't in the top 5 in various categories if you can't rank him? Clearly, if he isn't in the top 5 as you say, you know of at least 5 GMs who rate higher. If you can't rank him overall, how do you rank him in each individual category?

It's understandable if you don't feel up to rating all 32 GMs, I think there are few people who would be honestly qualified to do that. However, if you're certain that others are better, surely you have some idea who those people are.

Originally Posted by: earthquake 

Easy...if he doesn't use FA or trades how can he be in the Top 5 in those categories? He can't. He's incomplete or NA.

As for his drafting, if you look at his 1st round failures and his overall prowess on D it's pretty easy to figure he ain't top 5 there. I would guess he's Top 5 in UDFA's...he had two starting CB's from the UDFA market but I really don't know.

Originally Posted by: uffda udfa 

I suppose I only have myself to blame for being optimistic enough to think you would add something to the conversation other than tired rhetoric.

Oh well, I'm still interesting in hearing how others would rank Ted Thompson in relation to other current GMs in the NFL.

Originally Posted by: earthquake 

Let me get this straight...you consider when Ted Thompson signs a Packer that he has "used FA"? So, the years he did not extend them prior to FA where he could've, he gets a good grade from you for letting them get to FA where he overpays to keep them? If he was that great, he would extend prior to FA in order to save us more money. He didn't want to pay Randall. He gambled. He lost...TT, that is. He had to give him 10 million to keep him. It is pretty amazing that Ted Thompson felt pressured to dole out 10 mil to Randall with a superstar in Davante just waiting in the wings? I thought that was more the Ted Thompson way? Draft a guy and when he can't afford him let him go and just replace him with another draft choice?

Here's what I've consistently said of Ted Thompson and will never change. He has arguably the best QB in NFL history in Aaron Rodgers. He doesn't "go for it". He plays safe trying to set up being "competitive" for 5 years from now. That is his priority...competitive 5 years from now not SB champs THIS year. Forward thinking is good, but he is way too forward thinking and is missing what is right here right now. We have the kind of QB that can and should win MULTIPLE SB's like Brady, Big Ben, etc. Shoot, he's way better than Big Ben but Ben had a D that Rodgers never seems to have despite our GM trying over and over and over to fix a brutal defense. No Top 5 GM has a QB like Rodgers and ain't getting to more than ONE SB. If we had a Top 5 GM we'd be in multiples or already have been, or at the very least he would've died trying.

Rodgers and Brady are comparable QB's but one of them has been to multiple SB's. Why? One team has a better GM and by a wide margin. I've already mentioned Pittsburgh...why has their team been there so much more than ours? Better org. Eli has more SB's than Rodgers. Give me a guy who can lead us to more than one freaking SB with a 1st ballot HOF QB. We have a cake walk every year to the division with the slop that's been in our division. We consistently fail in the playoffs. I believe with all my heart if Ron Wolf was the Wolf of Favre's era and he was GM'ing us we would have not only been to multiples we would've won multiples.

Want a GM who realizes the time is NOW to go for it. If Ted Thompson was an EKG he'd be flatlining.

Originally Posted by: uffda udfa