The Turtle (TT) and the Hare (NFL)· Page 2

musccy
Veteran Member

8 years ago

The D&D can still work and I like a healthy cap. I don't entirely fault him for that.

Where I fault him his his defensive eye. How long has this been an obvious emphasis in the draft, or need for this team, yet this continues to be the downfall of this organization.

beast
Select Member

8 years ago

#12

First off... didn't the turtle beat the hare? ... just checking.
Anyway

Originally Posted by: musccy

I think you nailed it... almost all the successful teams are draft and develop teams... the Packers NEED to keep that and focus on that as well as cheap FAs that could potentially help like Cook.

Yes the Packers have had a number of bust in recent years which has hurt the Packers as well as the NFL is changing... like we're seeing the old SS types not being placed at LB. I'm not sure if the Packers have been keeping up with that... and I'm not sure changing Thompson will suddenly change that either.

But we need some help selecting defensive talents...

uffda udfa
Veteran Member Topic Starter

8 years ago

#13

First off... didn't the turtle beat the hare? ... just checking.
Anyway

Originally Posted by: beast

Told you I was just stupid. I was waiting for someone to bring this up. That was fantasy...this is reality. In reality, the hare kicks the turtles ass. We got hared today.

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."

steveishere
Veteran Member

8 years ago

#14

Ted just needs to bring in more mid range FAs to compete with draft picks and add good depth instead of having 5 or 6 UDFAs need to play a good amout of snaps whenever someone gets hurt. He does pretty good on FA signings like Cook we just need some more of those. We already have too much money tied up on big deals and we've seen what happens when those guys don't play up to their contracts. The last thing we need is more of those. We can shave off contracts like Matthews/Shields/maybe Cobb and add some mid/high level FA in a few spots

DoddPower
Veteran Member

8 years ago

#15

I hope out "All in" QB is ready to take the pay cut when we need to "reload."

Originally Posted by: The_Green_Ninja

Why should he? He is the only reason this team has had any significant success in the past 8+ seasons. Most of the Packers staff wouldn't even have jobs anymore if not for Aaron Rodgers. Regardless if Rodgers could play better or not (of course he could), he has largely carried the Packers for years, other than 2010, and he was still the main contributor then.

Going "all in" doesn't have to mean signing top free agents. A couple Jared Cook-type signings could make a huge difference, just like Jared Cook did this season. The Packers are not going to address all of their weakness with the 29th picks in the draft.

Zero2Cool
Elite Member

8 years ago

#16

Why should he?

Originally Posted by: DoddPower

14 quarterbacks have a higher base salary than he does for 2017. He's clearly over paid. Why is Aaron so greedy??? 😁

DoddPower
Veteran Member

8 years ago

#17

14 quarterbacks have a higher base salary than he does for 2017. He's clearly over paid. Why is Aaron so greedy??? 😁

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool

Aaron Rodgers deserves every penny the Packers pay him. He is the most valuable player to his team. He could play better, and he probably would if he had a good defense and some type of running game with an actual starting running back rather than more change of pace players like Monty, Rip, and Michael.

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