uffda udfa
8 years ago
NFL.com's Chris Wesseling wrote:

Is Green Bay Packers general manager Ted Thompson ready to veer from his long-standing aversion to building his roster with a significant investment in free agency?

"From what I'm told," Rapoport said, "I would think the Packers are going to go and get some free agents this year along with trying to re-sign Jared Cook -- which is a priority for them."


http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000779735/article/packers-to-be-more-aggressive-in-free-agency 

-- Same story every offseason. Ted signed Jared Cook. He's good on FA until he retires.
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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."


beast
8 years ago
I feel like we hear that same report from one of the national reporters every year...

Also Thompson checkbook is open and he spends a lot of money, just not normally for a lot of outsiders (but some outsiders he has brought in, have been very expensive). I think a case could be made that he overspends to resign guys.
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8 years ago
No he won't. Not top shelf talent. Retreads and rejects sure. Line them up. But only after waiting and waiting and waiting.
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DoddPower
8 years ago

No he won't. Not top shelf talent. Retreads and rejects sure. Line them up. But only after waiting and waiting and waiting.

Originally Posted by: wpr 



A few Jared Cook type signings would be fine. The top priced free agents are rarely worth it.
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mojaveson
8 years ago

I feel like we hear that same report from one of the national reporters every year...

Also Thompson checkbook is open and he spends a lot of money, just not normally for a lot of outsiders (but some outsiders he has brought in, have been very expensive). I think a case could be made that he overspends to resign guys.

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Yep, it's the same old song and dance.
Winners never quit and quitters never win. - Vince Lombardi
Zero2Cool
8 years ago

A few Jared Cook type signings would be fine. The top priced free agents are rarely worth it.

Originally Posted by: DoddPower 



This is like those (not you) who fault Ted Thompson for not landing the next Reggie White type free agent signing. There will never be another free agent like Reggie White. And players like Jared Cook don't often reach free agency. Free agents are players who their previous team (most likely) drafted and developed and then gave up on them. Free agents are NOT the answer. We can't keep whining (not that you are) about lack of free agents when there are slim to none to acquire and those of which are worth acquiring are also being wooed by 31 teams.

Better developing of drafted players IS the best solution. Right now the talent has been drafted for defense and it has not been developed. The scheme is not utilizing (this is MY opinion) the talent we have on defense.

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8 years ago

A few Jared Cook type signings would be fine. The top priced free agents are rarely worth it.

Originally Posted by: DoddPower 



If Ted is the genius GM so many people think he is he should be able to find that rare FA. Someone who is worth the money and will help shore up the draft inefficiencies. After all not every single player who hits the FA market is a worthless bum that every other franchise is standing in line to pour out tens of millions of dollars upon. SOMEBODY is worth the price. Are you saying Ted can't figure it out or that he is too afraid to try?
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musccy
8 years ago

If Ted is the genius GM so many people think he is he should be able to find that rare FA. Someone who is worth the money and will help shore up the draft inefficiencies. After all not every single player who hits the FA market is a worthless bum that every other franchise is standing in line to pour out tens of millions of dollars upon. SOMEBODY is worth the price. Are you saying Ted can't figure it out or that he is too afraid to try?

Originally Posted by: wpr 



...but at the same time, not every single FA is banging on the door to come to GB. Many of us lose the perspective that just because Ted or the fans like a FA doesn't mean the FA feels the same way or would agree to a reasonable contract to land in GB.

We all know Ted HAS dipped in FA, and when he has he's generally been extremely successful. Like most of us, I'd like to see more activity here as well. Clearly the defense is lacking talent. That said, the day one Mario Williams/Ndamukong Suh contracts aren't the way I want to see it happen, though.


uffda udfa
8 years ago
The Ted Thompson has been successful in FA stuff is from a recent article. Your odds of hitting on a FA are better than hitting on a draft pick or UDFA. From the same article that lauded TT's hitting in FA when he actually does it was Bill Polian's study that showed FA's fail to work out 50% of the time. I'll take 50-50 over Ted's hit percentage on first round defensive players or over his percentage on hits in the draft, period.

There's no reason we can't have a Reggie White type signing. Why not? We can trade. Ted is a big time trader during the draft. Trade for a veteran then. Get us Keith Jackson or Brett Favre or Al Harris all guys who were traded for. This Gunter approach is stale. Oh, he's really faster than 4.7 and would've been a high pick if he ran faster. The shifts in logic here are crazy. Speed doesn't matter but Gunter would've been a high pick if he ran faster? If speed didn't matter then if he ran fast wouldn't have affected him being a UDFA. Let's use consistent logic.

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Zero2Cool
8 years ago

Let's use consistent logic.

Originally Posted by: uffda udfa 



The irony is strong with this one!


As for free agency, something else to remember that sometimes players use their RIGHT and choose to go elsewhere. GASP!!! I know, right!!!! How dare they!!!
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