Packers find hits with free agents -- when they've bothered to sign them

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Given the level of success Thompson has had when he has dipped into free agency, there’s a decent argument to be made that he should do it more often.

Now the Argument Ted should have signed X instead of Cobb, or Y instead of Daniels or Z instead of Bulaga is an opinion that is worth sharing.

Originally Posted by: Barfarn 

Never heard of X,Y or Z. Are they any good?


Looking at the status of the team I think Ted has to go outside his norm and look more at Outside FA rather than simply filling in after signing our own. Signing our own, is not going to improve the team and I don't know if there will be enough left to make much improvement if they don't spend more outside and be even more selective of which of our own we do resign.

Some times you have to improve the depth of the team from the top not the bottom.

Originally Posted by: PackFanWithTwins 

While signing your own may not make the team better not signing some of these guys will make the team worse. This is certainly a challenge for Ted Thompson because there are several teams with more money lacking talent.
The Oline, for example, will be greatly challenged to be as good let alone better without Lang and Tretter and the pass rush is not going to be as good or better without Perry.
I see this off season as very difficult for Ted Thompson to maneuver through more so than in a lot of the previous years. He certainly doesn't want to start out the year with more holes and less talent than what he had at the end of last year. That's not a good start to getting better.

Originally Posted by: warhawk 

The general idea is that Ted Thompson is way too conservative. The safe path is to build from a rookie draft. Safe is not winning SB's.
The idea is to get good players for the team, so trade or fire or hire or spit, but get the job done. Ted Thompson has not been getting the job done.

Originally Posted by: Smokey 

The last two years it's only been Ted's depth that has given us any chance whatsoever.

Originally Posted by: nerdmann