The Green Bay Packers don’t need an overhaul, but they do need a jolt.

They’ve flourished under general manager Ted Thompson’s guidance the last 13 years, and his steady-as-it-goes managerial style has imbued the franchise with a sense of stability and competence that has been to its advantage in the volatile NFL.

But in the last seven years, the Packers have failed to escape a kind of no-man’s land: They’ve been among the handful of best clubs in the league but there always has been a team or two better.

The window for Aaron Rodgers, while not yet small, is closing with each passing year. And Thompson, who turns 65 in January in a high-burnout business, is about to enter the final, lame-duck season of his contract in 2018.

So the time is right for change at the top of the Packers’ football operations. It would shake up the football side of the franchise from any complacency that subconsciously has crept in. It also would send a not-so-subtle message of urgency throughout the building, including the locker room.

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Pete Dougherty wrote:

There sure seems to be a lot of chatter local and national about the Packers and Ted Thompson parting ways.

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool 

The Packers could do worse than Ted Thompson, that's for sure. But they could also do better. Sometimes one has to take some risks in the never-ending endeavor for improvement.

Originally Posted by: DoddPower 

I think it's simply because
1) we all know (or think we know) Ted Thompson is going to be out soon AND
2) we had a bad season (for our normal standards).
And when fans and writers don't have good things to talk about, then they talk about change.

But I'm sticking with my prediction that Thompson plays out his current contract (which ends when the 2018 seasons ends according to Mark Murphy), and Thompson steps down to the scout level as a side hobby to keep him busy and we get a new GM from these three: Russ Ball, Eliot Wolf, Brian Gutekunst

Originally Posted by: beast