Every team drafts and develops. Isn't one who doesn't. Of course, I'm for developing the draft (picks) that all 32 teams participate in.
If Lang equaled a value, let's say 1. He left so now we're -1
Jahri Evans is let's say a .75 so now we're a .25 less at a position. The roster suffers for the step down.
I want to take Ha Ha who is a .50 value and release a player like him and bring in a 2.0 in Landon Collins type. That is a 1.5 value upgrade.
Obviously, these values are arbitrary and for example purpose but I hope you see what I'm saying.
If the total value of the Packers 53 points. I want them to next year increase that value by as much as possible. Push it to 60 or 70. What we did last year was just swap out value for value equally. No net gain. We need net gains. Ted and our philosophy has always been to be at a 53 value and try to replicate it year after year the same 53 never better never worse and then hoping we might sneak one. That is flatline management not in textbook definition but in that of an EKG. Winners desire winning. Ted desire consistency of sameness knowing he had 12 who would bring the wins. What he didn't do for this roster is truly a travesty. I just shake my head at those who don't understand this, just how much we left out on the table playing safe and playing for same. I would equate that with "evil" in a metaphorical sense because I don't see it as good or right.
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."