What is your Ted Thompson Do-Over?· Page 3

nerdmann
Premier Member

11 years ago

Here's one thing. And I thought this at the time, but you may not believe me.

When Favre "retired," Ted should have traded his rights to a team outside of the division. Get a late round pick, or whatever. But deal with the situation proactively. Favre would have probably been released after a year and ended up with the Queens anyway, but this would have avoided the big circus that Favre caused in Green Bay.

Then again, maybe it was hard to see that fiasco coming.

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steveishere
Veteran Member

11 years ago

#22

The reason I stick with the Brad Jones deal is Thompson shoulda known better - the great majority of fans certainly did. As for Hawk, he was the choice at the time of maybe 60% of the fans; I was part of the 40% who preferred Vernon Davis.

Originally Posted by: texaspackerbacker

So you can re do anything and the big move you make is one that would have saved the team about 3m cap dollars? It's not like Brad Jones is a top paid LB or anything he got a modest contract with low guaranteed money. I'm sure you could come up with something that would at least actually improve the team.

DakotaT
Select Member

11 years ago

#23

I would have let Brett Favre rot on the bench for two years behind Rodgers.

TheKanataThrilla
Veteran Member

11 years ago

#24

Waiting until now to draft a top Safety after Nick Collins went down. Going from pro-bowl calibre to average-at-best Safety play hurt our secondary. Granted there was not much out there to be had, but FA or moving up in the draft should have been explored.

texaspackerbacker
Veteran Member

11 years ago

#25

Originally Posted by: steveishere

Yeah, that about sums it up, and if you think about it, that says good things about Thompson that his blunders are so few and insignificant.

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Zero2Cool
Elite Member

11 years ago

#26

Someone mentioned Randy Moss. This has been hashed over and over. Packers had no control over that. They went to bed thinking they had Moss. Patriots and Raiders agreed to terms and Raiders didn't give Packers chance to match or improve, so I can't hold that one against Thompson.

Tony Gonzelez comes to mind. Packers used their 2nd round pick on Mike Neal.

Brian Orakpo instead of B.J. Raji also comes to mind.

I would have let Brett Favre rot on the bench for two years behind Rodgers.

Originally Posted by: DakotaT

Then the Packers wouldn't have received the 3rd round pick (from Jets) that was used to get Clay Matthews III.

nerdmann
Premier Member

11 years ago

#27

Originally Posted by: TheKanataThrilla

It's not as if they never took anyone, it's just that they haven't panned out. Hyde is next up, and was already on the roster.

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TheKanataThrilla
Veteran Member

11 years ago

#28

It's not as if they never took anyone, it's just that they haven't panned out. Hyde is next up, and was already on the roster.

Originally Posted by: nerdmann

I don't consider lower round draft picks addressing the situation. Most of Ted's experiments have been bandaid solutions that have not worked. Hyde is next man up, but again no guarantee that he can fill the position.

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