Data reveals Ted Thompson's draft success

MintBaconDrivel
Senior Member Topic Starter

10 years ago

Fans of the Green Bay Packers are fortunate to have a stellar General Manager.

A month before the 2013 season, Green Bay Packers general manager Ted Thompson was in trouble. He needed someone to protect his quarterback's blind side.

Bryan Bulaga, a former first-round pick, was poised to safeguard Aaron Rodgers. But Bulaga tore his ACL during the Packers' Family Night scrimmage. One week into training camp, his season was done.

Thompson turned to David Bakhtiari, a rookie drafted in the fourth round three months earlier. Before the draft, analysts predicted Bakhtiari would eventually move inside to guard. Now he was an MVP quarterback's most valuable blocker.

Franchise left tackles are rarely available in the fourth round, but that's what the Packers found. Bakhtiari has started all 32 games in his career, 35 counting playoffs. At a premier position, where salaries soar past $10 million, the man protecting Rodgers' back is the NFL's 83rd-highest paid offensive tackle.

Green Bay Packers GM Ted Thompson talks about the Packers’
Green Bay Packers GM Ted Thompson talks about the Packers’ 2015 first-round draft pick Damarious Randall on April 30.
(Photo: File/Press-Gazette Media)
It's the kind of draft magic Thompson routinely conjures. Need a running back? Trade back into the second round, take Eddie Lacy. Out of options at inside linebacker? Insert Sam Barrington, a former seventh-rounder.

Since 2005, Thompson has built the Packers' infrastructure through the NFL draft. He's gained respect across the league, former Cleveland Browns general manager Phil Savage said, for his ability to find gems who competitors overlook.

"I think of all 32 teams," Savage said, "they're the ones that are the most devoted to the NFL draft."

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gbguy20
Veteran Member

10 years ago

Hell of a data set.

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uffda udfa
Veteran Member

10 years ago

My goodness...make it stop. :)

Of course, we're going to have more starts because we don't bring guys in from the outside. Just like we have more snaps per UDFA's not because we're special but because we do things on the cheap and add more of these guys than other teams. We shop at the dollar store...other teams shoot a little higher. Of course, it's much easier to shop at the dollar store when you have a QB who carries so much of the weight of the teams success on his back.

The article is garbage and like saying water is wet. Yes, the Packers value the draft more than any other team. We get it. We play more draft picks than anyone else because that's who we have on our roster. We get it. How that makes Ted "stellar" is a mystery.

Too bad that "stellar" doesn't apply to drafting defense, but then, again, all it really is is about how many snaps draftees are playing not the actual impact they make during those snaps.

Honestly, I'm not trying to pick a fight but are fans really that dumb? Really?

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."

Zero2Cool
Elite Member

10 years ago

The data lost my interest when it say something about going back to Ted Thompson's first season. How many GM's have had the same tenure with the same coach? I'd put more stock into data going back five seasons.

nerdmann
Premier Member

10 years ago

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool

How many GMs hire the right coach?

Btw, Ted didn't just draft Eddie Lacy. He got Johnathan Franklin too.

“Winning is not a sometime thing, it is an all the time thing. You don't do things right once in a while…you do them right all the time.”

uffda udfa
Veteran Member

10 years ago

How many GMs hire the right coach?

Btw, Ted didn't just draft Eddie Lacy. He got Johnathan Franklin too.

Originally Posted by: nerdmann

He didn't hire the right coach...he drafted the right QB.

What does drafting Franklin have to do with the price of tea in China?

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."

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