Quote Originally Posted by texaspackerbacker View Post
If so, that QB is out there somewhere now. I certainly don't see another Aaron Rodgers or even close. Without him, we might not be Browns quality - this years team, but we very well might be Bears quality - consistently mediocre. Whether it's bad luck or whatever, with the exception of Rodgers and maybe Clay Matthews, Thompson hasn't drafted any top level players. Look around at other teams; Just about everybody - with a few lame exceptions - has drafted at least a few more than that. It's not even just about hating to sign high level free agents. It's about just barely getting by instead of maximizing things.
No top level players outside of Rodgers and Matthews? He's drafted the following Pro Bowl players:

Aaron Rodgers
Nick Collins
Greg Jennings
Jordy Nelson
Josh Sitton
B.J. Raji
Clay Matthews
T.J. Lang
Eddie Lacy
Ha Ha Clinton Dix

A few others who are close and/or may well make it:

Bryan Bulaga
Morgan Burnett
Randall Cobb
Mike Daniels
David Bakhtiari
Davante Adams

All this while drafting late almost every year because his teams are in the playoffs almost every year.