Worst Packer Personnel Move Ever

[Freak Out]

I was at a TC practice that year when Jamaal walked past in a wife-beater, having already stripped off his gear. It would be a stretch to think he weighed any more than 235 pounds, even at his height. He was tall and really thin. Thin in his hips, waist, legs, shoulders, and neck. He had a little bit of a chest but the latissimus and traps weren't there.

That fail cost us, because it directly led to the Joe Johnson debacle, over-paying Cletidus, and reaching for a bunch of never wuzzes with our mid-round picks for the next few years

Still, the Hadl trade was the worst ever.

As far as draft picks Tony Mandarich was easily the most memorable bad pick, but Jamal Reynolds and Jon Michaels were pretty bad too.

The Hadl trade was an absolute debacle....but I was young and didnt really know how bad it was then....all I know is I wanted Barry Sanders over anyone else in the draft when they took the Bulk. I didn't know he was a phony but knew Sanders had the skills to be a game changer.

[swede]

The Hadl trade was an absolute debacle....but I was young and didnt really know how bad it was then....all I know is I wanted Barry Sanders over anyone else in the draft when they took the Bulk. I didn't know he was a phony but knew Sanders had the skills to be a game changer.

You wonder if there was some point in the prior season when Green Bay snatched defeat from the jaws of some victory and lost their chance to miss out on Mandarich and luck into Barry Sanders or Derek Thomas or Deion Sanders.

sigh

[Kiwon]

You wonder if there was some point in the prior season when Green Bay snatched defeat from the jaws of some victory and lost their chance to miss out on Mandarich and luck into Barry Sanders or Derek Thomas or Deion Sanders.

sigh

Hmmm....I'd take Derek Thomas over the others.

Barry Sanders on the Frozen Tundra ain't the same as Barry Sanders on the artificial turf of Pontiac. Deion Sanders of that era would have been a locker room disaster. I doubt 'Neon Deion' would have wanted to be in small-market Green Bay anyway. Packer fans would be all over him for trying to play two sports also.

[KYPack]

Ah yes, the Jamal Reynolds debacle. Was that Wolf's pick, and evidence that he was right to retire? Or was that Sherman's pick and just the first instance of Sherman reaching in the draft to fill a need?

I remember reading that an unidentified member of the Packer organization said that they were surprised how small Reynolds was when he showed up for minicamps. Isn't that something that would get noticed at the Combine? Chad Clifton made that guy absolutely disappear in training camp scrimmages.

Neither Wolf nor Sherm would take the blame for that one. Both of 'em said the other dude did it.

The Reynolds pick was a demonstration of a fact that every GM knows.
You are drafting college boys. It all changes when they get in there with the men.

Reynolds was a skinny, weak little shit.

He didn't have close to the heart it takes to be a DE in the pros.

[Badgerinmaine]

I realize that he blew an Achilles tendon in his second year, but drafting Rich Moore as the 12th pick in the draft in 1969 has to be on the list. Fred Dryer was the next pick, and they could have had any of three future hall of famers at that pick too, as well as a bunch of guys who played well for a long time. Moore played 20 games total in his career. Phil Bengtson took him over the wishes of everyone else because he liked how big he was.

[Brandon494]

Drafting AJ Hawk with a top 5 pick.