Former Packers still pursuing the dream

[pbmax]

Or we are.

Guilty as charged.

[Bretsky]

You and PB both missed the irony of my post? I'm slipping.

Here I thought you were finally coming to your senses Fritz

[Harlan Huckleby]

Aaron Ripkowski is working out for the Patriots, along with 7 other JAGs.

https://patriotswire.usatoday.com/2018/09/06/new-england-patriots-tryout-kendall-wright/

[Fritz]

Here I thought you were finally coming to your senses Fritz

I do think TT had poorer drafts later - not completely piss-poor, except maybe 2015 - but just drafts where he hit on only a couple of guys who could play, really play. The '16 is an example - Clark looks to be a stud, but the rest of the draft has yielded, so far, a shaky backup tackle, a two-down ILB, a rotational d-line guy, and a return guy whose numbers belie his bonehead plays. Not horrible, but not the kind of draft that they needed to get where they want to go. The '17 draft might be better - if King can stay healthy. Williams and A. Jones look like good running backs. Hope is fading for both Josh Jones and Montravius Adams, though maybe safety is a hard position to get and Jones will become accomplished.

So I still think Thompson was good at his job, but maybe not so good as I'd thought he was. He just hasn't seemed to have been able to hit on that All-Pro blue chipper like Matthews or Rodgers or Nick Collins in a while. Still, it's funny when people just make blanket statements about right and wrong and good and bad. Rarely is life that simple, yet we all love to look for a black-and-white answer. Thus I was being ironic in my condemnation of TT in this thread.

[KYPack]

Great post Fritz. I had many of those thoughts. Thompson was a big believer of scouting. We can find the best young guys and develop 'em. That's a great theory, but you've got to produce. TT didn't want to sign many vets bc it would take reps and development time from his draft picks. It was sound when he was hitting on his picks, but he began to miss. When he was canned, it was time to go.

[Guiness]

Or we are.

Are you doing the "it's not you, it's me" thing? How cute...

[Patler]

Dallas Cowboys depth chart lists Datone Jones as a starter at DT.

Buffalo Bills depth chart lists Marshal Newhouse as the backup LT. Since leaving GB, he has started 40 games in four years with three different teams. Buffalo makes it 4 teams in five years. Good enough to play in a pinch, but the guy you always want to replace.

[pbmax]

Dallas Cowboys depth chart lists Datone Jones as a starter at DT.

Buffalo Bills depth chart lists Marshal Newhouse as the backup LT. Since leaving GB, he has started 40 games in four years with three different teams. Buffalo makes it 4 teams in five years. Good enough to play in a pinch, but the guy you always want to replace.

And true to form for a (former) Packer defender, Datone will miss Week 1 with a knee injury.

https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/football/news/cowboys-datone-jones-ruled-out-for-week-1/

[Patler]

And true to form for a (former) Packer defender, Datone will miss Week 1 with a knee injury.

https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/fo...ut-for-week-1/

. ...and Nate Palmer is on IR with the Titans while Eric Walden got an injury settlement from Seattle. How long before Burnett hits the Steelers injury report?

[red]

ahmad brooks has been suspended for 6 games,even though he isn't on a team

whatever the violation was, it might have come when he was a packer last year. or it could have just happened

[Bretsky]

I do think TT had poorer drafts later - not completely piss-poor, except maybe 2015 - but just drafts where he hit on only a couple of guys who could play, really play. The '16 is an example - Clark looks to be a stud, but the rest of the draft has yielded, so far, a shaky backup tackle, a two-down ILB, a rotational d-line guy, and a return guy whose numbers belie his bonehead plays. Not horrible, but not the kind of draft that they needed to get where they want to go. The '17 draft might be better - if King can stay healthy. Williams and A. Jones look like good running backs. Hope is fading for both Josh Jones and Montravius Adams, though maybe safety is a hard position to get and Jones will become accomplished.

So I still think Thompson was good at his job, but maybe not so good as I'd thought he was. He just hasn't seemed to have been able to hit on that All-Pro blue chipper like Matthews or Rodgers or Nick Collins in a while. Still, it's funny when people just make blanket statements about right and wrong and good and bad. Rarely is life that simple, yet we all love to look for a black-and-white answer. Thus I was being ironic in my condemnation of TT in this thread.

Well, I think TT was grossly overrated by most; even when we won the Super Bowl....it really didn't seem like we had a dominant team...the best...maybe ? But we got hot at the right time.

Y'all know I'm OK with Gooters but I still really wanted Eliott Wolf

Although in the end he f'cked up IMO by NOT going with Sam Darnold

[Bretsky]

ahmad brooks has been suspended for 6 games,even though he isn't on a team

whatever the violation was, it might have come when he was a packer last year. or it could have just happened

And Josh Sitton just got hurt and is out for the season.

When TT lets a guy walk it seemed like he had a VOODOO doll at home and got everybody hurt...lol

[mraynrand]

Y'all know I'm OK with Gooters but I still really wanted Eliott Wolf

Although in the end he f'cked up IMO by NOT going with Sam Darnold

dood, he is not the GM

[pbmax]

ahmad brooks has been suspended for 6 games,even though he isn't on a team

whatever the violation was, it might have come when he was a packer last year. or it could have just happened

At least we know he was trying.

[Patler]

And Josh Sitton just got hurt and is out for the season.

When TT lets a guy walk it seemed like he had a VOODOO doll at home and got everybody hurt...lol

TJ Lang was inactive yesterday due to a back injury in their first game.