Ted Thompson - We stuck with the board

[smuggler]

Okay, so maybe he reached with Adams, Thornton, and Rodgers. But he got good value with Bradford, Abbrederis, and Janis. Does that balance out? Just pretend he traded down and took everyone where they were projected. Not that hard.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Adams wasn't a reach. Many had him going early 2nd.

[pbmax]

Okay, so maybe he reached with Adams, Thornton, and Rodgers. But he got good value with Bradford, Abbrederis, and Janis. Does that balance out? Just pretend he traded down and took everyone where they were projected. Not that hard.

Personally, I'm not ready to concede this point. We have been here before with many players, most notably Collins and Jennings. Everyone screaming it was a reach and they could have waited if they loved them that much. After the dust had settled, began to get word that other teams valued the players in the same round.

We don't know what the Packers or the rest of the League thought of these guys. The public pundits and our guesses don't carry enough weight. Thompson isn't infallible, but the grade on NFL.com isn't enough to conclude a reach.

[bobblehead]

What do you expect the GM to say after a draft where he didn't like his ILB choices? We're terrible and hope to improve?

Taking the press conference for an actual evaluation of a player is dubious at best.

Not even dubious...shows a complete lack of ability to assess a situation.

[Bretsky]

If the cost to trade up was a 2nd I'd pass. I'd rather have HaHa and Adams than Mosley....now if we only had to give up a 3rd it's debatable. I'd probably have Mosley than the Cali TE and HaHa

[Cheesehead Craig]

College production does not equal NFL potential. Once again going back to Antonio Gates. Didn't play a down of college football, arranged a workout in front of NFL scouts and 19 teams offered him a contract. Not saying that Rodgers is Gates. However these men know football and can see the potential in players that we cannot. Getting caught up in measurables and stats is foolish.

[MadScientist]

Activating TT to reality translator...

" •(WR) Saw as a very deep class. All three days we tried to go toward quality. It's definitely the way the board worked out. We stuck with the board.

We lost Driver, Jennings and Jones the last two years, and Cobb and Nelson are in contract years. We fucking better get another good WR or two so were are not totally fucked.

•(Linebackers) We're good with our linebackers.

ILB wasn't a total tire fire last year so we took others earlier. The ones who were left later weren't worth shit.

•(Needs) I don't know. I didn't go in trying to address need. We don't do that. If perception is we relieved a need, that's fine. That's not how we view our team.

No shit we went for need. Safety last year was a black hole of suckitude, we need a new top notch WR, Peppers is just a 1 year stop-gap at OLB, Finley won't be back and our only center has zero experience and was injured most of last year. So fuck yes this was a need draft, in desperate hope that there are no more gaping holes on this team and Rodgers can be a difference maker.

•(Defense) Always trying to get better. Improve what you have. We went in wanting to make our team better and obviously defense is part of that. "

The defense stunk last year. We had to do something. If these new bodies don't make a huge difference then maybe Capers is the washed up has been you've made him out to be.

[mraynrand]

^^^^I'd enjoy being at that press conference.

[woodbuck27]

^^^^I'd enjoy being at that press conference.

You'd enjoy observing TT's obvious lies/deceit.

What can that man possibly imagine he gains from such baloney.

Does he really imagine he fools anyone with any knowledge of the draft class? That he see's something that others fail to see and measure?

If that's the case then we can now understand his too often blown draft picks.

[mraynrand]

If that's the case then we can now understand his too often blown draft picks.

Please present your evidence. Statistics compared to other GMs and Packer history. Otherwise I'll think you're just flapping your gums, motorboatin:

[Zool]

Collins, James Jones, Jennings, Jolly, Sitton, Finley, Nelson, Giacomini, Flynn, CM3, Lang, ETC....

All you really have to do is go over and see how many of his picks are still in the NFL.

Of course "sports fan guy" is always smarter than the "idiots running this team" and could draft a better team if given a shot. Oddly enough sports fan guy does not work with or near a sports franchise and doesn't aspire to use his considerable talents in player evaluation by applying for a position. It's far easier to wax poetic about it and find other complainers.

[denverYooper]

Collins, James Jones, Jennings, Jolly, Sitton, Finley, Nelson, Giacomini, Flynn, CM3, Lang, ETC....

All you really have to do is go over and see how many of his picks are still in the NFL.

Of course "sports fan guy" is always smarter than the "idiots running this team" and could draft a better team if given a shot. Oddly enough sports fan guy does not work with or near a sports franchise and doesn't aspire to use his considerable talents in player evaluation by applying for a position. It's far easier to wax poetic about it and find other complainers.

He's lucky if he can pull the fries out in time.

[mraynrand]

He's lucky if he can pull the fries out in time.

Amylopectin and amylose heating via boiling animal lipids was one of my greatest skills.

[Just Jeff]

Amylopectin and amylose heating via boiling animal lipids was one of my greatest skills.

That post made me turgid

[texaspackerbacker]

First of all, I don't see any need for Thompson or McCarthy or whoever to give honest accurate assessments to the media or to fans in general. If they have an obligation to us, the fans, it is to put a winning team on the field - NOT to tell the whole world, including other teams how it's done and what the thinking is.

Clearly, saying he's not drafting to needs is pure bullshit. Similarly, what the plans are for particular players is for us to speculate and them to shut up about until the sausage is made.

All that being said, here's some of my speculation: I think Bradford will get a good try at ILB - supposedly he can play there, and that's where the need is. I think Linsley will get a try at long snapper - to save a roster spot, but in the end, they will take the cautious route and keep Goode. I think they will use more 5 WR sets like several years ago - Abbrederis making the team in addition to Adams, maybe even Jaris. I'm thinking/hoping Richardson is gone and maybe Banjo too, with Goodson being a backup Safety. I really don't know what to make of drafting Richard Rodgers - having another project TE, to me, says maybe they don't think as highly of Bostick as some people think.