Elite Pay, But Not Elite Play

[Patler]

How convenient of you to omit the trade up for J-Walk. Or how Sherman ingeniously traded a 2 for shutdown corner Al Harris. You should be the "biased" rat, not "fact" rat.

Hillenmeyer didn't do shit in the preseason to make the team.

You are right about Harris, I should have included him. Not Walker because I didn't include 2001 or 2002. I focused on his last two years, which I thought showed how he as spiraling out of control as a GM. In 2003 he basically traded two for one all the way down the draft. Then in 2004 he traded picks all over the place, ended up with picks close enough to some he gave up that he probably could have drafted the same four players without making a single trade, but he gave away two picks in the process of all the trades.

I completely disagree about Hillenmeyer. As I recall, he had a decent camp, and several reporters were very surprised that he was released. They blasted Sherman's attempt to be clever in trying to sneak him through to the PS. The problem was, Hillenmeyer didn't really want to be in GB, which a while later he described as a "sobering thought" after he realized he was drafted by the Packers.

Sherman kept Steve Josue instead.

[Anti-Polar Bear]

You are right about Harris, I should have included him. Not Walker because I didn't include 2001 or 2002. I focused on his last two years, which I thought showed how he as spiraling out of control as a GM. In 2003 he basically traded two for one all the way down the draft. Then in 2004 he traded picks all over the place, ended up with picks close enough to some he gave up that he probably could have drafted the same four players without making a single trade, but he gave away two picks in the process of all the trades.

I completely disagree about Hillenmeyer. As I recall, he had a decent camp, and several reporters were very surprised that he was released. They blasted Sherman's attempt to be clever in trying to sneak him through to the PS. The problem was, Hillenmeyer didn't really want to be in GB, which a while later he described as a "sobering thought" after he realized he was drafted by the Packers.

Sherman kept Steve Josue instead.

Perhaps Sherman believed the Packers were close to winning the Super Bowl, so he tried to find impact players instead doing what Thompson likes to do and trade down for a million more 7th rounders (hoping 'em low picks pan out in 5 years).

Trust me, if Thompson had traded ALL of his 2016 picks to move up for Zeke Elliot, Pack would be better than 4-5 right now.

[Fritz]

Perhaps Sherman believed the Packers were close to winning the Super Bowl, so he tried to find impact players instead doing what Thompson likes to do and trade down for a million more 7th rounders (hoping 'em low picks pan out in 5 years).

Trust me, if Thompson had traded ALL of his 2016 picks to move up for Zeke Elliot, Pack would be better than 4-5 right now.

The problem with your attempted logic is that Sherman never traded up for a Zeke Elliot impact player. He traded up for guys like BJ Sander and Kenny Peterson.

So all you're left with as a defense of Sherman is "Well, at least he tried."

Try that line out on your girlfriend when you can't get it up. See if it makes her feel any better.

[pbmax]

Hillenmeyer's cut surprised everybody at the time. The kid seemed like a good find. The Bear's pick him up immediately.

[pbmax]

The problem with your attempted logic is that Sherman never traded up for a Zeke Elliot impact player. He traded up for guys like BJ Sander and Kenny Peterson.

So all you're left with as a defense of Sherman is "Well, at least he tried."

Try that line out on your girlfriend when you can't get it up. See if it makes her feel any better.

Just remember, to Tank, trading up always works just like it sorta did for Walker. He doesn't remember the blunders.

Or trading up for Mattthews.

[Fritz]

Back to the original point of the thread: the guys on the team getting the biggest paychecks are either not playing or not playing well.