Your wild prediction for the 2007 season....

[GrnBay007]

WILD prediction: TT gets married. Tank is bestman (toast to TT is a revised poem). Coldplay entertains at the reception.

[Freak Out]

A 60+ yard FG is kicked by a Packer this year.

[retailguy]

I suspect that even if the Pack won the Super Bowl, the whiners would continue to carp away.

Well, as I'm sure you classify me as one of the "whiners", I can assure you that I wouldn't complain if they won the super bowl. I probably won't complain if they win 7 games as I don't expect that.

The real question is, how bad do the Packers have to "tank" before you'll admit that I have a point? Hmmm? :P Lots of empty "justifications" from you lately.

[The Shadow]

"...The real question is, how bad do the Packers have to "tank" before you'll admit that I have a point?"

If the team does not show positive growth - and growth does not necessarily mean instant greatness - I will not continue to support Thompson.
But, so far, I believe he is doing a very solid job and se a team on the rise.

[retailguy]

"...The real question is, how bad do the Packers have to "tank" before you'll admit that I have a point?"

If the team does not show positive growth - and growth does not necessarily mean instant greatness - I will not continue to support Thompson.
But, so far, I believe he is doing a very solid job and se a team on the rise.

Could you "define" a little clearer what your point is?

See, reading between the lines, this team could go 2-14 and you could say "well they are making positive strides and I think Thompson is 'doing the right thing'".

[The Shadow]

Ok, I'll try.
There's a big variable at work here - no way of knowing right now about the true strength of the teams on the schedule.
Also, do players like Colledge, Blackmon & Spitz jump right up in only their 2nd year, or do they need that 2nd year of experience under their belts before really blossoming?
Growth to me will not be nec. measured in won-lost record THIS year. The following year is where I would expect the Packers - with or without #4 - to win the division. I think the overall developing talent, if it's as good as I think it is, will be enough to get the job done - even with an Aaron Rodgers.
After all, the Bears have won the division with Rex Grossman, for goodness sake!

[RashanGary]

Well, as I'm sure you classify me as one of the "whiners", I can assure you that I wouldn't complain if they won the super bowl. I probably won't complain if they win 7 games as I don't expect that.

You're on record

[retailguy]

Well, as I'm sure you classify me as one of the "whiners", I can assure you that I wouldn't complain if they won the super bowl. I probably won't complain if they win 7 games as I don't expect that.

You're on record

so, why don't you hop off the fence and define your ramblings? :P

[GrnBay007]

so, why don't you hop off the fence and define your ramblings? :P

hehe..sorry, couldn't resist.

[wist43]

I think they'll convert a 3rd and 1 by week 6...

That's going out on a limb, but I'm feeling intrepid today.

[MJZiggy]

Ok, who spiked Wist's coffee with kool-aid...?

[retailguy]

I think they'll convert a 3rd and 1 by week 6...

That's going out on a limb, but I'm feeling intrepid today.

well, even I don't think it is quite THAT BAD, however, six wins is about all I see today.

7 wins DEFINITELY overachieves, based on how I see the team and the strength of schedule.

[cheesner]

1. New England is going to have a bad season (compared to expectations). They will make the playoffs as a wildcard, but will loose by the 2nd game. The team chemistry is off with the acquisition of so many FAs. Brady and Moss will not get along.
2. The Packers will lead the NFC North at week 3.
3. The Bears will not have a good season. Their team chemistry is poor - superbowl letdown and personnel issues will take their toll. The loss of Rivera will have a bigger impact than anyone thought.
4. Several young Packers will step forward and contribute significantly. Packers will have new players starting (by mid-season) at safety, TE, RB, DT, and OL who were not starting at the end of last year. Two of those positions will be filled by a player that would surprise us.
5. The Packers go 10-6 and make the playoffs. Posts at this site shift from calling TT an cheap idiot who doesn't understand being a GM to calling TT a cheap idiot for the car he drives, the clothes he wears, and/or using a sentence during one of his press conferences that has a dangling participle.

[Merlin]

Packers make the playoffs. 3T Lovers spooge all over their keyboards in elation that things might work out. Reality: 3T has ZERO to do with the hearts of the people on the field and I am afraid that this season, that's all we have to rely on. Oh yeah, and McCarthy telling 3T to go take a flying leap at a moving truck and quit meddling in regular season game personell decisions...

[oregonpackfan]

Ted Thompson marries a smoking-hot Swedish super model.

I predict the Swedish super model turns him down but he settles for marrying Paris Hilton because she will let him drive her Bently.