NFL Draft (and Ted Thompson’s effectiveness at)
I haven’t been a big fan of the NFL draft for a number of years while some people I know froth at the mouth in anticipation of it. Why don’t I care? Because half of the players won’t make it and in this day and age of free agency the draft isn’t as important as it once was. Don’t misunderstand me, it’s necessary in order to fill the NFL with players, but it’s not as critical to a team’s success as it once was. Anyone know what Tim Couch and Ryan Leaf are up to these days? I rest my case. You know who is a huge fan of the draft, though? Ted Thompson! In fact, he relies almost solely on the draft to stock the Packers. Turns out it’s not working out so well. Rob Reischel has a good writeup on this in the Journal Sentinel, which can be found here: http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/69701807.html. But hey, at least when Ted Thompson does make trades he goes all out and gets rid of one of the greatest quarterbacks ever. Maybe Teddy can do us all a favor and make one more big trade: he and Mike McCarthy for Mike Holmgren. That would be a Ted Thompson move I could live with.