Packers Draft
Let me first say that I have not much negative to say about the Aaron Rodgers pick.He fell into their lap, and given that a GM (especially a new GM) is inclined to look to the future, it was almost impossible not to take him.
Here's my problem.
Well, let me back up. We all need to understand that Ted "Teen Wolf" Thompson has pledged himself NOT to worry about this coming year, or next. His playbook has one page, ...take the player you have rated highest. Every. Time.
This worked well for Daddy Wolf because he was a great judge of talent. And this is where my biggest worry lies.
Sure, I think it's dumb to scrifice the present for the future at this point.
Pop quiz hot-shot, ...do you think it will be easier to get to the super bowl by putting good players around Favre or by putting good players around an unnamed QB, or in this case, Rodgers?
Obviously, you have a much better shot by putting good players around Favre, but Teen Wolf is completely against this.
But Teen Wolf has the driving wheel, so there's no use in arguing about that point. This is the route we are going. Hope to keep the offense in the top 10, hope that Bates brings the defense up to middle-of-the-pack. My main problem is the choices they made this weekend.
After Rodgers, they took a DB from tiny school that even their graduates can't find on a map, two wide receivers they don't need, an undersized safety, a guy who sat on the BENCH in the ARENA LEAGUE, a center, and a handful of very late round prospects.
Now, no one knows if any of these guys will pan out, but I do know that to-a-man the Packers took players that were not highly rated by anyone. NFL scouts quoted in the paper were perplexed at these picks and so was I.
There were surer bets than these. It seems like they deliberately took the highest risk players. Most of these guys are projects, risks, non-answers to very serious, obvious questions.
One thing is certain. Either the Packers scouts are 5 steps ahead of everyone else in the league (taking players no one else had targeted), or we are in for a long, Viking-like drought.
The worst part is that we are rebuilding even though we have a world class QB who is not long for the league. What a waste.
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