Ask me after the draft.
So put a 2nd on him and wish him well.
I do not recall. It was maybe 6 or 7 years ago. It could have been bleacher report, but my money would be on packerchatters - some of the regular posters would post 'articles'. I used to post there, but left a long time ago.
Purely BPA or how do you define it? I only ask because I don't believe there is a single GM in the league that purely drafts the BPA, nor should there be.
I don't think Ted ranks WR in the 1st ANY year.
Let me ask you, do you believe that the Packers will rank every player from 1-400 and will definitively determine that Player X (CB) ranked #162 is "1" better than Player Y (OT) so Player Y is #163? Do you think they are so methodical and precise in their evaluations that they will assign scores for physical skills, heart, adaptability, leadership, injury risk, and others with a precision to 2 decimal points, so that they can determine a 'score' for Player X at 73.24 which proves he is better than Player Y at 73.16, but not quite as good as Player W at 73.26?
So, you think they rank players independently of scheme and character? I would think the scheme and character are critical elements in their rankings, as well as motor, attitude, etc. It is all a part of determining how good a player is. I would think that scheme and character could change someone from top 10 to mid 3rd round. Something that impactful needs to be considered primarily and not a late 'tweek'.
But whatever. This same conversation has been going on for a few years and we can only speculate. Whether it is semantics or a disagreement, I don't think either of us is going to convince the other one way or the other.
So with that, take care and after the draft I suspect we will both look at the picks and say, 'See! I was right!'
I think Ted looks at every prospect, weighs injury, fit, measurables, skillset, etc, and assigns each prospect a point value, a "grade" if you will. Then he takes the prospects that don't fit his standards off the board, and we call the clusters left "tiers".
Because he's solid at everything but catching the football, very complete player. The only thing keeping him out of the top 15 is a shoulder injury.
I just threw names on there to illustrate talent tiers.
If Thompson had viewed backup QB as an immediate or critical need there would be no reason for him to wait 10 minutes – he would have jumped at the chance to grab Rodgers. Brandt tells us there was one player from the top-20 tier left at pick #24. It was not unanimous in the room that Rodgers should be the pick but it was Thompson who had the “true trust The Board moment”.
