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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TOPHAT" data-source="post: 144602" data-attributes="member: 781">LOOKING AT '07<a href="http://www.profootballweekly.com/PFW/The+Way+We+Hear+It/default.htm?mode=nfcnorth" target="_blank">http://www.profootballweekly.com/PFW/The+Way+We+Hear+It/default.htm?mode=nfcnorth</a>Green Bay:  Despite the return of QB Brett Favre and the wide-open NFC, the Packers have done little thus far in free agency to bolster their 8-8 roster for a serious contending surge. The strong sense around the team is that despite a four-game win streak that left them just outside the playoffs a year ago, the Packers are not willing to sacrifice the development of their young players and their long-term vision for the benefit of a short-term playoff run.  The team has signed only backup CB Frank Walker in free agency as of this writing and clearly does not want to cost its younger players snaps at a time in their careers when it believes they belong on the field. “The best way to get good is to take these guys, especially some of the younger guys that only have maybe six months’ experience in the NFL, and develop them and get them to become a little more physically advanced, mentally advanced,” Packers GM Ted Thompson said. “I think that’s the way you get better, is try to improve from within.”</blockquote>

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