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<blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 749790"><p>And I understand your reasoning, but I don't understand the problem.</p><p></p><p>If, as you state, all of the rolled over cap is exhausted during the coming offseason, would it have been better to exhaust it earlier and be cap poor as a Rodgers extension looms?</p><p></p><p>The problem has been a gradual slide toward mediocrity in Thompson's roster building, following that impressive run of negotiating the Favre-Rodgers transition; the Capers 3-4 conversion and the Raji-Matthews draft to man it; major changes and risks taken when trying to re-climb the mountain. Then, once the mountain peak was attained, conservatism set in, needs-plugging happened two seasons after a glaring weakness appeared, an effective defensive scheme grew stale that no longer fools better QBs and coordinators; never making lemonade out of lemons which is the margin of outperformance. Another $10 mil in cap expenditure in one of those previous seasons would not likely have been a game changer. Thompson's foray into free agency this season, perhaps finally under internal pressure, along with Nelson and Matthews starting to show their mileage, involved more than that with disappointing results to say the least.</p><p></p><p>January 18, 2015 should have been a watershed moment when it became clear something was rotten in defenseville. Blowing the game against Seattle in historic fashion in those fateful 5 minutes demanded a defensive culture change that did not happen. Instead, the blame was put on the fired special teams coordinator, for good cause, but it was clearly not enough.</p><p></p><p>In the final analysis, a mediocre roster with an elite QB gets you to the playoffs. If it were a mediocre veteran QB (say, a Carson Palmer in most of his seasons), you'd get an average team. Put a zero experience guy in there who can't score in the red zone and you get a losing team.</p><p></p><p>Could it be worse? Sure. But just sitting back and watching mediocrity in the aggregate at other than the QB position has grown pretty tiresome. If the Packers made a change at GM this offseason I'd not complain. Dorsey should be a a top candidate. I doubt that's going to happen. "Stay the course, a 1,000 points of light."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HardRightEdge, post: 749790"] And I understand your reasoning, but I don't understand the problem. If, as you state, all of the rolled over cap is exhausted during the coming offseason, would it have been better to exhaust it earlier and be cap poor as a Rodgers extension looms? The problem has been a gradual slide toward mediocrity in Thompson's roster building, following that impressive run of negotiating the Favre-Rodgers transition; the Capers 3-4 conversion and the Raji-Matthews draft to man it; major changes and risks taken when trying to re-climb the mountain. Then, once the mountain peak was attained, conservatism set in, needs-plugging happened two seasons after a glaring weakness appeared, an effective defensive scheme grew stale that no longer fools better QBs and coordinators; never making lemonade out of lemons which is the margin of outperformance. Another $10 mil in cap expenditure in one of those previous seasons would not likely have been a game changer. Thompson's foray into free agency this season, perhaps finally under internal pressure, along with Nelson and Matthews starting to show their mileage, involved more than that with disappointing results to say the least. January 18, 2015 should have been a watershed moment when it became clear something was rotten in defenseville. Blowing the game against Seattle in historic fashion in those fateful 5 minutes demanded a defensive culture change that did not happen. Instead, the blame was put on the fired special teams coordinator, for good cause, but it was clearly not enough. In the final analysis, a mediocre roster with an elite QB gets you to the playoffs. If it were a mediocre veteran QB (say, a Carson Palmer in most of his seasons), you'd get an average team. Put a zero experience guy in there who can't score in the red zone and you get a losing team. Could it be worse? Sure. But just sitting back and watching mediocrity in the aggregate at other than the QB position has grown pretty tiresome. If the Packers made a change at GM this offseason I'd not complain. Dorsey should be a a top candidate. I doubt that's going to happen. "Stay the course, a 1,000 points of light." [/QUOTE]
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