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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pokerbrat2000" data-source="post: 730196" data-attributes="member: 7261">Letting Hayward walk was a calculated risk no doubt and hindsight makes it look like a higher risk than it probably was viewed as at the time.  Risks at that time:First, the Packers may or may not have known Shields was a walking time bomb, I am leaning towards they knew, but not that it would happen so quickly or as severely as it did.  Second: 2 high pick 2nd year players to play along side Shields.  Both had impressive rookie seasons, why wouldn't they continue to progress?  Third, you have Casey Hayward, a 4 year player that missed time with injuries, had a solid rookie season but an up and down time after that.Fourth:  San Diego signs Hayward for a 3 year, $15,300,000.  If the Packers were even still in the conversation at that time, I doubt TT even considers paying that for a guy who could be your #4 corner.I get your point <a href="https://www.packerforum.com/members/dant%C3%A9s.12283/" target="_blank">Dantés</a> and I can't speak for what Captain was thinking.  My issue with TT and the way things were handled at the CB position last year wasn't with Hayward, it was once Shields went down and both R & R showed signs of struggling or injury. At that point, it appeared  that TT sat on his hands and did nothing.  Now for all we know, he was busy 24/7 trying to find a replacement or two, but he didn't and the poor CB play continued.</blockquote>

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