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<blockquote data-quote="TJV" data-source="post: 495814" data-attributes="member: 4300"><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">● <span style="color: black">I've</span> gotta say I don't care very much about what Murphy has to say about football operations - as opposed to franchise-level operations. The more he stays out of the way regarding football decisions, the better IMO. For example, if he determines Thompson has to go at some point, he should fire him and hire another guy and then stay out of that guy's way. Of course I'm not saying he doesn't have the right to talk about the team or that he's meddling. I'm just saying that I don't care much what he has to say about the football team. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">● <span style="color: black">Rega</span>rding this discussion, IMO it's foolish (or "wrong" if you prefer) to say the team is "all Rodgers", which is basically what texaspackerbacker is posting. If it's all Rodgers, why don't they win it all every season, or why did they win it all in 2010? Rodgers has played great since the 2009 season. And IMO the burden is on texaspackerbacker to explain how the Packers won it all in 2010 with a team that suffered more injuries than any other (or nearly any other) since he doesn't believe Thompson excels at drafting and/or he hasn't built a deep team. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">● I am and have been an ardent supporter of Thompson but like HardRightEdge I do wish he would look at mid-level UFAs more. The best example this offseason IMO is the defense would have been better if he would have signed Huff and let Jones go. They really like Hawk (much more than I do at least) and if Bishop returns my guess is those two will be starting. While Jones can backup inside and outside he hasn't shown much outside and even if he did, he's being paid starters money. He may be their best ILB in coverage and if that's why he was extended at starter's money (and they expect him to get more snaps than Hawk and even perhaps a healthy Bishop) than I would rather they pick two of the three in that group and let the "third" go. Beyond that, there are others who were drafted (or otherwise acquired) and who are (hopefully) developing at ILB, particularly Smith and Manning. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">OTOH, I am concerned that McMillian, MD Jennings, nor Richardson is the answer at safety. Of course I hope I'm wrong about that. But for how often they play 5 or more DBs, Huff's coverage ability would have been very valuable, IMO making him more valuable than Jones for about the same money. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">But while presenting these opinions I'm certainly aware that Thompson and his staff know a lot more than I do about the players on their roster as well as all the players in the league than I do. For example, they may think it's likely Bishop won't be healthy enough to depend upon this season. They may be thinking this is Hawk's last season in Green Bay and Jones still has an upside. And they may have their eye on a safety or two in the draft they think will likely be available to them. I posted a link about the Packers' dead cap money and said that's a feather in Thompson's cap: Having less than 1% of dead money against this year's cap is remarkable. And extending Rodgers and Matthews is huge money and cap-wise this offseason. But signing Huff instead of Jones wouldn't have materially changed their money or cap situation. And having 2-3% in dead cap money in a "normal" year wouldn't either. </span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TJV, post: 495814, member: 4300"] [FONT=Arial]● [COLOR=black]I've[/COLOR] gotta say I don't care very much about what Murphy has to say about football operations - as opposed to franchise-level operations. The more he stays out of the way regarding football decisions, the better IMO. For example, if he determines Thompson has to go at some point, he should fire him and hire another guy and then stay out of that guy's way. Of course I'm not saying he doesn't have the right to talk about the team or that he's meddling. I'm just saying that I don't care much what he has to say about the football team. [/FONT] [FONT=Arial]● [COLOR=black]Rega[/COLOR]rding this discussion, IMO it's foolish (or "wrong" if you prefer) to say the team is "all Rodgers", which is basically what texaspackerbacker is posting. If it's all Rodgers, why don't they win it all every season, or why did they win it all in 2010? Rodgers has played great since the 2009 season. And IMO the burden is on texaspackerbacker to explain how the Packers won it all in 2010 with a team that suffered more injuries than any other (or nearly any other) since he doesn't believe Thompson excels at drafting and/or he hasn't built a deep team. [/FONT] [FONT=Arial]● I am and have been an ardent supporter of Thompson but like HardRightEdge I do wish he would look at mid-level UFAs more. The best example this offseason IMO is the defense would have been better if he would have signed Huff and let Jones go. They really like Hawk (much more than I do at least) and if Bishop returns my guess is those two will be starting. While Jones can backup inside and outside he hasn't shown much outside and even if he did, he's being paid starters money. He may be their best ILB in coverage and if that's why he was extended at starter's money (and they expect him to get more snaps than Hawk and even perhaps a healthy Bishop) than I would rather they pick two of the three in that group and let the "third" go. Beyond that, there are others who were drafted (or otherwise acquired) and who are (hopefully) developing at ILB, particularly Smith and Manning. [/FONT] [FONT=Arial]OTOH, I am concerned that McMillian, MD Jennings, nor Richardson is the answer at safety. Of course I hope I'm wrong about that. But for how often they play 5 or more DBs, Huff's coverage ability would have been very valuable, IMO making him more valuable than Jones for about the same money. [/FONT] [FONT=Arial]But while presenting these opinions I'm certainly aware that Thompson and his staff know a lot more than I do about the players on their roster as well as all the players in the league than I do. For example, they may think it's likely Bishop won't be healthy enough to depend upon this season. They may be thinking this is Hawk's last season in Green Bay and Jones still has an upside. And they may have their eye on a safety or two in the draft they think will likely be available to them. I posted a link about the Packers' dead cap money and said that's a feather in Thompson's cap: Having less than 1% of dead money against this year's cap is remarkable. And extending Rodgers and Matthews is huge money and cap-wise this offseason. But signing Huff instead of Jones wouldn't have materially changed their money or cap situation. And having 2-3% in dead cap money in a "normal" year wouldn't either. [/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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