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<blockquote data-quote="TJV" data-source="post: 497905" data-attributes="member: 4300"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Do you really think a fair reading of "Many times through the years..." sounds like I was referring to Tretter? And while you are "just of the opinion that Tretter would have PROBABLY been available..." - and of course you're entitled to your opinion - you should understand how many of us trust Thompson and his staff's opinion more than yours. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Here's an example of "many times through the years": First it's just an example - an analogy - so it should go without saying that <u>Nick Collins does not equal JC Tretter</u>. When Collins was picked in the second round many Packers fans and national "experts" yelled "reach". Collins was viewed as being too raw and he went to a small school so of course he would have been available later in the draft. But some time after that draft I remember reading that there was another team very interested in taking Collins, so the Packers probably wouldn't have landed him if they had followed what passes as conventional wisdom. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Here is part of what SI had to say after the Packers picked him:</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'georgia'"><strong>NEGATIVES:</strong> Hesitant, indecisive and not an efficient defender. Too quick up the field and takes himself out of the action. Slow locating the ball. Tackles high, which results in players picking up yardage off initial contact.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'georgia'"><strong>ANALYSIS:</strong> Possessing outstanding computer numbers, Collins is a prospect who must start to translate his athletic skills onto the football field. A little small for safety, he has potential to slide over at cornerback and at the very least, a practice squad player potentially a team's dime back next September.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'georgia'"><strong>PROJECTION:</strong> Undrafted Free Agent </span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TJV, post: 497905, member: 4300"] [SIZE=3][FONT=arial]Do you really think a fair reading of "Many times through the years..." sounds like I was referring to Tretter? And while you are "just of the opinion that Tretter would have PROBABLY been available..." - and of course you're entitled to your opinion - you should understand how many of us trust Thompson and his staff's opinion more than yours. [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=arial]Here's an example of "many times through the years": First it's just an example - an analogy - so it should go without saying that [U]Nick Collins does not equal JC Tretter[/U]. When Collins was picked in the second round many Packers fans and national "experts" yelled "reach". Collins was viewed as being too raw and he went to a small school so of course he would have been available later in the draft. But some time after that draft I remember reading that there was another team very interested in taking Collins, so the Packers probably wouldn't have landed him if they had followed what passes as conventional wisdom. [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=arial]Here is part of what SI had to say after the Packers picked him:[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=georgia][B]NEGATIVES:[/B] Hesitant, indecisive and not an efficient defender. Too quick up the field and takes himself out of the action. Slow locating the ball. Tackles high, which results in players picking up yardage off initial contact.[/FONT] [FONT=georgia][B]ANALYSIS:[/B] Possessing outstanding computer numbers, Collins is a prospect who must start to translate his athletic skills onto the football field. A little small for safety, he has potential to slide over at cornerback and at the very least, a practice squad player potentially a team's dime back next September.[/FONT] [FONT=georgia][B]PROJECTION:[/B] Undrafted Free Agent [/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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