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<blockquote data-quote="TJV" data-source="post: 442920" data-attributes="member: 4300"><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Interesting discussion. I’d be very surprised at a huge, Clay Matthews-like trade up in this draft. The Packers need players at all three levels of the D and I expect two of the first three players taken will play on that side of the ball. I just don’t see Thompson spending two or more picks on one player at the top of this draft. And I may have a cardiac event if Thompson trades next year’s number 1. I don’t know if Thompson has any hard and fast rules but if he does I think not trading future picks is one of them. Not only that, but if I remember correctly he had an offer of a future pick for the pick he ended up taking Justin Harrell with in ’07 and didn’t want to sacrifice that draft (ironic, I know). Thompson taking the long view so far has meant he doesn’t trade current picks in the first 3 or 4 rounds for future picks and he doesn’t trade premium future picks in the current draft. He is certainly as active as any GM moving up and (mostly) down in the current draft but he seems to treat each draft as its own “entity”. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">In spite of what he says publically Thompson certainly recognizes the needs on defense and the importance of improving the pass rush. But what we don’t know is if the Packers have a player or two many think are going in the fourth round, for example, graded alongside players most rate as second or third rounders. And that leads me to a couple of questions for the board:</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Assuming Thompson doesn’t move picks #28, #59, and #90, what are the odds all three picks will be on the defensive side of the ball? My guess is there is a significantly less than 50% chance of that happening. But that’s kind of an easy call. What about this one: Assuming Thompson exercises picks #28 and #59, what are the chances both will play defense? </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TJV, post: 442920, member: 4300"] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Tahoma]Interesting discussion. I’d be very surprised at a huge, Clay Matthews-like trade up in this draft. The Packers need players at all three levels of the D and I expect two of the first three players taken will play on that side of the ball. I just don’t see Thompson spending two or more picks on one player at the top of this draft. And I may have a cardiac event if Thompson trades next year’s number 1. I don’t know if Thompson has any hard and fast rules but if he does I think not trading future picks is one of them. Not only that, but if I remember correctly he had an offer of a future pick for the pick he ended up taking Justin Harrell with in ’07 and didn’t want to sacrifice that draft (ironic, I know). Thompson taking the long view so far has meant he doesn’t trade current picks in the first 3 or 4 rounds for future picks and he doesn’t trade premium future picks in the current draft. He is certainly as active as any GM moving up and (mostly) down in the current draft but he seems to treat each draft as its own “entity”. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Tahoma]In spite of what he says publically Thompson certainly recognizes the needs on defense and the importance of improving the pass rush. But what we don’t know is if the Packers have a player or two many think are going in the fourth round, for example, graded alongside players most rate as second or third rounders. And that leads me to a couple of questions for the board:[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Tahoma]Assuming Thompson doesn’t move picks #28, #59, and #90, what are the odds all three picks will be on the defensive side of the ball? My guess is there is a significantly less than 50% chance of that happening. But that’s kind of an easy call. What about this one: Assuming Thompson exercises picks #28 and #59, what are the chances both will play defense? [/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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