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<blockquote data-quote="Thirteen Below" data-source="post: 1037497" data-attributes="member: 18006"><p>I see it the same way. I rarely disagree with Heyjoe, but we part company on this one.</p><p></p><p>Gereen Bay went into that draft with the #30 pick, in a year that was rich with talent in areas where we had at least some immediate need. As I recall, wide receivers and linebackers were areas where we could reasonably have expected to have some options, but again - at #30, there's not a GM in the league who could have realistically expected any specific player to be available at that slot. All the #30 team can do is have a number of contingency plans in place just in case any one of a dozen (or couple of dozen) players happened to be options.</p><p></p><p>They rank potential 1st round picks not just on how good they are, but how likely it is that each one may still be on the board in their general range of picks, and what it might take to jump up a few spots and scoop 'em up if they drop a few slots and we get a shot at them. ([USER=6578]@tynimiller[/USER], [USER=2846]@AmishMafia[/USER], and the others who know a lot more about this than I do, please put me in my place whereever I'm wrong. I'd always rather be embarrassed than wrong).</p><p></p><p>From what I've read, it seems certain that they definitely had Love identified as a possible target from the outset - but it probably wasn't something they gamed out extensively, because literally dozens of random moving parts would have had to fall into place in exactly the right sequence. If it happened it happened, but it seems highly unlikely that they ever actually intended it.</p><p></p><p>In fact, there is credible reporting saying that when they started negotiating the trade with the Dolphins, it was was with the intent of drafting Brandon Ayuk (which would have sent Rodgers into a frenzy of somersaults and cartwheels). According to this line of thinking, Green Bay was surprlsed that while they were still working out a deal with Miami, the 9ers were busy trading up with Minnesota to grab Ayuk at #25.</p><p></p><p>But when the Packers recalculated on the spur of the moment their evaluation of the choices still in play, they quickly decided that Love was the best player on the board. So they decided to seal the deal with the Fins regardless, and there we are. It seems very unlikely that Green Bay ever had a serious intention to trade up from #30 to #26 to draft Love.</p><p></p><p>I'm sure they knew it was a remote possilblity, but until the moment it happened, it was a remote possibility. Why would they notify Love that there was a slight chance of this? Especially knowing what a huffy head case he was, and how easily he could work himself into a snit fit?</p><p></p><p>Why **** him off by telling him, "Hey, Aaron, just so ya know, we might draft a potential replacement for you this year. Or then again, we might not, too. Who knows? We're not planning to do it, but it might happen anyway. We just want you to be aware that we're either going to, or we're not going to, so... yeah... whatever."</p><p></p><p>I don't see any reason at all they should have contacted him in he offseason and warned him about the possibility. Why **** him off for no reason?</p><p></p><p>Especially since he publicly and explicity said, just a few weeks before the drfaft...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/28851848/aaron-rodgers-unsure-players-really-looking-cba[/URL]</p><p></p><p>So a few weeks later they go ahead and draft a longterm project player, and suddenly he's the bride who was left at the altar? Man up, dude - grow up. Go back and read your own interview from a few weeks ago, and stop the drama.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Thirteen Below, post: 1037497, member: 18006"] I see it the same way. I rarely disagree with Heyjoe, but we part company on this one. Gereen Bay went into that draft with the #30 pick, in a year that was rich with talent in areas where we had at least some immediate need. As I recall, wide receivers and linebackers were areas where we could reasonably have expected to have some options, but again - at #30, there's not a GM in the league who could have realistically expected any specific player to be available at that slot. All the #30 team can do is have a number of contingency plans in place just in case any one of a dozen (or couple of dozen) players happened to be options. They rank potential 1st round picks not just on how good they are, but how likely it is that each one may still be on the board in their general range of picks, and what it might take to jump up a few spots and scoop 'em up if they drop a few slots and we get a shot at them. ([USER=6578]@tynimiller[/USER], [USER=2846]@AmishMafia[/USER], and the others who know a lot more about this than I do, please put me in my place whereever I'm wrong. I'd always rather be embarrassed than wrong). From what I've read, it seems certain that they definitely had Love identified as a possible target from the outset - but it probably wasn't something they gamed out extensively, because literally dozens of random moving parts would have had to fall into place in exactly the right sequence. If it happened it happened, but it seems highly unlikely that they ever actually intended it. In fact, there is credible reporting saying that when they started negotiating the trade with the Dolphins, it was was with the intent of drafting Brandon Ayuk (which would have sent Rodgers into a frenzy of somersaults and cartwheels). According to this line of thinking, Green Bay was surprlsed that while they were still working out a deal with Miami, the 9ers were busy trading up with Minnesota to grab Ayuk at #25. But when the Packers recalculated on the spur of the moment their evaluation of the choices still in play, they quickly decided that Love was the best player on the board. So they decided to seal the deal with the Fins regardless, and there we are. It seems very unlikely that Green Bay ever had a serious intention to trade up from #30 to #26 to draft Love. I'm sure they knew it was a remote possilblity, but until the moment it happened, it was a remote possibility. Why would they notify Love that there was a slight chance of this? Especially knowing what a huffy head case he was, and how easily he could work himself into a snit fit? Why **** him off by telling him, "Hey, Aaron, just so ya know, we might draft a potential replacement for you this year. Or then again, we might not, too. Who knows? We're not planning to do it, but it might happen anyway. We just want you to be aware that we're either going to, or we're not going to, so... yeah... whatever." I don't see any reason at all they should have contacted him in he offseason and warned him about the possibility. Why **** him off for no reason? Especially since he publicly and explicity said, just a few weeks before the drfaft... [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/28851848/aaron-rodgers-unsure-players-really-looking-cba[/URL] So a few weeks later they go ahead and draft a longterm project player, and suddenly he's the bride who was left at the altar? Man up, dude - grow up. Go back and read your own interview from a few weeks ago, and stop the drama. [/QUOTE]
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