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<blockquote data-quote="TJV" data-source="post: 612705" data-attributes="member: 4300"><p>If you forget that the plan is to use Matthews at ILB for a significant number of snaps, I can see the similarities. You/we may or may not like the fact that Matthews won’t be exclusively at OLB, but his presence at ILB makes it a significantly different situation than safety going into 2013 IMO. And I get that you’d like an upgrade to Barrington, but you wouldn’t equate his play with that of Jennings or McMillian at safety, would you?</p><p></p><p>Of course the expectation was the Packers would address ILB in the first or second round and there were a lot of posts about which ILB should have been the pick in either the first or second. But it looks like the Packers didn’t have the top ILBs with first round grades, or they put a higher grade on Randall even after factoring in the need at ILB. And what if they were telling the truth about having Ryan rated higher than where they picked him? Of course they could be wrong about the top ILBs, Randall, and Ryan but it makes sense for them to trust their evaluation process, doesn’t it? And I think there are players with a significant chance to push Barrington, beginning (but not ending) with Ryan and Bradford (if OTAs are an indication). It is not unrealistic to expect both Barrington and Matthews to improve at ILB after their experience there for about the last half a season.</p><p></p><p>I too would have preferred brining in a second-tier UFA at ILB, particularly after losing Hawk, Jones, and Lattimore. But not even Thompson’s harshest critics would advocate signing one just to sign one, would they? Some (not captainWIMM) post here as if Thompson is fine with having positions of weakness. As if all he has to do is follow their advice and the team would be above average at every position. What they are mostly missing IMO is the big picture: Building an NFL roster is a zero-sum game. What some posters advocate for – the Packers reaching in the draft for need from their (the Packers’) point of view to fill a need IMO would be a disaster.</p><p></p><p>Of course Thompson makes mistakes and isn’t above legitimate criticism. (Again I, like many of you, would like him to use UFA more.) But IMO too many Packers fans take for granted rooting for a team that shortly after Wolf arrived has been among the top tier teams in the league. Of course we want more titles, but what Wolf and Thompson have accomplished shouldn’t be taken for granted.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TJV, post: 612705, member: 4300"] If you forget that the plan is to use Matthews at ILB for a significant number of snaps, I can see the similarities. You/we may or may not like the fact that Matthews won’t be exclusively at OLB, but his presence at ILB makes it a significantly different situation than safety going into 2013 IMO. And I get that you’d like an upgrade to Barrington, but you wouldn’t equate his play with that of Jennings or McMillian at safety, would you? Of course the expectation was the Packers would address ILB in the first or second round and there were a lot of posts about which ILB should have been the pick in either the first or second. But it looks like the Packers didn’t have the top ILBs with first round grades, or they put a higher grade on Randall even after factoring in the need at ILB. And what if they were telling the truth about having Ryan rated higher than where they picked him? Of course they could be wrong about the top ILBs, Randall, and Ryan but it makes sense for them to trust their evaluation process, doesn’t it? And I think there are players with a significant chance to push Barrington, beginning (but not ending) with Ryan and Bradford (if OTAs are an indication). It is not unrealistic to expect both Barrington and Matthews to improve at ILB after their experience there for about the last half a season. I too would have preferred brining in a second-tier UFA at ILB, particularly after losing Hawk, Jones, and Lattimore. But not even Thompson’s harshest critics would advocate signing one just to sign one, would they? Some (not captainWIMM) post here as if Thompson is fine with having positions of weakness. As if all he has to do is follow their advice and the team would be above average at every position. What they are mostly missing IMO is the big picture: Building an NFL roster is a zero-sum game. What some posters advocate for – the Packers reaching in the draft for need from their (the Packers’) point of view to fill a need IMO would be a disaster. Of course Thompson makes mistakes and isn’t above legitimate criticism. (Again I, like many of you, would like him to use UFA more.) But IMO too many Packers fans take for granted rooting for a team that shortly after Wolf arrived has been among the top tier teams in the league. Of course we want more titles, but what Wolf and Thompson have accomplished shouldn’t be taken for granted. [/QUOTE]
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