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<blockquote data-quote="TJV" data-source="post: 467673" data-attributes="member: 4300"><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">If Jennings doesn’t get healthy he may have to settle for a short-term deal with the Packers, if the Packers can afford it cap-wise. But he would probably demand more than Finley did last year for his two-year deal and in that case I doubt that happens. It only takes one of the other 31 teams to **** after Jennings UFA. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Regarding the next draft, I haven’t done a study of every round in relation to positions picked by Thompson (and I won’t) but IMO the surest bet going into a Thompson draft is that he’ll pick a WR in the second round. In the eight Packers drafts he’s conducted, he’s taken a WR in the second round 4 times. And in the third round he’s selected one WR and one pass-catching TE (Murphy, Jennings, Jones-3rd round, Nelson, Finley-3rd, Cobb). The top of two of Thompson’s drafts were concentrated on defense – the most recent and the 2009 draft (Raji and Clay and the next pick occurring in the 4th round – who turned out to be the starting LG!). After this years’ draft was almost entirely devoted to D, I think a repeat of that is extremely unlikely. So another way to look at this is: Except for drafts in which the first two or more rounds are devoted to D, Thompson has selected a WR in the second round 4 of 6 times. Of course it depends upon how the Packers evaluate who is available. IMO one thing we can be certain of is Thompson isn’t going to reach for a WR. But he certainly isn’t shy about trading up or down to target a player. </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TJV, post: 467673, member: 4300"] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Tahoma]If Jennings doesn’t get healthy he may have to settle for a short-term deal with the Packers, if the Packers can afford it cap-wise. But he would probably demand more than Finley did last year for his two-year deal and in that case I doubt that happens. It only takes one of the other 31 teams to **** after Jennings UFA. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Tahoma]Regarding the next draft, I haven’t done a study of every round in relation to positions picked by Thompson (and I won’t) but IMO the surest bet going into a Thompson draft is that he’ll pick a WR in the second round. In the eight Packers drafts he’s conducted, he’s taken a WR in the second round 4 times. And in the third round he’s selected one WR and one pass-catching TE (Murphy, Jennings, Jones-3rd round, Nelson, Finley-3rd, Cobb). The top of two of Thompson’s drafts were concentrated on defense – the most recent and the 2009 draft (Raji and Clay and the next pick occurring in the 4th round – who turned out to be the starting LG!). After this years’ draft was almost entirely devoted to D, I think a repeat of that is extremely unlikely. So another way to look at this is: Except for drafts in which the first two or more rounds are devoted to D, Thompson has selected a WR in the second round 4 of 6 times. Of course it depends upon how the Packers evaluate who is available. IMO one thing we can be certain of is Thompson isn’t going to reach for a WR. But he certainly isn’t shy about trading up or down to target a player. [/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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