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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Deleted member 6794" data-source="post: 779945">First of all Shields never made the All-Pro team. I understand there's a drop-off in performance to be expected once several starters at a position have to miss time because of injuries but there's no reason it has to be as steep as with the Packers in recent years. Thompson mostly relying on undrafted rookies without any experience to be the primary backups resulted in the unit struggling though.I'm aware the Eagles winning the Super Bowl with a backup quarterback being an exception but every champion had to endure injuries at other positions with backups contributing in a significant way.True, but ultimately Thompson made the decision to rather stick with Capers than keep Hayward and Hyde. In hindsight that was a mistake.I was solely talking about defensive players. Rodgers was named first team All-Pro in 2014.I never mentioned the Packers not having any talent on defense. But in my opinion they haven't had any elite player on that side of the ball in several seasons.The reason Hyde was mostly a backup in Green Bay definitely wasn't the Packers featuring several All-Pros in the secondary.</blockquote>

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