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Do top prospects intrigue Packers GM Ted Thompson enough to select a quarterback in first round for second consecutive year?
By Pete Dougherty
PackersNews.com
NFL teams seem to think Ted Thompson is bluffing.
Few, if any, scouts believe the Green Bay Packers’ general manager is serious when he says he might select a quarterback with the fifth pick overall after drafting Aaron Rodgers with a first-round selection, No. 24 overall, a year ago.
In the end, they might be right. Nevertheless, the possibility can’t be dismissed.
The Packers have worked with Rodgers for a year, and signs suggest Thompson thinks he has a chance to be a good quarterback. But the Packers don’t know what they have in Rodgers, so they’ve looked long and hard at the top quarterbacks in this draft.
When they’re on the clock at No. 5, they might have a shot at drafting Texas’ Vince Young and/or Vanderbilt’s Jay Cutler. If Thompson thinks either has a good shot at greatness, how could he pass up a player at the game’s most important position? A player who, if the projection is right, could carry the franchise for a decade or more, as Brett Favre has done since 1992?
So the question is whether Thompson considers any of the top quarterbacks — USC’s Matt Leinart probably will be selected in the top three or four picks — a far superior prospect to Rodgers. Scouts generally doubt Thompson has reached that conclusion, though it’s not an easy call.
“I think all three are better than Aaron was,â€
By Pete Dougherty
PackersNews.com
NFL teams seem to think Ted Thompson is bluffing.
Few, if any, scouts believe the Green Bay Packers’ general manager is serious when he says he might select a quarterback with the fifth pick overall after drafting Aaron Rodgers with a first-round selection, No. 24 overall, a year ago.
In the end, they might be right. Nevertheless, the possibility can’t be dismissed.
The Packers have worked with Rodgers for a year, and signs suggest Thompson thinks he has a chance to be a good quarterback. But the Packers don’t know what they have in Rodgers, so they’ve looked long and hard at the top quarterbacks in this draft.
When they’re on the clock at No. 5, they might have a shot at drafting Texas’ Vince Young and/or Vanderbilt’s Jay Cutler. If Thompson thinks either has a good shot at greatness, how could he pass up a player at the game’s most important position? A player who, if the projection is right, could carry the franchise for a decade or more, as Brett Favre has done since 1992?
So the question is whether Thompson considers any of the top quarterbacks — USC’s Matt Leinart probably will be selected in the top three or four picks — a far superior prospect to Rodgers. Scouts generally doubt Thompson has reached that conclusion, though it’s not an easy call.
“I think all three are better than Aaron was,â€
