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<blockquote data-quote="TJV" data-source="post: 358243" data-attributes="member: 4300"><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">I think it's unrealistic to think Thompson will change his MO when it has just led to a <span style="color: darkgreen"><strong>Championship</strong></span> and set the team up to compete for more over the next few seasons. Also I think it's unrealistic to think Asomugha would agree to significantly less than "fair market value" for his services. If Thompson is going to spend significantly more money on a CB my guess would be he'd give Shields a well-deserved pay raise. Remember his "signing bonus" was all of $7,500! If he doesn't do so this off season then I'd guess he will next offseason. And it's not like there isn't a line of Packers about to be UFAs who qualify for Thompson's 'be very careful in unrestricted free agency and re-sign your own core players' strategy. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: black">Of course if Asomugha desperately wants to be a Packer it could happen but I think it's much more likely Thompson will draft a CB if he sees a need there or if a CB is one of the BPA at any pick. An article before the Super Bowl quoted Holmgren saying when he and Thompson were in Seattle, they agreed on personnel decisions about 90% of the time but when Holmgren would suggest acquiring a vet, Thompson would invariably say, 'I can find better in the draft'. Of course finding a CB as good as Asomugha anywhere in the draft, let alone at the end of each round, is nearly impossible. But finding one <em>after</em> the draft … (Williams and Shields) <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TJV, post: 358243, member: 4300"] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]I think it's unrealistic to think Thompson will change his MO when it has just led to a [COLOR=darkgreen][B]Championship[/B][/COLOR] and set the team up to compete for more over the next few seasons. Also I think it's unrealistic to think Asomugha would agree to significantly less than "fair market value" for his services. If Thompson is going to spend significantly more money on a CB my guess would be he'd give Shields a well-deserved pay raise. Remember his "signing bonus" was all of $7,500! If he doesn't do so this off season then I'd guess he will next offseason. And it's not like there isn't a line of Packers about to be UFAs who qualify for Thompson's 'be very careful in unrestricted free agency and re-sign your own core players' strategy. [/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=black]Of course if Asomugha desperately wants to be a Packer it could happen but I think it's much more likely Thompson will draft a CB if he sees a need there or if a CB is one of the BPA at any pick. An article before the Super Bowl quoted Holmgren saying when he and Thompson were in Seattle, they agreed on personnel decisions about 90% of the time but when Holmgren would suggest acquiring a vet, Thompson would invariably say, 'I can find better in the draft'. Of course finding a CB as good as Asomugha anywhere in the draft, let alone at the end of each round, is nearly impossible. But finding one [I]after[/I] the draft … (Williams and Shields) :)[/COLOR][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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