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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 556448">You can imagine my disappointment in reading Brandt's comments to the affect that the Rodgers was not perceived as a need pick despite Favre's age and count-me-in-count-me-out roller coaster.  The fact it was not considered a need pick, with the foresight that he'd be the starter before his rookie deal ran out, is a strike against Thompson, not a point in his favor.  A first round pick with no plan?  Really?When a GM first takes the job he knows he's going to get 5 years to make his mark unless he turns out to be surprisingly dreadful.  Thompson certainly earned his rep in the first few years on the job...McCarthy and Rodgers as you say, even if the latter was without any plan.  Let's not forget bringing in Woodson, without whom there would have been no SB championship.However, the drafts have on balance gotten progressively weaker as the years have gone by, and there's been a notable lack of creativity and imagination in both the draft and free agent markets.Thompson has gotten too comfortable in my opinion.  And you don't need to bestow me the right to it...that's a given.</blockquote>

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