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<blockquote data-quote="TJV" data-source="post: 557154" data-attributes="member: 4300"><p>This is my last post on this unless I'm asked a question.</p><p></p><p>I don't know why you don't understand the concept that Favre could have returned even after he "retired". That was in Favre's control, not the Packers (according to the Packers). That would have meant Favre being the starting QB in 2008 and perhaps beyond.</p><p></p><p>I understand you were disappointed to read what Brandt wrote because it directly contradicted your opinion about Rodgers being a need pick. Brandt was very direct - it was an example of Thompson staying true to his board.</p><p></p><p>When someone continues to modify the meaning of a word central to their argument, their argument has lost merit.</p><p></p><p>The reason I believe the absence of an attempt to trade up is further evidence refuting your argument is twofold: 1) Rodgers was rated <em>very </em>highly in that draft, 2) Unlike the examples you gave he plays the most important position in football. If Thompson saw backup QB as an immediate, critical, important, etc. need, IMO he would have traded up to be certain he secured a player many expected to be gone in the first five picks of that draft.</p><p></p><p>I believe the evidence is clear: The Rodgers pick represented a rare occurrence in the draft in which a player was available late in the first round whose grade was so much higher than the others available it would have been (and was) foolish for any GM to pass him up at that stage of the draft, regardless of need. And Brandt, who was in the war room, stated bluntly it was Thompson being true to his board: Not a need pick.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TJV, post: 557154, member: 4300"] This is my last post on this unless I'm asked a question. I don't know why you don't understand the concept that Favre could have returned even after he "retired". That was in Favre's control, not the Packers (according to the Packers). That would have meant Favre being the starting QB in 2008 and perhaps beyond. I understand you were disappointed to read what Brandt wrote because it directly contradicted your opinion about Rodgers being a need pick. Brandt was very direct - it was an example of Thompson staying true to his board. When someone continues to modify the meaning of a word central to their argument, their argument has lost merit. The reason I believe the absence of an attempt to trade up is further evidence refuting your argument is twofold: 1) Rodgers was rated [I]very [/I]highly in that draft, 2) Unlike the examples you gave he plays the most important position in football. If Thompson saw backup QB as an immediate, critical, important, etc. need, IMO he would have traded up to be certain he secured a player many expected to be gone in the first five picks of that draft. I believe the evidence is clear: The Rodgers pick represented a rare occurrence in the draft in which a player was available late in the first round whose grade was so much higher than the others available it would have been (and was) foolish for any GM to pass him up at that stage of the draft, regardless of need. And Brandt, who was in the war room, stated bluntly it was Thompson being true to his board: Not a need pick. [/QUOTE]
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