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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 550965">Rodgers was a "need" pick.  If we did not go high for a QB in that draft it would have been in the next.  Favre was 35 and mumbling about quitting; not being on acute alert for an heir apparent would have been unconscionably short sighted.  Rodgers falling was a serendipitous event that perfectly fit the moment for Thompson.  He knew he'd likely not get a shot like that again before Favre became a real problem.Brady will be 37 and has made no gestures toward retiring.  Belichick is entertaining a couple highly rated QBs.  He has a need...if not right now then in the next year or two to get the proper training before Brady calls it a day.  If the right guy falls to a spot that presents good value he might just trade up to fill the "need" as is his wheeler-dealer habit.That's the way it works with franchise QBs.  You want the heir apparent a couple of years in house before the franchise guy walks out the door.  Besides the training aspect, you want to make sure you have not picked Leaf-like bust, or a Brohm-like bust for that matter.</blockquote>

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