May 14, 2007

Thompson not sucking up to Favre the right thing

Category: Packers — Patrick Stumpf @ 9:14 pm

After the dust settles and the Packers begin to regroup after Brett Favre reportedly demanded a trade, I’m glad the Packers organization did what they did. Ted Thompson did a great job handling the Moss trade, and not bringing in the guy, whose negatives outweigh the positives. Yes, Randy Moss would’ve brought another weapon to this team for one year but look at the big picture everyone. You can’t tell me that the Green Bay Packers are one player away from competing in the playoffs. If this team was close, then yes, Randy Moss probably would be a Packer, but the fact is, Ted Thompson is looking at the best interest of the team for future years and won’t succomb to Brett’s wishes. Brett, maybe you think this team could compete, but the fact is, it’s just not true. In fact, if your going to pout so much over a issue, good riddens. You’ll be gone next year anyway and the Packers might as well get some value for you. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve loved the Packers and Brett Favre my whole life, but Brett is simply acting childish by complaining to management. Brett, if you haven’t noticed, it’s not all about you. You had your shot with Javon Walker and how did you handle that situation? You called him out and he left. Maybe if you were more careful, you’d get what you want. Javon is a rising superstar, still in his mid- 20s, but instead you have to resort to a perennial cancer whose on the down side of his career. So Brett, please keep your mouth shut, let Ted Thompson handle everything, and play the year out. And Packer fans, if you can’t agree with Ted Thompson’s decisions, let’s evaluate what he’s done since coming to Green Bay. 1. He ridded this team of all Mike Sherman’s deadweight players (Ahmad Carroll, BJ Sander, Joe Johnson, Jamal Reynolds, Antawn Edwards). 2. He’s restored the Packers’ dreadful cap situation to the point now where if he sees a player worthy of paying, he will spend the money. (AKA Charles Woodson). 3. He’s basically instilled the philosophy of building through the draft and has essentially rebuilt the entire offensive line and secondary since his hiring. What more can you ask from the guy? Wins? Obviously, everyone wants the Packers to win. But doing it with a spend first thought-process is unacceptable. The Patriots have good reason to spend all the money they did because they’re close to winning a Super Bowl. Bottom line, and I’ve said this before: TRUST IN TED THOMPSON, HE KNOWS WHAT HE’S DOING!!!

Share and Enjoy:
  • Digg
  • Sphinn
  • del.icio.us
  • Facebook
  • Mixx
  • Google

No Comments »

No comments yet.

RSS feed for comments on this post. | TrackBack URI

Leave a comment

XHTML ( You can use these tags):
<a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong> .