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<blockquote data-quote="TJV" data-source="post: 641139" data-attributes="member: 4300"><p>Just so you all know, I probably wouldn’t participate in second guessing Thompson’s pick for the reasons you point out. Beyond not having the time, I am not a draftnik (not that there’s anything wrong with that) so even if I had the time, I wouldn’t. So it’s easy for me not to be overly judgmental of Thompson’s picks at the time they’re made. For those like me, if <em>all</em> we can use is hindsight evaluations I think an element of humility should accompany that evaluation. As adambr2 points out, it’s not as if Thompson passed up an obviously more talented WR to take Adams. IMO Thompson and his staff deserve to be criticized for bad drafts, but regarding individual picks unless they pass up an obvious pick for an obscure one recognizing it’s <em>only </em>hindsight that proves them wrong should be taken into consideration. I made the suggestion for a thread for those who pay closer attention and for those who think Thompson is making an obvious mistake <em>in real time</em>. I’m not sure what you are getting at regarding WRs in the third round: Since Thompson has been GM, the Packers have only picked two WRs in the third round, Jones and Montgomery. You previously counted Jones as one of four who have made a real impact and Montgomery as having time to see what happens. Of course one valuable player is worth more than four who never play and you could even say one star is worth more than four average players. But the reason putting that into practice isn’t Thompson’s philosophy is because the draft is not a scientific venture where you know for certain trading away your first and second (and maybe third) round picks to move up in the draft gets you a sure star. You may in fact strike out, even with a top 5 pick and then you will have eviscerated the top of your draft for no return. (This is why I wish Thompson would use UFA more – even if you question whether or not a vet on another team can meld with the Packers locker room and scheme, you know he’s NFL-ready and the kind of performance you can expect. But that’s another topic.) That’s why Thompson has traded down much more often than up, particularly when he was building the roster early, because even spending thousands of man hours and millions(?) of dollars on the draft it still is in the end a crap shoot. In Thompson’s view it’s better to keep those 4 picks to increase your odds of getting that one difference maker.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TJV, post: 641139, member: 4300"] Just so you all know, I probably wouldn’t participate in second guessing Thompson’s pick for the reasons you point out. Beyond not having the time, I am not a draftnik (not that there’s anything wrong with that) so even if I had the time, I wouldn’t. So it’s easy for me not to be overly judgmental of Thompson’s picks at the time they’re made. For those like me, if [I]all[/I] we can use is hindsight evaluations I think an element of humility should accompany that evaluation. As adambr2 points out, it’s not as if Thompson passed up an obviously more talented WR to take Adams. IMO Thompson and his staff deserve to be criticized for bad drafts, but regarding individual picks unless they pass up an obvious pick for an obscure one recognizing it’s [I]only [/I]hindsight that proves them wrong should be taken into consideration. I made the suggestion for a thread for those who pay closer attention and for those who think Thompson is making an obvious mistake [I]in real time[/I]. I’m not sure what you are getting at regarding WRs in the third round: Since Thompson has been GM, the Packers have only picked two WRs in the third round, Jones and Montgomery. You previously counted Jones as one of four who have made a real impact and Montgomery as having time to see what happens. Of course one valuable player is worth more than four who never play and you could even say one star is worth more than four average players. But the reason putting that into practice isn’t Thompson’s philosophy is because the draft is not a scientific venture where you know for certain trading away your first and second (and maybe third) round picks to move up in the draft gets you a sure star. You may in fact strike out, even with a top 5 pick and then you will have eviscerated the top of your draft for no return. (This is why I wish Thompson would use UFA more – even if you question whether or not a vet on another team can meld with the Packers locker room and scheme, you know he’s NFL-ready and the kind of performance you can expect. But that’s another topic.) That’s why Thompson has traded down much more often than up, particularly when he was building the roster early, because even spending thousands of man hours and millions(?) of dollars on the draft it still is in the end a crap shoot. In Thompson’s view it’s better to keep those 4 picks to increase your odds of getting that one difference maker. [/QUOTE]
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