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1st round pick other than QB?
- Thread starter Wolf6151
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PapaL
Loose Screw
Difference being he was drafted to replace a guy that was in the league 14 years.
Texian
Hall of Fame
So they're better off for Ted Thompson drafting the BPA even at the time QB was not the biggest position of need?
PapaL
Loose Screw
It was indeed a position of need. It may not have been top on the list but it was on their list.
Texian
Hall of Fame
It was not a position of need that you envision. Aaron Rodgers is a prime example of how taking a the BPA makes your team the best it can be and just leave it at that.
You're kind of twisting things; but let us go with your statement. They DID know that Favre was reaching the end of the road - as a Packer at least - so Rodgers was insurance. Or more appropriately, preparation for the future.
My question is more along the lines of:
Would they be 'smart' knowing Rodgers likely has 5-6 good years left to go and yet they took Goff or Cook instead of addressing a need in this year's draft?
More like a team's FO anticipating a major upcoming need and making a move to address it before it became a panic situation.
...like it is here.
Texian
Hall of Fame
The question was straight forward. The only twisting going on is by those making excuses for Green Bay Packers taking the BPA. Bottom line is the Packers are a better team by taking the BPA. That's usually the case no matter how you try to spin it. I think Ted Thompson has solid history of taking BPA in the early rounds.
infantrycak
Hall of Fame
Yes of course the Packers are better off for taking the epic fall QB as BPA at a time their aged vet was already publicly vacillating about retiring.
How about picking some tough examples?
DeMarcus Ware averaged double-digit sacks his first three years in the league. Meanwhile Rodgers barely saw the field; didn't throw his first TD pass until year 3 and start a single game until year 4. In terms of immediate impact, Ware was the better player. Why wasn't he selected?
DeMarcus Ware averaged double-digit sacks his first three years in the league. Meanwhile Rodgers barely saw the field; didn't throw his first TD pass until year 3 and start a single game until year 4. In terms of immediate impact, Ware was the better player. Why wasn't he selected if Thompson was taking the BPA?
Thompson saw a need coming down the road and addressed it. I ain't spinning. You are.
Marshall
Not pretty, but ALIVE!
YES! Every player is one play from a career ender IF they reach the stadium fit to play. But that presupposes he is BPA alone and not with a group where there is a need which can be addressed. Need is like fine tuning on the old TVs. You don't change the channel for need, but you do tune it in for need.
Texian
Hall of Fame
Ware was the 11th pick, Green Bay picked 24th.
Here is a simple fun game,go back thru each draft and replace the player that was picked with the BPA and start with Patrick Willis and Joe Flacco. Then you will see just how much better the Texans would be if they had drafted the BPA instead of their biggest need.
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