Comments on: Packers Sign Rookie Offensive Lineman To Four-Year Deal

By: PossibleCabbage

PossibleCabbage — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:30:17 +0000

In what universe is Mason Crosby a gem of a draft pick, but Greg Jennings is not?

By: wrath4771

wrath4771 — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:44:19 +0000

Fire Ted Thompson?! You have got to be kidding.
As far as draft busts the only glaring pick is Justin Harrell. Brain Brohm may also be a bust – but I’ll give him Brohm since the year before he would have been a Top 10 pick. Every other pick has been solid, if not at least useful. Brandon Jackson, James Jones, Jordy Nelson, Nick Collins, Tramon Williams and Mason Crosby have all been valuable contributors and most of these guys were consdiered risks when Thompson drafted them.
Even A.J. Hawk was the right pick. He’ll never turn into the stud you hope to get with the fifth pick, but the only alternative is Vernon Davis and I’d rather have Hawk than the walking headache Davis is suppose to be.
As far as free agents, I’m sorry, but nobody wants to go to Green Bay. The only reason why Woodson is in Green Bay is because no one else wanted him. Literally…no…one…wanted him. So I don’t see how you can fault Thompson for that. His best strategy is to draft well and then pay to keep them (like Greg Jennings) when they pan out.
Thompson has done a much better job than Mike Sherman could have ever dreamed of doing. We all wish the Farve/Thompson thing would have turned out differently, but Thompson could have handled that a lot worse.

By: whatthehellisgoingonoutthere

whatthehellisgoingonoutthere — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:41:47 +0000

# Skol Pride28 says: July 7, 2009 6:42 PM
And the silence you hear…. is lambeau field
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Fortunately, they don’t need the local TV stations to buyout the remaining tickets so the games don’t get blacked out for regular season AND home playoff games! If you can’t sellout when your team has a winning record during the season or when it hosts its first playoff game in 10 years, it’s time to bite the bullet, pack up and head to LA. I can’t think of a franchise that has a more pathetic fan base.

By: GirthyOne

GirthyOne — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:43:17 +0000

If TJ Lang is a gem then he will be the first gem draft choice by TT that is not a kicker. Lets hope he works out, GB needs all the line help it can get.
Ted Thompson should never have been hired. His drafts have been so terrible (actually like this year, except for Clay Matthews), that he is in strange company, Matt Millen.
He has been slowly killing me over the years with every trade down and bad pick. 4 good picks (Rodgers, Jennings, Crosby and Collins sort of) can’t over-shadow his poor drafts (this year not yet determined). With over $160m in cap room in the last 5 off-seasons with only Woodson to show for it.
Fire Ted Thompson!

By: Tundrastruck

Tundrastruck — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:57:36 +0000

Skol smells like vinegar. Vikings fans are so transparent it’s laughable…to think that this QB they tore down for fifteen seasons makes them cream their jeans at the prospect of wearing purple points to how pathetic most of them are. Best part is, so Favre signs and wins the Super Bowl in MN….it took a washed up ex-Packer QB to take them to the promised land. What a joke.

By: ShimSham

ShimSham — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:48:16 +0000

“We need to get are number one picks signed and where good to go in 2009 !”
Actually Quinn Johnson isn’t signed yet. He’ll likely come first, then Clay and BJ.

By: simon

simon — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:42:54 +0000

This guy is so good, and we expect that 4
years from now, while we are rebuilding like we have for the last 4 years, that he will help us win in the distance future. TT
NFL = Notrophies For Lambeau

By: Packerhq.net

Packerhq.net — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:31:17 +0000

TJ Lang is fantastic gem pick up by TT. Lang can play 4 spots on the line and has outstanding foot work.
We need to get are number one picks signed and where good to go in 2009 ! Go Pack !

By: ShimSham

ShimSham — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:03:59 +0000

“And the silence you hear…. is lambeau field”
Silence? We’re not the team having trouble selling out playoff games, and forcing fans to buy tickets to exhibition games if they want tickets to highly sought after regular season games.

By: Skol Pride28

Skol Pride28 — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:42:55 +0000

And the silence you hear…. is lambeau field

By: Bob Nelson

Bob Nelson — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:24:56 +0000

Does anyone know where there is a listing of all the draft choices showing which are signed and which are not?
Perhaps next year under the draft tab such a chart could be made and updated with each of these 256 signings.
One could look at the order in which front offices gets all their signings done. Keep tabs which has the most signings and which has the higher percentage signed etc.
Aren’t the Bears, 49′ers, and Packers among the league leaders?

By: paco

paco — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:18:07 +0000

Lang is probably the future at RT. No offense to Barbre or Giacomini. But I think that is the best spot for Lang to fit. Clifton @LT (Meredith in the future), Colledge @ RT, Spitz @ C, and Sitton @ RG. If not, then he’ll make a quality fill in at multiple positions.