Caller Bob wrote:
FavreFan wrote:
That was a good draft. Bob lost his marbles.
Decent at best. They fucked the QB position. You of all people should know the importance. Look at all the Ted Thompson draft warts the Aaron Rodgers selection covered.
Let's review:
RD 1 - Aaron Rodgers - HOF, 1x SB
RD 2 - Nick Collins - 3x Pro Bowl, 1x SB
RD 2 - Terrance Murphy - retired 3 games into his career
RD 4 - Marviel Underwood - injured, sucked, out of NFL by 2008
RD 4 - Brady Poppinga - steady contributor & starter for 6 seasons
RD 5 - Junius Coston - barely left a dent in NFL, out of NFL by 2008
RD 6 - Mike Montgomery - decent, unexceptional career
RD 6 - Craig Bragg - dumped from GB practice squad in Nov. of rookie year
RD 7 - Kurt Campbell - injured, cut in 2006
RD 7 - Will Whittaker - garbage
Out of 10 picks in 2005, the Packers drafted Rodgers by pure dumb luck, got the best of Nick Collins before he retired, and otherwise had 2 very minor contributors. The other 6 players were either terrible, injured, or both.
But because he drafted Aaron Rodgers, that draft class was absolutely stellar?
I don't agree with Caller Bob on the 2003 draft, but if you're going to call drafting Rodgers "dumb luck" (which I agree with), then what you're also implying is that - 9 times out of 10 - any pick that turns out decent is really the result of dumb luck. There are exceptions, like Pace trading up to grab (Pro Bowl QB) Trubisky, and similar moves, but I don't really believe some GMs are better than others are drafting. For everybody who calls the Packers GM a genius for scoring Rodgers so late in the first round, there are just as many who can call him lucky for having 24 other teams or whatever pass on him before it was the Packers' turn. Being around to grab someone else's reject doesn't make you a genius.
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