After the first couple weeks when Ahman Green played solid and the Packers were still sorting out the RB position there were some pretty livid fans. But what Thompson knew was that Ahman Green could no longer hold up throughout the course of a 16 week season. So he made the tough, and somewhat unpopular decision to move on without an obvious replacement in the wings. If everyone would have just taken a deep breath, they would have realized by the end of the season that Thompson actually did know what he was doing.

I can’t imagine the level of ridicule that Ron Wolf would have taken from some of these people. In his first few seasons he traded away a first round pick for a drunken hillbilly QB, let Bryce Paup leave town the season before Paup was the NFL’s Defensive Player of the Year, and drafted a cocky midget CB over the in-state hero Troy Vincent.

In the long run it all worked out just fine, but can you *imagine* what the bloggers would have said about that idiot?!

But don’t sell yourself short Triple D – you and many other Packer fans are tremendously thoughtful observers of the game. Not all good decisions require massive info and analysis (Sherman didn’t seem to do well with all of this data) and sometimes the best decisions are just obvious ones based simply on game performance.

What about the Wynn cut? Does no one remember him looking good in his limited time last season? Does Noah Herron really look that much better? I would have liked to see him play a little bit more.

After C. Francies caused that A-Rodg interception against the Bengals, I was done with him. They should have cut him last year.

Thompson has a fulltime job managing a profootball team. That may be sound obvious, but really think about it. He probably spends 50-60 hours a week performing his job. We spend 15 minutes a day ripping him apart based upon our gut feelings.

I have a real job. It’s not managing an NFL team. I don’t have nearly enough information to judge what Thompson does. Moreover, even if I had a special access to information I wouldn’t have nearly enough time to review and analyze that information. The only thing we really have to go on is his record, and for the time being his record speaks for itself.

I’m not a doctor, nor do I play one on TV, but I think that’s a bunch of crap.

Good group of Defensive Tackles? 6+ yards per carry for Denver is good? Please! I’m beginning to get a clearer picture of his communications with Favre.

And no, even if Harrell never plays another down, he won’t go down as a Tony Mandarich. Tony was the number 2 guy in the draft; Harrell was the middle of the first round. He’d be closer to a Jamal Reynolds sort of pick, in my book. Admittedly, that’s bad enough.