I totally agree with you BMW that this is exactly what Ted Thompson wanted. He wanted Brett to come off to the national news media as a whiner and to use this as an excuse to the local media that when Brett's time is up it will be easier to point back to this. But as I am sensing lots of the media are understanding and are on Brett’s side. Brett went back on his comments a little bit, but it is not like he doesn't have a right to be upset.
One of the reasons TT took Harrell in the first round is because DL’s don't demand the kind of money say a WR or RB would demand at that same spot in the first round. Also he wants to keep down the price of DL on the Packers by constantly bringing in young blood. My biggest problem with that pick is a first round pick aside from a QB is suppose to help your team get better immediately. The problem is our DL did not need to be addressed in the first round and you can't start six or seven DL at the same time. This is a win now league.
Brett only came back because he was promised the offense would be upgraded. He was lied to. You can’t fault Brett; he can’t do everything like he once did. But the fact is Brett is still our most important offensive player and best. If Thompson was going to build for down the road in this years draft he should have told Brett before Brett made his decision to come back. Then this could have been avoided.
The inability to acquire Randy Moss put him over the edge; this has been building all off-season.
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