Santa Clara, Calif. — Four months from now, when the Lombardi Trophy is handed to the winner of Super Bowl 50, Mark Murphy, Ted Thompson and the remainder of the Green Bay Packers will be on the podium to receive it.
That was the conclusion of an experienced executive in personnel for a National Football League team who agreed to dissect the Packers and forecast the season for the Journal Sentinel.
In an extended interview last week, the personnel man assigned a grade to each of the 68 players under contract to the Packers and broke down the roster position-by-position.