Seeing the Draft Through Ted Thompson’s Eyes, Part III: Draft Review
Ted Thompson has made thousands of decisions since becoming Packers general manager, and every one of them made sense to Ted Thompson. They haven’t always made sense to us, of course, especially when watching national media coverage of the NFL Draft. We watch exciting players keep falling down the big boards of Mel Kiper Jr. or Mike Mayock—only to watch Thompson pass on those “value picks” in favor of a “reach,” a player they think would have been available a couple rounds later. That fool!