Former Packers General Manager Ted Thompson built a champion. But when it was his turn to be honored, he downplayed his own role in it.
Thompson was inducted into the Packers Hall of Fame last weekend, only the second G.M. to earn that honor (Ron Wolf’s in the one in Canton as well).
“You look at all the great players who’ve come through here, they are idols,” Thompson said during a video which was part of the ceremony, via Richard Ryman of the Green Bay Press-Gazette. “I’m not one of those people. I’m just a scout.