Whatever happened to draft and develop?
Somewhere beneath a gentle meadow in Texas, Ted Thompson must be wincing in his grave. The former Green Bay general manager’s beloved philosophy of draft and develop is going the way of the dinosaur and the dodo bird.
In today’s NFL, it’s all about being “all in”. In a copycat league, rest assured teams have taken due notice of the success of the Los Angeles Rams, after they threw draft and develop out the window, amassing veteran star talent at the expense of all of their premium draft picks, tossing aside concerns about salary cap space.