NFL Draft 2013
Aaron Nagler
There’s a good chance Rodgers’ deal will make him the highest paid player in the league, and for good reason. You can’t win in today’s NFL without a quarterback, and the Packers are lucky enough to have one of the best. Locking him up for the rest of his career is a nobrainer. Of course, because of this, decisions on where else Thompson decides to spend when it comes to personnel takes on an even greater importance, as he navigates a salary cap that has not given teams much wiggle room over where they were last year, and all signs point to next year’s cap not rising much either (2015 is supposedly the year the cap is set to expand dramatically. We’ll see…). Packers fans should be happy in the knowledge that their team will contend year in and year out, as long as Rodgers is under center and Thompson and head coach Mike McCarthy surround him with a capable supporting cast. Every year we see teams get hot at the right time and make a great run through the playoffs and win the Super Bowl. Every one of them has a quarterback. The Packers should always be in the mix when January comes along. They may not always be playing their best when the playoffs arrive, but when they are, they have as good a chance as anyone of going on a run and taking home Lombardi. Contrast that with teams that swing for the fences in free agency and perhaps buy themselves a crack or two at a playoff run, only to watch as the team is dismantled a few years later to get out from under the weight of bad free agent contracts. Packers’ fans should be thrilled that Ted Thompson takes the former approach.
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