More Proof . . .
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by Theruffian
That Ted Thompson is more likely a follower of Forrest Gump than Ron Wolf, courtesy of profootballweekly.com: We couldn’t help but do a little dot-connecting when we heard the rumor that the Dolphins might be putting WR Chris Chambers on the trade mart and quickly surmised that Green Bay would seem to be a nice fit for the Wisconsin graduate. Not only do the Packers have a clear need for more help at wide receiver, the team also has plenty of dough to make such a deal happen. But when we asked our No. 1 Packers source what he thought of our conjecture, he brushed us off quickly with a two-word response: Ted Thompson. There’s no way, our source said, Thompson would go that route, with his preference for sticking with homegrown talent.
Homegrown talent??!!!! Chambers was a star at Wisconsin!! How much more homegrown can you get than that??!!! They already passed him up in the draft for Robert Ferguson and Teddy's willing to make the same mistake twice, even with the receiving corps thinness on display by Driver's injury. There's not much more than I can say that this wonderful blog hasn't already. I found it while looking for a humorous picture of Thompson and I've already linked to it under my CLICK THIS! list. It's a must read for fans who are in valid fear of the Pack's relevancy returning to the levels descended to during the Forrest Gregg/Lindy Infante years.
This is also viewable on my site theroguehour.blogspot.com
Oh, and Chambers sucks.
The folks over at Football Outsider conduct game charting where they watch every single play of the season and record what happened. It has it's limitations because it uses the TV feed, but it's better than what most others are doing. One of the observations is how Chambers really doesn't get it done.
2006 153 Targets, 59 rec, 677yds, 4TD, 39% catch percentage
2005 166 Targets, 82 rec, 1118yds, 11TD, 49% catch percentage
2006 138 Targets, 69 rec, 878yds, 7TD, 50% catch percentage
Give the guy a chance. He's had to rebuild from scratch because of the terrible job that Sherman did managing his drafts.