Thompson’s Torment: Why Green Bay’s GM Holds Back Packers’ Super Bowl Aspiration

October 6, 2010   ·   Chris Coombs   ·   Jump to comments

If you read any amount of NFL literature, Green Bay is at most a team that is a couple of steps away from making a serious run at the Super Bowl.  Some analysts, Peter King among them, have tipped them to win the big one.  And heading into week 1 it was hard to make a case that they wouldn't be capable to make a deep run at the playoffs.
That may still be the case, but it's gotten a heck of a lot harder in recent week.  The Pack's leading rusher is done for the season, their secondary is very thin down to injuries and the pass-rush is a Jekyll and Hyde group - it made life hell for Kevin Kolb and Jay Cutler, but made Shaun Hill look like Kurt Warner.  In spite of all this the season is still very much alive and kicking and with a couple of acquisitions and smart moves a trip to Cowboys Stadium at the end of the season is a distinct possibility...
Yeah - that's where the argument falls down...Ted Thompson.
Let me say this before this descends...

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