Green Bay general manager Ted Thompson is taking a lot of heat in Packer Nation for his failure to acquire receiver Randy Moss, whom the Raiders traded to the Patriots on Sunday. Columns with headlines like "Packers Totally Miss Boat on Moss" have been floating around the Wisconsin media.But putting the blame on Thompson is shortsighted. Moss was in an unusual situation because he was scheduled to make nearly $10 million this year, and at age 30 it's highly unlikely that he'll play well enough to be worth that kind of money. So before any general manager worth his salt would agree to trade for Moss, he'd want to talk to Moss about renegotiating that contract.
And Moss wasn't willing to do that for any team except the Patriots. Trading for Moss without salary concessions would have been a mistake, and if Thompson couldn't get those concessions, he was wise to avoid a trade.
Previously at FanHouse:
Packers Would Only Pursue Moss if He's Released?
Packers GM: 'We Haven't Talked About Trading Rodgers'
Packers Should Ignore Moss-Hating Fans
Randy Moss-to-Packers Rumors Picking Up Steam
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5-01-2007 @ 6:20PM
milton thuroughgood III said...
I choose to blame the Packers front office whenever there is any potential.
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5-02-2007 @ 2:42PM
the butler said...
I'm surprised Packer fans would even want him...
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5-02-2007 @ 2:51PM
Tony said...
Ted has shown over the past "couple" of seasons that he is willing to do "nothing" in either Free Agency or the Draft to give Brett "any" weapons that are needed to be effective in scoring.
It has become obvious that his "stubborn need" to build the team "his cheap way or the highway" without giving any attention to the offense is not only a slap in the face to Brett but is completely unreasonable from an offensive standpoint for the Packers.
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5-02-2007 @ 2:53PM
Tony said...
Ted has shown over the past "couple" of seasons that he is willing to do "nothing" in either Free Agency or the Draft to give Brett "any" weapons that are needed to be effective in scoring.
It has become obvious that his "stubborn need" to build the team "his cheap way or the highway" without giving any attention to the offense is not only a slap in the face to Brett but is completely unreasonable from an offensive standpoint for the Packers.
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