Ted Thompson
Ted Thompson
Ted Thompsonis the current general manager of the National Football League's Green Bay Packers. Thompson was named to the post on January 14, 2005, by former Packers president and CEO Bob Harlan. Thompson took over the general manager duties from Mike Sherman, who had been serving as both head coach and general manager. Prior to becoming the Packers' general manager, Thompson served with the Seattle Seahawks as their vice president of operations from 2000 to 2004. Thompson had previously worked...
ProfessionSports Executive
Date of Birth17 January 1953
bus draw looks
He looks like what you would draw up. You want him to get off the bus first.
fits game guy help maybe player plays polished receiver somebody special teams
If we could find somebody that fits a role, maybe a guy that's a special teams player but also can play receiver, or somebody that's more polished as a receiver who can help us in the game plan, that'd be fine. Or it could be someone who plays a different position.
gets healthy running sure team
He's a big part of our team and we're heartbroken that he's not going to be able to play, ... But we want to make sure he gets back healthy and running like he always has.
deep good
He's a good deep snapper and he's been a good deep snapper.
days difficult last time
For me personally, the last 10 days have been a very difficult time for me.
good low pounds quick runs seems
He's got very good hands. He runs low to the ground. He's about 225 pounds or so and he has really quick feet. He was a quarterback in college. He seems like a pretty good addition.
certainly nice picked
He's certainly done well enough where he should have been picked somewhere. He has done a nice job.
coaches excited last tough year
He had a tough year last year. I wasn't there, but as he went through a workout, the coaches were excited about him.
affect component defensive earlier energy football guys jim key looking maybe nfl passion realize step ultimately unit
Certainly, the defensive coordinator is the key component on how the unit functions, ... I think Jim has the kind of energy and passion that is infectious, and I think it could affect our players. But ultimately we realize we're looking for guys to step up and become NFL football players, real pros, maybe a little earlier than they would anticipate.
certainly developing feels head help job needs people talk terms whenever
Certainly that's part of his job description, that's part of his responsibility. I will help out whenever he feels like he needs a little help. We'll probably talk about a lot of different people in terms of developing his staff, but that's the head coach's responsibility.
future good
We feel very good about our future going forward.
agency attack broken bucks dangerous everybody fit free guys hate role spend waters
We're going to attack free agency just like everybody does. You try to find the guys that can fit a role for your team. (But) I've said this over and over, and I hate to be a broken record: I think it's very dangerous waters to go out and spend beaucoup bucks on someone from some other team.
compelled fill spot
We're going through our options, and we don't feel compelled to fill the spot right away.
bit cap free helped might money ourselves players room spend worthy
We've had some losses. But I think we've helped ourselves a little bit in free agency. I don't think just because you have cap room you need to go out and spend a lot of money on players that aren't worthy of that money. We might do some more before it's all said and done.