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
ability chaos coaches guys handle heat involved nfl offensive pick react seems smart
He's smart, and offensive coaches like to have smart guys that know what they're doing, can pick up things, can react in the heat of battle. And Will seems to have an ability to handle the chaos that's involved in an NFL game.
certainly nice picked
He's certainly done well enough where he should have been picked somewhere. He has done a nice job.
chick levels normally topics
It wasn't like chick movie stuff. But it was on some levels and topics that are not normally discussed.
adjust apply assumption bargaining collective couple gray next ready rules sets teams time
It's making me have gray hair. I think you just have to be prepared. And all 31 other teams are having to do the same thing. There's a couple different sets of rules that are going to apply come next week, but one set is going to apply and the other set is not, so you have to be ready to go. You have to go under the assumption for the time being, I'm going under the assumption that there's not going to be a collective bargaining agreement. If there is, then we'll adjust accordingly.
across adjust cut deeper good playing run
Ahmad was playing him deeper and he cut across the field. He made a good adjust and pretty good run after the catch, which he can do.
almost behind front playing tough whatever
He was playing behind a 6-8 guy, or whatever he is. That's tough to play. I think you almost have to front that pass.
available instead seen teams
I think we'll do some of that. But back then there were only 30 teams instead of 32 and there was more available talent. It's not because we're not looking. It just has to make sense. We've seen some interesting prospects.
help looking somebody
We're working on a lot of things at a lot of positions. Obviously, we're looking to find somebody to help our team.
future good
We feel very good about our future going forward.
compelled fill spot
We're going through our options, and we don't feel compelled to fill the spot right away.
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.
aware developing situation
We're aware of the situation that has been developing up in Seattle.
along decide talked
We've talked to Brett and (wife) Deanna, and I've said all along that they'll decide when they decide.
player thinking games
There are different 'It' factors for different players. There are all kinds of different personalities of quarterbacks around the league, but there are a lot of good ones and they don't necessarily think and act alike. But I do think there are moments during games even on the collegiate level where you can see that this guys is something different, someone sees things differently, they see things a little bit quicker, they're a little bit more cognizant of what's going on. I think it's something like that.