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The ghosts of bad drafts past continue to spook the Packers even in 2019"WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections The APC PodcastPackers Film RoomFantasy Football AdviceCDTShareTweetShareShareTuesday Cheese Curds: Botched 2015 Draft Still Haunts PackersBrian Spurlock-USA TODAY SportsThey say hindsight is 20/20 and it could not be clearer when searching for two moments in particular that put the Green Bay Packers on the path to where they are right now.The worst part is both events occurred back-to-back. The first is the blown lead the Packers suffered against the Seahawks in the NFC Championship Game in January 2015.That game created cracks in the foundation of the franchise that would not be visible for a few years.The second event [url=http://www.packerslockerroom.com/authentic-justin-vogel-jersey]Womens Justin Vogel Jersey[/url] , and arguably the bigger blow to Green Bay’s long-term health, was the disastrous 2015 draft.We are now four years removed that draft class and of the eight players the Packers and former general manager Ted Thompson selected, none are on the roster heading into 2019.Cornerbacks Damarious Randall and Quinten Rollins had promising rookie seasons but soon came crashing back to Earth.Ty Montgomery was drafted as a wide receiver but was later converted to running back out of necessity and never really took off from there and a special teams blunder sealed his fate with the team. Linebacker Jake Ryan was solidly unspectacular and never really appeared on tape much.When you go 0-8 in a single draft, you’re sunk. Maybe not short-term especially when you have a magician like Aaron Rodgers at quarterback, but you’re crippling the team down the road and that’s exactly what Thompson did to his successor [url=http://www.packerslockerroom.com/authentic-blake-martinez-jersey]Blake Martinez Jersey[/url] , current general manager Brian Gutekunst.With the 2019 draft approaching, Gutekunst will continue to pick up the pieces of Thompson’s rough final years including the 2015 draft class.Hopefully Gutekunst succeeds where Thompson failed, otherwise Green Bay will have a tough time returning to the league’s elite over the long haul.There’s more on the now extinct 2015 class of rookies plus what Gutekunst was exactly thinking when he met with a quarterback most had a first round grade on in today’s cheese curds.Packers still reeling from damage done in disastrous 2015 draft—PackersNews.comWhile Thompson certainly deserves praise for overall strong drafting throughout his tenure, you really can no longer argue that his final few seasons bordered on bad to awful and left a decent sized mess for Gutekunst.Draft is wide open for Gutekunst—Packers.comLuckily for Gutekunst, his moves in free agency added some much needed flexibility to the Packers’ draft strategy and with two first round picks [url=http://www.packerslockerroom.com/authentic-mason-crosby-jersey]Womens Mason Crosby Jersey[/url] , they’ll have plenty of options to reload the talent on the roster.Succession plan or subterfuge? 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It also contains one very important nugget regarding the future.Dunne explains that, when CEO Mark Murphy called quarterback Aaron Rodgers to inform Rodgers that the new coach will be Matt LaFleur [url=http://www.packerslockerroom.com/authentic-justin-mccray-jersey]Justin McCray Jersey White[/url] , Rodgers paused briefly before speaking. Eventually, Murphy had a message for his quarterback: “Don’t be the problem. Don’t be the problem.”Citing the same unnamed source who shared that anecdote, Dunne reports that Murphy is “tired of the diva stuff” relating to Rodgers.And here’s an important non-development regarding the 12 hours or so since Dunne’s report landed. At a time when former coach Mike McCarthy has issued a strong (but perhaps far from dispositive) denial regarding the report that he regularly missed meetings for in-office massages, the Packers have said nothing at all in response to the various claims and contentions that cast Rodgers in a not-so-favorable light.The extent to which this story will be a problem for the Packers remains to be seen. With the team’s offseason program opening on Monday, it surely will be a topic of conversation [url=http://www.packerslockerroom.com/authentic-marwin-evans-jersey]Marwin Evans Jersey[/url] , both inside the locker room and beyond.
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