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
future good
We feel very good about our future going forward.
behind good guy missed three
I think we missed at least three tackles. The first gunner (Hawkins), a guy behind him and the guy behind him. It was a good punt.
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.
deep good
He's a good deep snapper and he's been a good deep snapper.
backup bowl deep four good lord player pro second team three
You'd like to have three or four deep at each position, and a Pro Bowl player on the first team and a backup Pro Bowl player on the second team and so forth. It's just, there's not that many; the good Lord didn't make that many good tackles in the world.
becomes beyond core good guys length sure
I have some ideas. Cullen Jenkins is a good player. If he becomes one of our core guys you'd like to make sure you can have him beyond the length of his contract.
ball good played throw
It was a bang-bang play. He probably should have played the ball quicker. That's a pretty good throw and catch.
good seems
It seems like he had a pretty good visit.
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.
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.
ability appealed comfort interview leadership level mike personal process stood
What stood out to me in the interview process was Mike's leadership ability and the comfort level that he and I had on a personal level. Mike is someone who is a tough, no-nonsense person. That appealed to me very much. And he is all about football.
decided stay turned
We had some conversations, and as it turned out, he decided to stay with Minnesota.
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.