Woodson was good-to-excellent for the team for years, but he was never more integral to their success than in 20, when the Packers started their run of success. Those additions fueled the team's meteoric 2010 rise, along with one of the few major outside signings Thompson allowed himself, in the form of Charles Woodson in 2006. That's not even mentioning the team finding Tramon Williams as a UDFA, one of their most important players and one of the league's better cornerbacks for a a spell. If you want to laud the Seattle Seahawks for finding terrific value in the later rounds, you have to acknowledge the Packers did it a few years earlier, and they found arguably the best quarterback in the NFL, to boot. It's impossible to look at that haul and not be impressed by the value they found all over the board. They had their QB of the future, three good-to-great receivers and a capable receiving tight end, multiple starters on the offensive line and key starters at linebacker, defensive tackle and safety. Look at those draft classes again and see how many starters the Packers got and, more importantly, developed.
Lang, and Brad Jones to shore up the line and defense. 2009 was the opus of Ted Thompson's GM career, bringing in B.J. In 2008, the Packers continued to re-tool their offense with Rodgers' development in mind, drafting Jordy Nelson, Jermichael Finley, Josh Sitton, Breno Giacomini and Matt Flynn to bolster the offense and give them a backup quarterback of the future. It's worth noting that 2007 1st and 2nd round pick Justin Harrell and Brandon Jackson were disappointing players, but the Packers had so many picks they were able to hit on multiple players regardless. Hawk, Daryn Colledge, Greg Jennings, Jason Spitz, and Johnny Jolly that year, following that up in 2007 with James Jones, Mason Crosby and Desmond Bishop.
#2006 PACKER ROSTER FREE#
The Early YearsĢ006 was more of the same for the Packers, who studiously avoid big name splashes in free agency. They added Nick Collins, who would play an integral role on some of these teams, and useful role player and linebacker Brady Poppinga the same year. He fell in the first round and the Packers snapped him up, sitting him for three long years behind Brett Favre as he worked to learn the game, hone his mechanics and turn the chip on his shoulder into a granite boulder. That's the year the team drafted Aaron Rodgers, the young UCal quarterback with the funky throwing motion. The Green Bay Packers under Ted Thompson have strongly believed in building in the draft, and the seeds of their success in 2009 and beyond were planted as early as 2005. The Packers emerged from a lousy mid-2000's period to make the playoffs six times in seven years, winning one Super Bowl in that span. 2005-2014 Records and SuccessĢ007: 13-3, Lost NFC Conference Championship There are few teams in the NFL who have done it better, and even fewer who are more fanatically dedicated to maximizing the draft. General Manager Ted Thompson is one of the best in the business, and when fans and front office types talk about building a team from within, they're talking about the Packers.
To be clear, I don't like the Packers, but I have two Packers fans in my immediate family and I respect the hell out of them. We begin with a team I admire a great deal in the NFC North's Green Bay Packers.
#2006 PACKER ROSTER SERIES#
We're kicking off a new series that looks at some of the best teams in the NFL, how they've built their rosters over the last decade or so and what, if any, lessons the Falcons can take away from those teams. Reader WhopperDawg asked for a series about how the best teams in the NFL have built their rosters, to compare and contrast to our beloved Atlanta Falcons.
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