2017 Ted Thompson to 2015 Ted Thompson, "You blew it".

After Ted Thompson chose Washington cornerback Kevin King with the first pick of the second round and North Carolina safety Josh Jones in its second pick of the second round pick it's now evident that Ted Thompson's 2015 draft was a dismal failure.

Back in 2015 with great fanfare and high platitudes Draft Savant Ted Thompson picked Arizona safety and punt returner Damarious Randall with the 30th pick of the first round to replace long-time left cornerback starter Tramon Williams, who was allowed to walk away in free agency. In addition Thompson let 2011 No. 4 pick cornerback Davon House walk and basically cut Jarrett Bush, who was always the team's best special teamer, who was coming off his best season in the field.

Cranking up the 'Way Back Machine" here's what Thompson said about D-Ran on the day he was drafted:

            1. We feel fortunate we were able to get him that late.

            2. Good ball skills, heady, he's a good player.

            3. For some time now we've had him pretty high up on our board. The        more you go back and look, he's just a good football player...we took a            very good football player and we took him at a place that was very reasonable in terms of cost.

            4. There wasn't much conversation when it got to be our pick.

            5. Took a few, couple of teams were wanting to move back up at the end   of the round. Obviously, we didn't do anything...quite frankly, some of the         trade proposals to us were a little bit skewed in the other team's favor.

            6. I think he's got really good ball skills, he's got kind of a knack for catching the ball. He's capable of punt returns, he's played center field in          junior college, which I think is a marvelous trait to have as a defensive          back.

            7. It was told to me that he would have been their best corner, based on     what was told to me (by the Sun Devils' coaches), their defense, the safety      play is so important and crucial to the play of their defense that he had to        play inside.

Casey Hayward began the 2015 season at left corner, but Randall took over in Week 5 and finished the season as the entrenched starter.  His rookie year he had 3 interceptions with 1 returned for a TD and 14 passes defended.  He also had an interception in the playoffs. By all accounts Randall had a decent rookie season.

However, last season was a totally different matter. Coach Mike McCarthy talks a lot about players making that second season jump. Coming off a good rookie season Randall was expected to bloom into a shutdown corner. But the exact opposite actually happened.

After playing very little in the preseason, which was normal for most of the Packers starters last season, Randall began the season having issues with coverage. In Week 3 he injured his groin and sat out a game. He came back too soon in Week 5 and missed 5 games after groin surgery. He finished the season with 1 good game where he had 2 interceptions and another in the playoffs, but he continued to have coverage issues.

The 2015 second round choice was cornerback Quinten Rollins from Miami of Ohio as Thompson continued to revamp his secondary.

Here's what Thompson said about Q:

            1. On what he saw in Quinten Rollins: "Well, you watch him play! You       watch his ball skills, he's really kind of remarkable, it's surprising...he's a    pretty natural football player."

            2. Do you factor in the abilities of your position coaches when making       picks (for example Joe Whitt developing Rollins)? "Probably not, not in the    draft room at the time. In retrospect, yeah, Joe's that kind of coach and he can take them and make them good or make them better or see how they can be better."

Rollins was a backup for most of his rookie season until Sam Shields got hurt. He basically started the last five games of the season and the first playoff game until Shields returned.

Last year the same thing that happened to Randall happened to Rollins. He bounced in and out of the starting job dealing with a groin injury, but like Randall he had trouble with coverage.

Another 2015 acquisition was undrafted rookie free agent cornerback LaDarius Gunter. He appeared in 8 games his rookie year, but started 15 games last year after Shields was lost for the season. Gunter started the season as the best cover man, which in itself is an indictment of Randall and Rollins, but as the season progressed he was beaten by even ordinary receivers on a consistent basis.

The drafting of King and Jones with the first 2 picks just 2 years after drafting Randall and Rollins as the first 2 picks may just dispel the myth of Ted Thompson as the draft decider.