Take Heed You Ted Thompson Supporters

The Packers predictably laid an egg before a national audience Sunday night against the Atlanta Falcons giving the general population a good look at the Green Bay Packers roster that the local kiss ass media doesn’t seem to see.

After the win over the punchless Seahawks the Packers jumped from No. 3 in the NFL Power Rankings to No. 1 (a spot I thought was a bit inflated because I felt the Seahawks weren’t that formidable of an opponent to justify a No. 1 ranking).

Then the Packers look terrible defensively against a really good offensive unit and that started a chain of events that ended up with 2015 No. 1 pick cornerback Damarious Randall and No. 2 pick slot cornerback Quinten Rollins benched after just one week.

First, I was surprised Randall was the starter at right corner considering he barely played during the preseason, but I guess all the decisions made about who starts and plays are made in practice and the preseason games means nothing. In fact, it seems if you play a lot in the preseason games you most likely will be a backup at best or cut and maybe re-signed to the practice squad.

Now it looks like the No. 2 picks this year cornerback Kevin King and safety Josh Jones are now the starters at right corner and slot corner. King was nothing short of terrible in the preseason and now he is the “Great White Hope” of the defensive secondary.

Second, you would think defensive coordinator Dom Capers and his various position coaches would know who can play and who can’t. Who benches their starting cornerback in the second game and make it seem he suddenly fell off from one week to the next?

Finally talking about predictability edge rusher Nick Perry, the other “Great White Hope”, is out after having hand surgery. What did I say all preseason and every week since Perry is just an injury waiting to happen. And here he is injured once again.

Clay Matthews looked like the Claymaker last week, but how long will that last since he also is injury prone? I predict he will go down very soon, so don’t settle in you Clay Matthews fans.

The experiment of Kyle Murphy at left tackle and Justin McCray at right tackle worked. Murphy looks like a keeper at both tackles, but if McCray has to play again this week against the Bengals I predict he will have a lot more trouble since the Bengals have had a week to prepare for him. I bet no one predicted McCray would be the right tackle starter last week. If Bryan Bulaga can play things would be better, but he will have to shake the rust off since he’s been injured for six weeks.

I have a suggestion to General Manager Ted Thompson. There is a veteran left tackle out there just waiting for a chance, former Kansas City Chiefs No. 1 pick and 2014 Pro Bowler with the Dolphins Brandon Albert. He has had a crisis of conscience on whether he wants to retire or not, but I think if he now wants to play he would be an upgrade over Adam Pankey and he would only cost the veteran’s minimum. I don’t see a downside here. If he’s not a player anymore all it would cost would be week or two salary.

I also predicted the two best players from week one, defensive lineman Mike Daniels and slot receiver Randall Cobb, would get hurt and they did. Danels played only 7 snaps against the Falcons. He might miss at least two more weeks with a hip injury. Cobb went down in the second half with a chest injury. Both will be a game-day decision.

Finally, oops a second finally, the injury report is huge. Daniels, Perry, Cobb, left tackle David Bakhtiari (hamstring), safety Kentrell Brice (groin), left cornerback Davon House (quad), inside linebacker Jake Ryan (hamstring/concussion) and tackle Jason Spriggs haven’t practiced all week. All but Spriggs are key players. Bulaga (ankle) is listed as limited participant. Spriggs was put on injured reserve and is probably lost for the season with a hamstring.

Jordy Nelson (quad), right guard Jahri Evans (groin) and new edge rusher Ahmad Brooks (concussion) have been cleared to play. Whether they will we have to wait to see. Brooks is needed to replace Perry.

Lastly, since I’ve already used finally twice. The NFL Power Rankings are out and the emperor was found to have no clothes. The Packer dropped from No. 1 with a bullet to No. 6 with a shotgun. How the overblown have fallen.

Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk had this comment: 6. Packers (1-1; No. 1): Take away Rodgers, and the Packers wouldn’t win a game.

I want “The Tedders” to read that and really digest it instead of spitting it out immediately not believing anyone who doesn’t have a vested interest in keeping Ted Thompson and the Packer Backers happy. Without one player the Packers wouldn’t win a game. This is how bad the Packers roster is.

Ted Thompson is in his 13th year as General Manager with only one Super Bowl appearance with arguably the best 2 quarterbacks in the game. Think about this only Curly Lambeau has been general manager longer than Thompson and he was there for official first 29 years winning a record at the time and still the record six NFL titles (Bill Belichick currently has 5 and counting as the head coach of the New England Patriots during his 18 years at the helm-the last 8 years he has been the defacto General Manager after splitting duties with Scott Pioli until 2009). Vince Lombardi was General Manager/Head Coach for 10 years and he won five NFL titles. Ron Wolf was General Manager for 11 years and he went to 2 consecutive Super Bowls winning 1.

And just to hone the point Mike McCarthy is in 12th year as head coach and only has one Super Bowl to his credit with the same two quarterbacks. Only Curly Lambeau had a longer stint as head coach. Vince Lombardi and Bart Starr were head coaches for 9 seasons and Mike Holmgren 7.

The Packers organization is stale and has settled in to be “Just Good Enough” to make the playoffs, but not a championship team. After the season it’s time to clean house with CEO Mark Murphy (who has a bromance with Thompson telling him he can be General Manager as long as he wants to be), Ted Thompson and Mike McCarthy shown the door. New blood and new ideas need to be brought in before Aaron Rodgers retires with just one Super Bowl to his name and the Mark Murphy/Ted Thompson/Mike McCarthy Era will forever be known as an era of missed opportunities.