Day Two of the Ted Thompson/Brian Gutekunst Collaboration
Arrangement was second verse same as the first – a blast from the past (and not
that far past) that turned out to be a major disaster.
Let’s step into Mister Peabody’s Wayback Machine to April
30, 2015 and Ted Thompson the Magnificent – the Know All and Be All – was
conducting his 11th draft with a need to rebuild the secondary. Sound familiar.
Day One Ted Terrific drafts Damarious Randall, a safety he will convert to an
All-Pro cornerback to replace Tramon Williams, who was let go. On Day Two in
the second round he drafted cornerback Quinten Rollins, to add to the
competition and then added wide receiver Ty Montgomery to help rebuild that
position.
Now back into the Wayback Machine to today, Day Two saw the
TT/BG two headed monster draft, wait for it, wait for it, a cornerback (wow,
who could have seen that). This time it wasn’t Quinten Rollins the Second or at
least we hope not, it was Josh Jackson the First from Iowa
At that point the Packers could put their feet up and wait
out the rest of the 2nd round because “Gute” had traded away the Packers only
3rd round pick to get the first cornerback Jaire Alexander on Day One. But,
noooooooo, “Gute” who likes his new found power of wheeling and dealing saw his
version of an inside linebacker continue to fall, so he jumped with both feet
and traded away his top pick in the 4th round (#101) and his 2nd pick (acquired
on Day One in another trade) in the 5th round (#147) to get the 88th pick in
the 3rd round to draft Vanderbilt linebacker Oren Burks. But don’t worry the
theme of wide receiver will make a comeback times 3.
