144 ordspråk av Ted Thompson
Ted Thompson
There's no need to get worked up about it right this second. We'll be OK.
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There's no reluctance on our part. We do try to make certain that what we do is not just fantasy football. We're investing in a player that's got to come in and play a particular role. If we don't think that player can perform to that contract, then it doesn't make sense for us to do it just to say, 'Look what we've spent.
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This guy is a good football player. And whether he's a corner or a tackle or whatever, if he's a good football player, we talk about it. We just feel like it's our due diligence to do our homework. And I'm sure that's what's going on.
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This is a big-boy league. I understand repercussions and the way you judge a general manager.
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This was more thinking in terms of where we are and where we need to get to. It was what I thought was best for the Green Bay Packers over the long haul.
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Unfortunately, those things happen in the league. The mark of the better teams and the better organizations are the ones that get back up off the ground.
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We did not talk about that. He said he was looking forward to playing. We just got past this point, I think we're OK for now. It took us long enough to get to where we are. I think we can address the other part another time.
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We don't feel particularly pressured to do anything at any particular spot. Like with anything else, if we can find somebody that adds a little something to our team, that's the direction we'll go. You never know what position that might be.
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We don't have anything to patch up.
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We don't look at it as rebuilding. We're not keeping people for the sake of youth; we're keeping people who are young and talented and we think can contribute right away.
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We feel very good about our future going forward.
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We had some conversations, and as it turned out, he decided to stay with Minnesota.
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We haven't decided that yet. We're still kind of mulling over.
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We haven't really established a deadline. I think all the parties know when a decision probably needs to be made.
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We haven't really talked about that at all. It's been more just, 'How you doing? What's going on? Cutting the grass today? Cut any trees down? Shot any deer?' Those kinds of questions.
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