"It's hard to believe that we are entering year eight of the Ted Thompson era. It seems like only yesterday that Packer fans were getting used to the concept of not belly flopping into the free agent pool each year and slowly getting used to the draft and develop model. Nowadays we really don't expect much in the offseason save for the draft, and February through July tend to be rather ho-hum affairs. You know, unless there was some kind of disappointment from the season before. As much as TT & Co. tend to get the conservative label there is a pattern that when the team disappoints then something interesting is going to happen the following offseason. In 2005 the team went 4-12 and TT delivered to Packer nation the head of Mike Sherman and brought about the Mike McCarthy era. In 2008 the Packers went 6-10 when it looked like they may even win the division before folding in spectacular fashion down the stretch. This led to the firing of every defensive coach not named Winston Moss, the hiring of Dom Capers, and the dramatic first day trade bringing the Packers Clay Matthews (after already drafting B.J. Raji at #9). This year we know the disappointment which occurred....that awful playoff game. Sticking with the pattern, TT made some dramatic actions that were outside the norm of the Packers offseason. There were signings of free agents, dramatic draft day trades, and personality and jokes in the press conferences. All this should clue you in that something was up." Read more: http://www.acmepackingcompany.com/2012/6/13/3082218/green-bay-packers-minicamp-defensive-line
