If Nall has so much potential...

[Albany,n.y.]

KFBD I think you are judging Nall a bit too harshly because you are setting an incorrect standard for the Packers motivation in picking Rodgers.

 

Did  they choose him because they felt Nall was a bust? Not necessarily.  Did they opick him because they were not secure in trusting him to replace Favre? Yep, i think so.

 

These two conclusions are not the same thing. Just because you draft a highly touted QB as a replacement for Favre does not mean you feel your current #2 is a  bust.  It simply means they are not secure in the belief that a 5th round draft pick who never started an NFL game is going to be able to replace a future HOF QB.

 

Would you be?

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Or...do you draft a QB because you know you can lock him up for 5-6 years when you know your backup will not stay and sit behind Farve beyond the 1 year left on his contract.

[CoachChuckDickerson]

Why did his own team very publicly come out and say they were going to draft JP Losman in the first round of the 2004 draft, they traded for J.T. O'Sullivan in 2004, drafted Aaron Rogers in the first round of the 2005 draft, and then didn't put up much of a fight to keep Nall this year. Just a thought.

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....and what does it say about JP Loaman if Nall beats him out for the starting job this year. Just a thought.

[firstngoal]

....and what does it say about JP Loaman if Nall beats him out for the starting job this year. Just a thought.

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If Nall beats Losman out for the starting or even backup job then Losman is done like a fine cooked turkey on Thanksgiving day!

[NotStuckonStupid]

or a garbage plate at a tailgate party

[dave mcbride]

That doesnt explain the fact that Sherman was just about the pick Losman the year before and hand him the reigns to replace Favre. Over Nall. Or trading for a nobody like JT O'Sullivan who is just like Nall, playing 3-4 seasons of back-up and leading the NFLE in passing.

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sometimes, opinions change over the course of time when they factor in real life nfl evidence. the point is that i'm guessing the teams who were high on losman prior to the 04 draft may well have changed their minds about him by now. accumulating evidence generally leads to shifts in opinion. drafts are all about projection, and once a guy has been in the league a couple of years, results -- not projection -- start to become the basis of judgement. the same may be going on for rodgers, who genuinely did look like was a bust waiting to happen last year.