Daily Brew 9/7

Well I have to admit it's been quite a while since you've seen anything from me, but it feels good to be back.

Are there any Packer fans who don't like Ted Thompson? Anyone? The only bad thing I can say about him as a GM is that I wish he was hired four years ago. Lets just review what he's done so far...

Drafting Aaron Rodgers.

If Mike Sherman is still the GM they don't draft him. They would take a defender that Mike Sherman the coach felt he could use now.

Drafting Nick Collins, Will Whitticker, Terrance Murphy, Marviel Underwood, Junius Conston, Michael Montgomery, Mike Hawkins and Brady Poppinga and signed Chris White and Roy Manning as undrafted free agents. All of whom have made the team and will contribute in one form or another.

Hiring Jim Bates. A no brainer there.

Letting Rivera and Whale leave. Mike Sherman would have re-signed at least one of the two, again because he is also the coach, and much like his prior signings it would have the set the franchise back for years. Don't argue with me on this one, you can't afford to pay that much for a 30+ year old guard with a history of injury problems, or give Whale that much money when you have so many holes on your team as it is.

Not resigning Bhawoh Jue, Michael Hawthorne and Kurt Schottenhiemer.

Re-Signing Bubba Franks and not giving in to Javon Walker or Drew Rosenhaus. Again, two more no brainers.

Now comes my personal favorites:

Cutting R-Kal Truluck, James Lee, Ben Steele, Nick Luchey and Cleditus Hunt. All deadbeats.

Trading Steve Morley (who Sherman had the nerve of giving the highest signing bonus ever given to a CFL player) and Chris "I can run, but can't tackle, understand schemes, or play defense" Johnson.

Getting Robert Thomas for Chris Johnson.

Giving Vonta Leach playing time.

Assembling a younger and quicker defense that features 21 players under the age of 30.

Uncle Teddy has truely saved this franchise. I shudder to think where we would be if Sherman was still running the show. We'd be stuck in cap hell, and have guys who can contribute for maybe two more years, but then they're worthless and we're still paying for them. I don't want to pile on the guy, but Sherman invested over $110 million in the defensive line. Most notably guys like Hunt, Jackson, KGB, Jamal Reynolds and Joe Johnson. Yikes.

We all owe Thompson a huge thank you.

I've missed a few tuesdays, but the new cd purchase lately was the new Kanye West "Late Registration." It is one of the best cd's I've purchased in the past year. Full review to come later.

Why can't the Saints play in Reliant Stadium on Monday night? The Texans aren't. Isn't it just punishing them to have them play their "home opener" against the Giants at the Meadowlands?

The Brewers will finish 80-82, which is a real shame, because it only prolongs the losing streak despite making a ton of progress in the season.

ESPN's Brian Kenny has Brian Calhoun in his top 5 to watch for the Heisman.

How did the Badgers score 56 points?

Is there anything more annoying than having someone relay their entire fantasy draft to you? A simple "I got Moss with my first pick" will do for me, I don't need to hear who you "sleepers" were in the thirteenth and fourteenth rounds.

The arrest warrant mentioned on the promo's for the season premier of the OC has to be for Ryan. Speaking of which, it kicks off on Thursday, not he NFL.