Weighing In

If Green Bay had won Sunday at Tampa Bay, I don't think anyone would have been singing our praises or making plane reservations to go to the Super Bowl. But in the wake of our mind-boggling loss, the voices of doom are getting louder.

SI.com has started to write the Packers' 2009 epitaph:
http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2009/11/08/four-contenders-in-serious-trouble/?ncid=txtlnkusspor00000002

Meanwhile, Mark Belling of WISN 1130 AM also weighed in today on the Packers' grim future. His reasoned conclusion is that Ted Thompson is the one who has to go.

This is not an emotional reaction by Belling (unlike those of us who have wanted to see Thompson whacked ever since he jettisoned Favre). Rather, Belling's point is that Thompson has always argued that the best way to build a team is through the draft but that Thompson's drafts have been disastrous. He also observed that Thompson inherited an outstanding offensive line, and now that part of our squad has become a league-wide embarrassment. And, finally, Belling noted that special teams are usually composed of late-round draft choices and reflect a team's depth of talent. And yet we have all seen how unspecial our special teams are.

When the vultures are circling overhead, you know what's going on down below.