Ted Thompson Quotes
We were pretty excited to pick him when we picked him. We still had Ricky Watters, but we needed another back. 
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All seven people I interviewed wanted Brett Favre to come back and play quarterback for us. I know Mike has worked with Brett so there is some familiarity, but I didn't make the decision to hire Mike as a head coach based on that.
- Ted Thompson
[The 49ers went 2-14 last season and had 11 picks in the draft, but not one rookie will be in the starting lineup today against St. Louis. Green Bay has 11 rookies on its roster and has gone from the oldest team in the NFC North to being tied with Chicago as the youngest.] I'm not nervous about it... I think that's the way it is in the NFL now. You have to try to draft players that can play. As quickly as they can play, you put them out there and let them play.
- Ted Thompson