Ted Thompson Quotes


You'd like to have three or four deep at each position, and a Pro Bowl player on the first team and a backup Pro Bowl player on the second team and so forth. It's just, there's not that many; the good Lord didn't make that many good tackles in the world. - Ted Thompson


You look at it from a long-term view and say, what's best for the organization over a long haul? - Ted Thompson


You have to make sure you're doing what everybody thinks is the best call. And most of the time they work out pretty good. Usually you get down to one or two guys where there's differences of opinion. But most of the time this works itself out pretty well. - Ted Thompson


While Mike has done a good job, it was not the right fit. At the end of the day, it's time for a new face. - Ted Thompson


When you draft a player you draft a human being and you get to know these guys and you know how passionate they are and how badly they want to play. It tugs on you pretty hard. It's probably one of the toughest things I've had on the job. - Ted Thompson


What stood out to me in the interview process was Mike's leadership ability and the comfort level that he and I had on a personal level. Mike is someone who is a tough, no-nonsense person. That appealed to me very much. And he is all about football. - Ted Thompson


We've talked to Brett and (wife) Deanna, and I've said all along that they'll decide when they decide. - Ted Thompson


We've never put deadlines on him. (But) I think it's important to know what you have at all your positions as best you can (going into free agency) so you know what you want to do. - Ted Thompson


We've had some really nice conversations and I really like Brett and Deanna. I haven't tried to speculate. I know what I want him to do. But this is going to be their decision and I'm comfortable with that. - Ted Thompson


We've had some losses. But I think we've helped ourselves a little bit in free agency. I don't think just because you have cap room you need to go out and spend a lot of money on players that aren't worthy of that money. We might do some more before it's all said and done. - Ted Thompson


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