Thompson's Plan???
Or is he just making it up as he goes along?
Packers trade for back
Giants yield Grant for pick
By BOB McGINN / journalsentinel.com
Posted: Sept. 1, 2007
Green Bay - Ryan Grant, a nondescript third-year player without regular-season experience, is the newest addition to the Green Bay Packers' menagerie of running backs. On Saturday, the Packers acquired Grant in a trade with the New York Giants for an undisclosed draft choice. Conditional or not, the pick is presumed to be in the seventh round, a choice the Giants hoped to recoup after trading their own to Kansas City in May. Grant, 6 feet 1 inch and 222 pounds, told a reporter in the Giants' locker room Friday that club officials had informed him he had the team made. At some point, the Packers declared interest and the deal was made. The Giants kept four backs. "The Packers must have seen something they liked in the guy," a personnel director for an NFC team said Saturday night. "You're not talking about a guy who will hit you with the 'wow' factor. I think you're talking about a stopgap more than anything." More >>
Packers trade for back
Giants yield Grant for pick
By BOB McGINN / journalsentinel.com
Posted: Sept. 1, 2007
Green Bay - Ryan Grant, a nondescript third-year player without regular-season experience, is the newest addition to the Green Bay Packers' menagerie of running backs. On Saturday, the Packers acquired Grant in a trade with the New York Giants for an undisclosed draft choice. Conditional or not, the pick is presumed to be in the seventh round, a choice the Giants hoped to recoup after trading their own to Kansas City in May. Grant, 6 feet 1 inch and 222 pounds, told a reporter in the Giants' locker room Friday that club officials had informed him he had the team made. At some point, the Packers declared interest and the deal was made. The Giants kept four backs. "The Packers must have seen something they liked in the guy," a personnel director for an NFC team said Saturday night. "You're not talking about a guy who will hit you with the 'wow' factor. I think you're talking about a stopgap more than anything." More >>Published by PackerPundit On Sunday, September 02, 2007 at 6:27 AM.
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