Packers Get Bargains: Ted Thompson for $2.5M, Mike McCarthy for $5M

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The Green Bay Packers have announced a new contract for general manager Ted Thompson, who built their Super Bowl-winning roster, and they're close to a new deal with head coach Mike McCarthy, who guided that team to the title.

According to Bob McGinn of the Journal Sentinel, Thompson will make about $2.5 million a year, and McCarthy about $5 million. That makes them an absolute bargain.

Think about this for a moment, in the context of the multibillion-dollar industry that the NFL is. There are dozens of NFL players who made more than $7.5 million in 2010. How many of those players are more valuable to a franchise than a coach and general manager who can put together a Super Bowl-winning team? Would you rather have a great franchise quarterback like Tom Brady or Peyton Manning than Thompson or McCarthy? Maybe. But almost any other player in football would be less valuable to a franchise than a GM like Thompson or a coach like McCarthy.

 

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Source: http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2011/02/16/packers-get-bargains-ted-thompson-for-2-5m-mike-mccarthy-for/

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