We could have had Marshawn Lynch for a 3rd round pick

[Tayzak15]

Remember back in 2010, when buffalo asked us for a 3rd rounder for Marshawn? Just imagine what our offense would be like with him.

[mavrikthefox]

Funny....our 2011 third round pick was........Alex Green.

[Tongue-Splitter]

I really don't think he would have made much of a difference. And if he didn't go Beast mode against the Saints, something he might not have been able to do behind our blocking, we might have hit a road block en route to the Super Bowl, and we might have been saying, "We gave up a third round pick just for Marshawn Lynch." With no recent Super Bowl victory.

[Tayzak15]

I really don't think he would have made much of a difference. And if he didn't go Beast mode against the Saints, something he might not have been able to do behind our blocking, we might have hit a road block en route to the Super Bowl, and we might have been saying, "We gave up a third round pick just for Marshawn Lynch." With no recent Super Bowl victory.

You cant possibly say that having James Starks,Alex Green, Ryan Grant who didnt play in the superbowl year would be better than having one of the top 10 backs in the nfl

[Tongue-Splitter]

You cant possibly say that having James Starks,Alex Green, Ryan Grant who didnt play in the superbowl year would be better than having one of the top 10 backs in the nfl

I CAN possibly say that that is positively not what I was saying. I will try to explain it again using a dumb movie. A dumb movie seems a fitting way to explain this simple suggestion. The Butterfly Effect. Remember? Ashton Kutcher? In the movie, he changes one little thing in his past and it has unbelievable circumstances on the rest of his life.

What I am saying is that if a frog had wings it wouldn't bump its butt on the ground.

What I can possibly say is that the missed opportunity was during the year in which the Packers won the Super Bowl. I am saying that even if we could have traded for Ed Reed, Adrian Peterson, Larry Fitzgerald and a legitimate young left tackle for four sixth round picks that year, I would not go back in time to do it because that would be changing something, and that change could have monstrous repercussions that could lead to a lack of a recent Super Bowl victory.

Do you understand what I am possibly saying right now?

[trojanman14]

huge miss

[TC119]

It made all the sense in the world to do it back in 2010... whether he'd still be a Packer to this day and had the same level of success he has had in Seattle, is anyone's guess. Looking back though, you have to think TT is kicking himself, especially with all the problems this team has had at RB. Then again, Rodgers is our best player and a poor running game allows him more opportunities.

There's really no sense in speculating what could have been or shoulda been. I think we all remember the Randy Moss trade that never happened, or the Mandarich pick etc... every team in the league screws up now and again.

[Pinstripe power]

hindsight = 20/20

[gbpackers12]

hindsight = 20/20

Yeah but even at the time it made so much sense. It should have been a no-brainer, IMO. Beast mode should have been running wild at Lambeau.

[Pinstripe power]

Yeah but even at the time it made so much sense. It should have been a no-brainer, IMO. Beast mode should have been running wild at Lambeau.

i agree, but lets not act like he was a slam dunk. there were issues surronding him at the time

[n8ghee]

its too bad because i love marshawn....but i still love TT

[PackerBum9786]

You guys make it sound so easy that we could have had him if we gave up a 3rd. I wish trades were just that easy. If I remember right Seattle gave up there 3rd round pick. There is no guarantee that they would have accepted our trade offer.

I don't claim to know the way things are figured out but, If you had to decide between Green Bay's 3rd round coming out that year and the Seahawks 3rd I would have taken Seattles because they had the worst record so the pick would have been a higher pick.

So yes, it would have been nice to have Lynch on the team but, even if TT did offer his third there is no guarantee we would still have ended up with Lynch anyway.

[TheBigCheese21]

You guys make it sound so easy that we could have had him if we gave up a 3rd. I wish trades were just that easy. If I remember right Seattle gave up there 3rd round pick. There is no guarantee that they would have accepted our trade offer.

I don't claim to know the way things are figured out but, If you had to decide between Green Bay's 3rd round coming out that year and the Seahawks 3rd I would have taken Seattles because they had the worst record so the pick would have been a higher pick.

So yes, it would have been nice to have Lynch on the team but, even if TT did offer his third there is no guarantee we would still have ended up with Lynch anyway.

Yeah i agree with this. At the time i would have been will to give up a third and a later round pick for him. It's hard to say "oh well we should have gave them a second then" because our second round pick turned out to be Cobb and i would much rather have him then Lynch right now.

[gbpackers12]

I'm pretty sure the Seahawks gave up a fourth for him.

[TheBigCheese21]

I'm pretty sure the Seahawks gave up a fourth for him.

Yeah i forgot about that. They gave up a 4th and a conditional pick that turned out to be a 5th the following year.