GM's roster decision backfires
Green Bay Packers10/07/2006 9:54 AM The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports the Green Bay Packers have been playing one man short all season because of a roster decision regarding CB Will Blackmon that was highly questionable when made Sept. 2 and looks even worse now. GM Ted Thompson admits that Blackmon should have spent the first six weeks of the regular season on the physically unable to perform list. "In hindsight, yeah, absolutely it would probably have made more sense to go 'PUP,' " Thompson said Friday. "But I didn't have the luxury of that at the time." Thompson was referring to what he says is a complication during Blackmon's rehabilitation that has caused him to be out longer than anticipated. Read more