I've already lost many of you with the title of this week's column, and that's okay.
Many have internalized the Ted-Thompson-doesn't-sign-outside-free-agents narrative so deeply that they cannot even consider the fact that it could be an option this offseason.
But that, of course, is not true. Thompson's pattern isn't that he never signs street free agents; it's that he does so strategically and with careful deliberation.
And it feels like the right time to do so again.
Whether you're a glass half-empty or glass-half full kind of person, there's no denying that the Packers' window to win a Super Bowl with Aaron Rodgers is at least half closed.