2-MINUTE DRILL

Thompson drops the ball again

The Journal Sentinel sports staff is getting criticized for its stories on Ted Thompson’s failures.

I think many fans feel the same way Bob McGinn feels and that Thompson is responsible for getting players for the coaches to coach. How many years is Aaron Rodgers going to be in his prime?

Thompson has put together a solid core of players but has missed an opportunity again to get to the Super Bowl. Obviously there is a lack of adequate talent on the offensive line and at inside linebacker, where the coaches had to move one of the NFL’s best inside to hide that deficiency.

Ron Wolf made trades to fill deficiencies. Thompson refuses to do that, and coach Mike McCarthy is conservative in his play-calling.

As far as I’m concerned, Thompson should retire. He’s had a good career, and it’s time to promote Eliot Wolf before he leaves to another team.

Getting a new head coach wouldn’t bother me either. Fans have been saying all season to play Jeff Janis and when he does he performed better than James Jones and Davante Adams. Sometimes fans and sportswriters are correct.

Gary Gasper Sheboygan Falls

Antics by NFL players make games tiresome

I am 58 years old, have been a loyal Green Bay Packers fan for as long as I can remember, as well as an NFL fan.

The last few years I have been losing my interest in watching NFL football.

I’m so tired of the players arguing with the referees after every call and watching the players celebrating making a tackle when their team is down by more than 21 points in a game that’s all but over.

The poor sportsmanship by the players is annoying, and the game seems to be more about them than their team.

It gets worse every year, and I can’t imagine what it will be like in the future. The referees also should come down harder on these cry babies and kick them out of the game.

Next season I will be watching reruns of “The Andy Griffith Show” rather than NFL games. Jeffery Hansen

Milwaukee

NFL’s overtime rule needs to be adjusted

Why is there no outrage over the NFL overtime rule — the worst in all of sports? A coin flip is a major factor in determining the winner?

Imagine this: World Series, Game 7, score tied at the end of the ninth inning, the umpires get together with the managers and flip a coin. The coin flip winner gets to bat first and scores a run, game over. The team that loses the flip plays defense once and if they don’t hold their opponent scoreless they lose, not getting a chance to score.

The college rule is fair. Both teams get an equal chance to win the game. We all know how much effort, energy and passion goes into the NFL and a coin toss is a major factor in determining the winner?

Incredible, stupid, unfair. Bruce Bremer

Eau Claire

Don’t blame overtime rules or coin flip

The current NFL overtime rules are more than fair. Even the original rules were fair as evidenced by the marginal 51/ 49 advantage for teams winning the coin flip.

Football is made up of three different aspects — offense, defense and special teams. Failure to excel in one of these areas should not be rewarded with the opportunity to play on.

The Packers lost to Arizona because of a horrible play on defense. Had they not had a complete and total collapse, they might still be playing. Jon Chamberlain

Lake Geneva

Newton’s comments are bothersome

I am thoroughly disgusted and find it sad and shameful that Cam Newton decided to play the race card in response to some criticism. Without doubt there is still racism in this country. Rest assured, however, Newton is not one of its victims. Far from it.

Recently, Newton was named the MVP in the National Football League, and he is a multimillionaire with large endorsement contracts.

Does this sound like he is being discriminated against because of his race? There are many who dislike his antics on the field. I am sure that dislike would be the same if he were white. Antics are antics.

As has been said many times before, instances as this tend to diminish real racism for real people. He can do whatever he wants to on the field when celebrating, he just has to accept the fact that not everyone is entertained by it. John Ruffing

Franklin

Shame on NFL for abandoning St. Louis

Seeing St. Louis for the second time in short memory abandoned by the NFL is really hard to stomach.

The people of that Missouri city went out of their way to build a new domed stadium in order to regain a pro franchise, years after their Cardinals team left Arizona.

What if we were suddenly left without our Packers? Imagine the sense of loss. Then imagine going through that loss twice. It must be incredibly hard for St. Louis Jim Grimm Brookfield