The first domino has fallen in the Green Bay Packers organization since Ted Thompson being reassigned to a new role with the team. Alonzo Highsmith will be moving on with John Dorsey at the Cleveland Browns where he will be taking a role as the vice president of football operations. Many thought Highsmith’s comments were a shot at Mark Murphy or Ted Thompson, but we shouldn’t jump to that conclusion. Rather, let’s think about where he’s going and who he’s working for in Cleveland.

After reading it a couple times, Highsmith’s comment about ‘trust’ is more an ode to working with Dorsey than anything else. It has nothing to do with being slighted by Ted Thompson or Mark Murphy. Highsmith could always be a Packer again. It would be foolish of him to make a snide remark out the door considering he’s spent 19 years with this organization rising up through the ranks. Why on earth would he talk about a lack of trust with the Packers? Fans had way too much time on their hands trying to figure out what exactly a few words went.

This is another friendly reminder to not jump at everything you read with what’s going in the Packers front office. I wouldn’t call it a mess but things are changing for the first time in 12 years. Dealing with change is never an easy thing to do no matter if you’re a kid or a front office worker for the Packers. Things are going to pop up as the days go on, and writers will start to side with different people in the Packers front office.

Highsmith jumped at an opportunity to work with a familiar face, and a chance to bring Cleveland back to prominence.

Charlie.