Baby Czech No. 2 is due on Thursday, NFL draft night. If he arrives during the draft, it will give me the opportunity to immediately begin teaching the young man about Ted Thompson's draft-and-develop philosophy.

"Son," I will say as I cradle him in my arms. "Many of the Packers' biggest rivals doled out millions of dollars in cash to other team's players -- commonly referred to as free agents -- while you were still in your mommy's tummy. Many of these free agents will end up being bums and will do more harm than good. Not all of them, but many of them.  

"The Packers general manager, a slightly off-beat grey-haired man by the name of Ted Thompson, has no time for free agency. While other teams are writing checks to free agents, Thompson is off watching film on a Division III fullback from Palookaville, Tenn., that nobody has ever heard of. Thompson believes the kid from Palookaville can often do many of the things a free agent could do, but the kid from Palookaville will do it for minimum wage instead of a hefty premium."

At this point, my child will probably fart and poop his pants. I'll need to determine if that's a sign that he's already an anti-Thompson zealot who will spend his adult years in our basement writing nasty comments about the Packers on the Journal-Sentinel website, of if he just really had to poop. I'm hoping for the latter.

"Son," I'll continue after cleaning up the disaster in his pants. "Being a Packers fan during the months of February and March is not easy. That's when NFL free agency opens. Your Vikings and Bears fans friends -- should you decide to befriend Vikings fans or Bears fans for some reason -- will spend these months talking about all the new free agents their team signed. 'We gave Joe Free Agent $10 million per year to kick the Packers asses' your Vikings/Bears fan friends will boast. You will have no ammunition to fire back with. All you'll be able to do is hang your head, and concede to your Vikings/Bears fans friends that they clearly bested the Packers in free agency. Those Free Agency Championship trophies are piling up in Chicago and Minnesota. Sure, the Packers trophy case contains 13 NFL titles, but the Free Agency Championship trophy case remains barren. Oh well.

"But come October and November, you'll have your revenge. That $10 million Joe Free Agent will probably have blown out his ACL by then. Meanwhile, the Packers will have a fresh crop of young players from the draft showing promise. They'll also have the salary cap flexibility to re-sign their talented young players since they didn't give $10 million to Joe Free Agent."

A smile will then come over my son's face, the first smile of his young life.

"Son," I'll continue. "February and March are rough months to be Packers fans, but it gets a whole lot easier in October and November when the Green and Gold are in first place, above all those teams with shiny new free agents. That's when we can start to brag ourselves. That's when your Vikings and Bears fans friends will become jealous. Some might even attempt to jump on the bandwagon and become Packers fans. Welcome them aboard. There's always room for new converts."

My new son will really be smiling now. Not only will he be smiling, he'll be doing that thing that little babies do where they start flailing their arms and legs and making happy sounds.

"Yes, son," I'll conclude. "Being a Packers fan is great in October, November and December. Lately, however, January has been a different story..."

Then he'll poop his pants again.

Packers news, notes and links

• Ted Thompson spoke this week, and revealed that if Axl Rose doesn't show up for his first gig as AC/DC's new singer, Thompson himself will step in and belt out tunes such as "Whole Lotta Rose" and "You Shook Me All Night Long." Actually, Thompson didn't say that. Per usual, he didn't say much of anything. But it would be cool to see Thompson front AC/DC. 
• All kinds of mock drafts out there this week. Mock drafts are dumb, but I read (and enjoy reading) each and every one of them. This seven-round mock from CHTV's own Cody Bauer is a must-read for Packers fans.
• A good read here from Kelly Hodgson at PackersTalk.com about the benefits of the Packers drafting players from the University of Alabama.

Non-Packers links and other nonsense

• It's been a big week for Sturgill Simpson. His new record is No. 1 on iTunes and he performed on both the Late Show and Daily Show.
• Tiger Woods became obsessed with the Navy SEALs before his downfall? So says the incomparable Wright Thompson in this must-read profile of Woods on ESPN.com.
• The day an 87-year-old Sid Hartman met Prince. Sid is now 96 and might be the most famous Minnesotan now that Prince is gone.
• Cancer update: Another round of treatment starts on Thursday (our due date). Here's hoping baby pops out before that, or waits until a few days after.