Packers and Rodgers agree to deal. 4 year 200 million

[corta765]

5 minutes ago, Malazan said:

This is good for the Bills. Raises the price for other QBs (lamar) and likely keeps Adams from FA reducing the number of receivers when the 3 other teams in the AFC East need WRs badly and two of them have a lot of cap space. 

 

WR market is thinning out quick with Adams most likely staying, Godwin tagged, Ridley succesfully removing himself from the league lol, a banged up ODB.

 

Options are starting to be more Amari Cooper, Allen Robinson, and potentially Beasley 

[Jerry Jabber]

$50M a year to get drama every year about wanting a trade to another team/mulling retirement, along with going no further than the NFC championship game…bad decision by the Packers!

[Mr. WEO]

So much for "they won't give me any weapons".  It was all about the money.

[Logic]

Poor Denver.

 

Expect them to trade for Jordan Love now?

[DCOrange]

4 minutes ago, corta765 said:

 

WR market is thinning out quick with Adams most likely staying, Godwin tagged, Ridley succesfully removing himself from the league lol, a banged up ODB.

 

Options are starting to be more Amari Cooper, Allen Robinson, and potentially Beasley 

Cooper and Robinson alone make it a good crop of FA WRs and the draft is once again very strong too. 

[YoloinOhio]

1 minute ago, Logic said:

Poor Denver.

 

Expect them to trade for Jordan Love now?

If they don’t attempt it with Hackett there, it says a lot about Jordan love

[JaCrispy]

6 minutes ago, Warcodered said:

I mean I get what you mean, but if the alternative to this deal is entering QB purgatory then it makes all the sense in the world.

But they have their future QB on the roster already...😉

[billsfan1959]

4 minutes ago, Jerry Jabber said:

$50M a year to get drama every year about wanting a trade to another team/mulling retirement, along with going no further than the NFC championship game…bad decision by the Packers!

 

You left out winning 70% of their games with him over his career, and over 80% of their games the last three years....

[Shaw66]

5 minutes ago, Warcodered said:

I mean I get what you mean, but if the alternative to this deal is entering QB purgatory then it makes all the sense in the world.

Well, I'm not saying these decisions are easy.   But, as we see with other positions, sometimes you just have to decide to move on to your future, instead of overcommitting to try to relive the past.   

 

It's interesting that Ted Thompson, the Packers' former GM, when faced with an aging HOF QB and a first-round pick on the bench, made exactly the opposite decision.  It took courage to say to Favre and the fans that one era was ending and an unknown new era was beginning.   Current GM didn't have that courage. 

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

STHs in Green Bay now explaining to their kids why the Big Mac is now a hamburger, and the Shamrock Shake is now a small fountain drink. 🙁

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T. S. Eliot lied...March is the cruelest month.

Edited March 8, 2022 by Ridgewaycynic2013

[LeGOATski]

15 minutes ago, bills6969 said:

4 years 200 mill

 

thats a lot of guac for a guy that can’t get the job done in the playoffs.

Uh.... the dude's already won a SB.

1 minute ago, Shaw66 said:

Well, I'm not saying these decisions are easy.   But, as we see with other positions, sometimes you just have to decide to move on to your future, instead of overcommitting to try to relive the past.   

 

It's interesting that Ted Thompson, the Packers' former GM, when faced with an aging HOF QB and a first-round pick on the bench, made exactly the opposite decision.  It took courage to say to Favre and the fans that one era was ending and an unknown new era was beginning.   Current GM didn't have that courage. 

They saw what they had in Rodgers.

 

They see what they have in Love.

[Albany,n.y.]

1 minute ago, JaCrispy said:

But they have their future QB on the roster already...😉

Love must have scared the daylights out of GB's management between his practices & in game experience.  They're lucky they didn't get rid of Rodgers.  When Favre kept them hanging, they said go away and went with Rodgers.  Obviously young Rodgers showed a lot more than young Love. 😀 

3 minutes ago, Shaw66 said:

Well, I'm not saying these decisions are easy.   But, as we see with other positions, sometimes you just have to decide to move on to your future, instead of overcommitting to try to relive the past.   

 

It's interesting that Ted Thompson, the Packers' former GM, when faced with an aging HOF QB and a first-round pick on the bench, made exactly the opposite decision.  It took courage to say to Favre and the fans that one era was ending and an unknown new era was beginning.   Current GM didn't have that courage. 

As I stated above, I don't think it's courage-I think Rodgers showed a lot more when Favre was there than Love has shown with Rodgers there.

[corta765]

6 minutes ago, DCOrange said:

Cooper and Robinson alone make it a good crop of FA WRs and the draft is once again very strong too. 

 

My point is more heading into FA there were farrrr more options that a lot of teams were eying. I would love Robinson but we can't afford him. Cooper is a bit older now but still very good. But teams that want to upgrade WR room will be in far more battles now that things are tightening a bit.

[nucci]

23 minutes ago, MrEpsYtown said:

Big splash! See, everyone worrying about cap space, there is a way around all this stuff. 

who knew?

[Rochesterfan]

11 minutes ago, Shaw66 said:

 

Pack can't start Jordan Love in 2022, or in 2023.  After the 2022 season, Pack will have to decide whether to extend Jordan Love, and after 2023 they'll have to decide whether to extend him.  Have they already decided that Love isn't the guy?    Maybe they'll trade him. 

 

 

All Jordan ever was - was a safety net.  The Pack protected themselves and now in a bad QB draft year - they can work to trade him to a QB needy team. 
 

They lose a bit of capital, but it protected them in case this played out different.  In a deep WR class - this might get them another potential WR to help.

 

This is the perfect year to try and trade Love - lots of open jobs and few viable legitimate options.

 

As for the Bills - so glad we got Allen in before this off season. This deal should drive up Carr, Cousin, and Stafford and by extension - Lamar, Mayfield, Burrow, and Murray.

 

🎉

 

 

 

[NoHuddleKelly12]

Wait, how much am I getting guaranteed? 

[LeGOATski]

11 minutes ago, Jerry Jabber said:

$50M a year to get drama every year about wanting a trade to another team/mulling retirement, along with going no further than the NFC championship game…bad decision by the Packers!

Meh... he's one of the greatest QBs in history coming off an MVP season. You don't let that guy walk simply because he's been tough to negotiate with.

[DCOrange]

2 minutes ago, corta765 said:

 

My point is more heading into FA there were farrrr more options that a lot of teams were eying. I would love Robinson but we can't afford him. Cooper is a bit older now but still very good. But teams that want to upgrade WR room will be in far more battles now that things are tightening a bit.

I hear ya but I doubt NFL teams actually expected these guys to hit the market. It’s been known for awhile now that Godwin wasn’t going anywhere for example. Adams almost certainly wouldn’t have been let go either. Teams knew Robinson was probably going to be the top guy available and that Cooper might be available. 

[corta765]

Just now, DCOrange said:

I hear ya but I doubt NFL teams actually expected these guys to hit the market. It’s been known for awhile now that Godwin wasn’t going anywhere for example. Adams almost certainly wouldn’t have been let go either. Teams knew Robinson was probably going to be the top guy available and that Cooper might be available. 

 I agree. I wonder if we let Beasley go if Kirk even is an option as he is a pretty good talent himself and if we would get priced out. I know we have been spoiled with two years of really good WR's, but I would do everything in my power to have a truly superb WR1/2/3 group, WR4/5 I am fine with projects or vets with upside.

[Ray Finkel]

11 minutes ago, LeGOATski said:

Uh.... the dude's already won a SB.

They saw what they had in Rodgers.

 

They see what they have in Love.

Spot on