Free Agency So Far

[Smidgeon]

nope...not really. cook was hungry for success and wanted to be here. Rodgers wanted him back. Bennett, although good, has lots of business distractions in his life, has a ring. i wonder how hungry he is now. to me the small talent difference is off-set by a question of "want to." so it's pretty much a wash. that was just tt covering his ass. but you know...offense wasn't what needed bolstering. it was the D and NOTHING has been done there to improve the team except bring in a back-up cb. the needs of the D are well known and back-up cb isn't one of them.

Contributions on the field are more applicable to actual success than fans' projections on "hunger for success".

2016

Name		Rec	Targ	Rec%	Yds	Yd/Rec	Long	TDs	Car TD	Car Yr	TD/Yr
Cook		30	51	58.8%	377	12.6	47	1	17	8	2.1
Kendricks	50	87	57.5%	499	10.0	44	2	17	6	2.8
Bennett		55	73	75.3%	701	12.7	58	7	30	9	3.3

Kendricks is basically the replacement for Cook, and he had Goff & company throwing to him. Bennett is the over and above.

I'm not disagreeing regarding your comments as it relates to the defense. But to completely ignore the TE signing as "TT doing NOTHING" indicates a certain level of blindness as it relates to what the Packers have brought in so far. Just because the signings weren't where we were hoping doesn't mean they did "nothing". They vastly updated their receiving core, and gave M3 something to work with he has never had in his entire tenure: 2 starting quality TEs.

And honestly, considering Lacy was injured most of last year and fat most of the previous year, I don't really see it as a downgrade that he was signed elsewhere. He wasn't exactly reliable these last two years. The G is a downgrade, but I'll wait to see if it's a tire fire before calling the fire department.