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    Quote Originally Posted by Joemailman View Post
    This is the kind of move I think a lot of people wish TT would make more often. Acquire a solid veteran who can be a stop-gap until your young guys are ready to start.
    for THIS Packers team it would have been much better to resign lang. signing a stop-gap/back-up/depth guy doesn't do it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by gbgary View Post
    for THIS Packers team it would have been much better to resign lang. signing a stop-gap/back-up/depth guy doesn't do it.
    Lol. Ok now you're just doing a bit. And hey, I'm all for bits and having fun. But even Red has come around on Evans at the very least being a solid vet backup. The type y'all have been bitching about ALL off season (and beyond). So to keep your grade a D, after the 5th, and new FA record for TT. All I can come up with is you're doing a bit. Unless you really are that subjective.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BZnDallas View Post
    Lol. Ok now you're just doing a bit. And hey, I'm all for bits and having fun. But even Red has come around on Evans at the very least being a solid vet backup. The type y'all have been bitching about ALL off season (and beyond). So to keep your grade a D, after the 5th, and new FA record for TT. All I can come up with is you're doing a bit. Unless you really are that subjective.
    is he better than lang? no...so it's a fail. it's all about getting better. is the team any better than last year? no!

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    Quote Originally Posted by gbgary View Post
    is he better than lang? no...so it's a fail. it's all about getting better. is the team any better than last year? no!
    Glad the NFL is so cut and dry, black and white to you with no room for grey. Was Sitton's replacement better? NO! Life went on! As it will w/o Lang. Is the team better with or without Evans? Better, absolutely? Then the grade should go up, or you look like the little boy who took his ball and went home.
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    Hell I guess its your grading scale. Lol If you can't see the difference that's on you. We agree in that Evans isn't Lang. But Evans is better than what we had. So TT did what YOU asked by bringing in veteran talent. Now you don't give credit? That's on you.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BZnDallas View Post
    Hell I guess its your grading scale. Lol If you can't see the difference that's on you. We agree in that Evans isn't Lang. But Evans is better than what we had. So TT did what YOU asked by bringing in veteran talent. Now you don't give credit? That's on you.
    we had lang but let him go. if you agree that evans isn't as good as lang then you must agree we're worse at that position. i'd have given tt credit had he resigned lang.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gbgary View Post
    we had lang but let him go. if you agree that evans isn't as good as lang then you must agree we're worse at that position. i'd have given tt credit had he resigned lang.
    We most certainly DID NOT have lang. He was a FA. Unrestricted no less. He got paid like a tackle. Glad for him. Glad TT isn't the guy who did pay him.
    I don't hold Grudges. It's counterproductive.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bobblehead View Post
    We most certainly DID NOT have lang. He was a FA. Unrestricted no less. He got paid like a tackle. Glad for him. Glad TT isn't the guy who did pay him.
    all tt had to do to keep lang was pay him. cap wasn't an issue. we're talking about whether free agency has improved the Packers this season. has it? well obviously no. an upgrade at one position doesn't make it so.

    Quote Originally Posted by bobblehead View Post
    So when you compare an injured TE who can't block to Bennet and you compare Lang to Evans you don't call that a net win?
    cook vs bennett: upgrade with bennett. lang vs evans: downgrade with evans (evidently the Packers coaches were very upset about the lang loss)

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    Quote Originally Posted by gbgary View Post
    is he better than lang? no...so it's a fail. it's all about getting better. is the team any better than last year? no!
    So when you compare an injured TE who can't block to Bennet and you compare Lang to Evans you don't call that a net win?
    I don't hold Grudges. It's counterproductive.

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