Ahman Green was cut today.

[sheepshead]

That's a move I agreed with TT on. Always tough to see great Packers play elsewhere, but many of us didn't think Ahman had three good years in him as his new contract suggested.

[Lurker64]

It's interesting, and a little illuminating of the very nature of "being a fan" to go back and read some of the reaction people had here right after the news that Green had signed with Houston broke.

Still, I wish the best to Green, but I think his NFL career is done.

[rbaloha1]

Too bad.

Insurance Policy for the Packers at the NFL minimum.

[Zool]

Too bad.

Insurance Policy for the Packers at the NFL minimum.

Is he going to work for State Farm?

[Pacopete4]

Hopefully the Patriots pick him up

[Harlan Huckleby]

This is almost like hearing that John Brockington was cut. Ahman Green seems like a lifetime ago.

[hurleyfan]

Thanks for the memories Ahman!!

Sure hope Grant gets back to some of those "LONG" runs AG used to break off!!

[jconnor99]

Any chance they bring him back to break Packers career rushing record? He is only 46 yards short. Taylor is 8,207 and green is 8,162.
http://www.packers.com/history/record_book/superlatives/top_20_career_rushers/

[Lurker64]

Any chance they bring him back to break Packers career rushing record? He is only 46 yards short. Taylor is 8,207 and green is 8,162.
http://www.packers.com/history/record_book/superlatives/top_20_career_rushers/

Do you think, at this point, he can beat out Wynn or Lumpkin (who have upside) for the last RB spot?

[PaCkFan_n_MD]

He was one of favorite players ever. If he didn't fumble so much he would have been even better.

[Pacopete4]

Any chance they bring him back to break Packers career rushing record? He is only 46 yards short. Taylor is 8,207 and green is 8,162.
http://www.packers.com/history/record_book/superlatives/top_20_career_rushers/

Do you think, at this point, he can beat out Wynn or Lumpkin (who have upside) for the last RB spot?

Healthy, yes.. Still hurt, no

[packinpatland]

Hopefully the Patriots pick him up


You check with Bretsky on this? :lol:

[Pacopete4]

Hopefully the Patriots pick him up


You check with Bretsky on this? :lol:

Is he a Pats fan? I just said it cuz they are known for picking up "over the hill" players and getting more out of them

[BallHawk]

Any chance they bring him back to break Packers career rushing record? He is only 46 yards short. Taylor is 8,207 and green is 8,162.
http://www.packers.com/history/record_book/superlatives/top_20_career_rushers/

I'd love to bring him into camp and see if he can win a spot on the roster.

[Brando19]

Any chance they bring him back to break Packers career rushing record? He is only 46 yards short. Taylor is 8,207 and green is 8,162.
http://www.packers.com/history/record_book/superlatives/top_20_career_rushers/

I'd love to bring him into camp and see if he can win a spot on the roster.

That would be absolutely great. And if he did win a roster spot..even as the 3rd back..that would bring tons of leadership to the locker room.

[Freak Out]

The trade for Green has to be one of the best Packer trades ever.

[vince]

The trade for Green has to be one of the best Packer trades ever.
Yeah. That Favre guy turned out to be a decent trade too... If I remember from a while back, both of those trades made some sort of all-time best trades list.

[packers11]

Al Harris trade turned out pretty well too :)

[Lurker64]

Any chance they bring him back to break Packers career rushing record? He is only 46 yards short. Taylor is 8,207 and green is 8,162.
http://www.packers.com/history/record_book/superlatives/top_20_career_rushers/

I'd love to bring him into camp and see if he can win a spot on the roster.

That would be absolutely great. And if he did win a roster spot..even as the 3rd back..that would bring tons of leadership to the locker room.

Isn't this partly the same sort of fandom that gets people to bite on the "Gilbert Brown wants to play for the Packers this year" rumors? Not that Green is as done as Big Gilbert, but there aren't a lot of 31 year running backs that will beat out young bucks for 3rd RB spots on any team in the league. For a lot of teams, the last RB spot is either a specialist (short yardage back, 3rd down back) or a young guy that they think is promising and want to keep around while he develops. Green, sad to say, doesn't fit either criterion.

31 is just a bad age to be at as an RB. You'll notice that former league MVP Shaun Alexander (also 31 years of age), could only get work last season as an injury replacement and was cut midseason, and is currently without a team. I think it may be time for Green to just hang them up.

[Guiness]

I really wanted him back - but not at what Houston paid for him. Put me in the column of people that were pissed the Pack didn't sign him to a reasonable extension before his contract was up.

31...I think if he's healthy, he'll show up in a camp somewhere. He wasn't just a runner, he was also a heck of a receiver out of the backfield. But as mentioned above, SA seemed to really fall off the map, so maybe Green has done the same.

I don't know that it will be our camp though; Grant's the incumbent starter, Jackson seems to be coming along, and Lumpkin seems to be someone they want to hold onto. If Favre was still here, it might be worth seeing if Green had anything left because of the familiarity they would have, but that doesn't apply to him and Rodgers, so there's no reason to bring in him as opposed to some other guy.

[KYPack]

Not that Green is as done as Big Gilbert, but there aren't a lot of 31 year running backs that will beat out young bucks for 3rd RB spots on any team in the league. For a lot of teams, the last RB spot is either a specialist (short yardage back, 3rd down back) or a young guy that they think is promising and want to keep around while he develops. Green, sad to say, doesn't fit either criterion.

31 is just a bad age to be at as an RB. You'll notice that former league MVP Shaun Alexander (also 31 years of age), could only get work last season as an injury replacement and was cut midseason, and is currently without a team. I think it may be time for Green to just hang them up.

Backup-RB is a good place for ST maniacs. We need all of them we can get. I doubt Ahman would want to run down under a punt or any such nonsense like that.

That's a big thing for old guys. Jerry Rice retired bc he could be the 4th WR, but couldn't play ST at that stage of his career. Ahman is at that point right now.

Back-up RB and ST guys don't get anywhere near the money AG is used to. I think it's over, too.

[CaptainKickass]

I however, wouldn't mind seeing Ahman Green start a career in broadcasting. He's gotta be better than "Neon Deion" or frickin "Tony Korn-holer".

At least you know that he knows football.

[Zool]

I however, wouldn't mind seeing Ahman Green start a career in broadcasting. He's gotta be better than "Neon Deion" or frickin "Tony Korn-holer".

At least you know that he knows football.

Well he's gotta be better than Bettis for sure. Or Marble Mouth Shannon Sharpe.

[KYPack]

I however, wouldn't mind seeing Ahman Green start a career in broadcasting. He's gotta be better than "Neon Deion" or frickin "Tony Korn-holer".

At least you know that he knows football.

Well he's gotta be better than Bettis for sure. Or Marble Mouth Shannon Sharpe.

The worst is now gone, I think.

I've seen stumbling drunks more articulate than that Emmitt.

[Pugger]

Our hearts say bring back Ahman :hrt: but our heads say no. :cry: I remember seeing him up close at Lambeau before games while the backs would run and stretch in the endzone. That guy had the smallest waist I've ever seen! He had zero body fat that I could see. I wish him well too. :hug:

[Noodle]

I'm a huge Green fan, followed him since he played his HS ball at Omaha Central, but I'm not sure I want him to break the Taylor record. Taylor was a dick, but he was part of some great teams, and his record is a nice connection to that period. Green struck me as a better teammate (though how the hell should I know), but Taylor is a part of the GB legend.

And like other folks, I'm thinking there's no way TT would sacrifice a potential ST gunner to give AG a chance at some glory. TT just does not roll like that.

The fumble rap is crap, BTW. The JSO, in a rare feat of actually doing some analysis, did an article showing that Green's fumbles per touch were the same or less than Taylor's. I know Green had some tragic ones (the Urlacher strip, the Philly rain game), but he really was no more fumble prone than the average NFL back.

And man could he put a hurt on a dude.