ALL DAY PETERSON

[Bretsky]

Anybody buy into the rumor mill seriously that GB has interest

On ESPN Radio today they were reporting GB has interest and was going to bring AP in
BUT
Talks just broke off as AP wants more money than GB wants to spend so the visit is delayed


I get the sense TT has a budget for his RB and we'd consider Blount, Charles, or AP later on if the prices came down.


Thoughts ?

I'd actually be intrigued with Jamal Charles as a RB

[SMBASS]

I posted this same thing in the, "Packers Offseason Moves" thread but I'll post it here again...

I'm not buying that the Packers have had any interest whatsoever in Peterson. I think it's just all bullshit smoke and mirrors thrown up by his agent. Notice how during every free agency period the Pack always gets used by the agents as one of the teams that is interested in so and so. I think they do this because they know that T.T. and the Pack are so tight lipped that nobody will refute their alleged, "interest".


reported by several sources

Translation: AP's agent talking to multiple reporters. ~Andrew Brandt

[Zool]

If he was interested in $3M instead of the reported asking price of $8M, maybe. At $8M he can go fuck himself.

[Guiness]

I posted this same thing in the, "Packers Offseason Moves" thread but I'll post it here again...

I'm not buying that the Packers have had any interest whatsoever in Peterson. I think it's just all bullshit smoke and mirrors thrown up by his agent. Notice how during every free agency period the Pack always gets used by the agents as one of the teams that is interested in so and so. I think they do this because they know that T.T. and the Pack are so tight lipped that nobody will refute their alleged, "interest".


reported by several sources

Translation: AP's agent talking to multiple reporters. ~Andrew Brandt

Hadn't thought of it that way - that agents can be quite sure a denial won't get out. You certainly wouldn't want to try that with, say, the Colts or Cowboys!

[Upnorth]

Smbass I thnk the packers are interested in most free agents, but just not at the price they want.

[Cheesehead Craig]

If he was interested in $3M instead of the reported asking price of $8M, maybe. At $8M he can go fuck himself.

This. Apparently every team is telling him that same thing. I love how he's trying to say it's his decision he's not with a team and that he's trying to find the right fit. He's got no date to the dance and yet tells his friends he's choosing between all the girls who have said no to him in front of the whole school.

[Brandon494]

Of course thy are interested but AP is demanding too much. I think he has another good season left and would sign on him
a one year 6M deal.

[bobblehead]

NO way ever would I give him 6m heading into a RB rich draft. He is 32.....thats like 224 in dog and RB years.

[pbmax]

He cannot pass block or catch the ball. He would need to accept a Brett Favre 2001 change of offensive focus to fit in.

This doesn't seem like his likeliest landing place.

[gbgary]

He cannot pass block or catch the ball. He would need to accept a Brett Favre 2001 change of offensive focus to fit in.

This doesn't seem like his likeliest landing place.

yup...he'd only be useful on first down and that's it. any other time and everyone would know what's coming next...plus our line isn't what it needs to be rushing wise. hell, it may not be what it needs to be passing wise now either.

[King Friday]

I'd be willing to take a flyer on Peterson...but only at a deep discount price and if he was willing to be part of a platoon of RBs. I think the biggest issue is that Peterson has too big of an ego to accept either of those, which is why he's stuck without any offers at present.

[texaspackerbacker]

I don't think he is capable of carrying a team anymore, but being a piece of the puzzle/a counter to Aaron Rodgers, yeah, he probably could be decent, maybe a monster at doing that. Just the same, I doubt it will happen. Ted just doesn't operate that way. I'd give him $4 million guaranteed with incentives up to $6 or 7 million.

[Rutnstrut]

I have always really liked AP. However I would much rather see the Packers get Blount.

[hoosier]

He's a complete misfit for this system and he's probably done to boot. Pass.

[Brandon494]

He can still be a two back back with Ty coming in as the 3rd down back. Yea he can't catch but Rodgers isn't a check down guy anyway. Having a QB like Rodgers will also open up lanes for him he didn't have in Minny. AP is a freak of nature who I believe has another good season left especially with a chip on his shoulder....anyway watch him go to the Pats and have a solid season.

[Brandon494]

I wouldn't touch Blount, it's a reason NE letting him walk.

[pbmax]

I wouldn't touch Blount, it's a reason NE letting him walk.

Which is?

[Brandon494]

Which is?

Im not Bill Belichick so couldn't tell you

[gbgary]

I wouldn't touch Blount, it's a reason NE letting him walk.

they do that with everyone though. bennett is the latest.

[pbmax]

Im not Bill Belichick so couldn't tell you

I thought you had heard rumors he was stealing puppies or something.

Belichick letting him go might be no more than acquiring someone similar at a better price. Or the fact that he has a lot of back under contract if Lewis is healthy.

[Brandon494]

I still think AP is the better running back and it's not like we can afford to pay him an extra MIL or two.

[pbmax]

I just think with AP back there teams will know its a run. They aren't going to pass to him often and they don't want to trust him to pass block for other routes.

Its like herschel walker to the Vikings. Great running back, wrong system.

[red]

or if you can get him for 3 or 4 million and make him fit what you're already doing. if he can't do that, then its not like you're out a ton of money. and if he can change and pick up the system, then you might have another offensive weapon

IF......

he even has anything left in the tank and if he's even willing to play for 3 or 4 million

[HarveyWallbangers]

I'm not opposed to signing him. He's not a great pass protector. In fact, he's below average, but I don't think he's as bad as he's made out to be. He was 29th out of 54 qualifying RBs in pass protection from 2012-2014. Not sure where he ended up in 2015, but he was coming off an injury and was learning a new system when he struggled early. He's not a terrible receiver either. He's not going to by Ty Montgomery, but he's dangerous in the screen game and on dump offs. I think this is overblown. Yes, Montgomery would be the third down RB, but it's not like the Packers would have to run every time Peterson is in the game.

[Bretsky]

I would LOVE it if Ted Thompson went against his norm and signed All Day Peterson; dude still has talent, and we certainly have money. He'd give us a threat we have not had since Ahman Green.

Add Peterson for 5 MIL on a 1 Year Deal, use him with Monty.....and draft a speed back (Maybe a scat).....

P.S. I don't care either way on Michael.

[Teamcheez1]

32 year old RB at $5M a year? Never gonna happen. I would guess he may get $3M - $4M with incentives if that.

[Pugger]

NO way ever would I give him 6m heading into a RB rich draft. He is 32.....thats like 224 in dog and RB years.

:lol: No kidding. Let somebody else overpay a declining RB who can't pick up a blitz to save his rear.

[Pugger]

I wouldn't touch Blount, it's a reason NE letting him walk.

And there is a reason MN let Peterson leave too.

[3irty1]

I'd go as high as 5M with modest guarantees for AP on merit. Add a 5M bonus if he run out the superbowl tunnel in MN this year! Can't put a price on the chance to twist that knife.

Last time he had nothing in the tank he almost won the MVP. I don't care much that he can't catch and really don't care that he's been poor in pass protection. He's never had anyone worth protecting :rs:

[Rutnstrut]

I wouldn't touch Blount, it's a reason NE letting him walk.

That is what the Pat's do. With that reasoning the Packers shouldn't have signed Bennett either.

[Fritz]

Running backs, if they can pick up the blocking scheme, can be very effective as rookies. Hell, I'd just pick one up in the third round or so, and let him have at it.

[SMBASS]

I think at this point in his career AP needs to change his handle from, "All Day" to maybe "9:00am to Noon" Peterson. I'm still hoping Ted gets a crack at RB Joe Williams from Utah in about the 3rd or 4th round. I could end up being completely wrong but I just have a feeling this kid is going to end up being pretty good. Supposedly he's already a decent and willing blocker so he might even be able to see the field sooner than some prospects. I hope Ty spends a lot of time figuring out how to pass block and pick up blitzes from the backfield because understandably so he was pretty bad at it last year.

[Bretsky]

Running backs, if they can pick up the blocking scheme, can be very effective as rookies. Hell, I'd just pick one up in the third round or so, and let him have at it.



We could use all those picks for defense :)

[gbgary]

I'd go as high as 5M with modest guarantees for AP on merit. He's never had anyone worth protecting :rs:
:-)


I think at this point in his career AP needs to change his handle from, "All Day" to maybe "9:00am to Noon" Peterson.
:lol:


We could use all those picks for defense :)
wouldn't bother me none.

[Zool]

You can't be mad about Langs replacement potentially getting Rodgers hurt them advocate for AP to be signed. He's worse at pass pro an actual pile of dog shit.

[gbgary]

You can't be mad about Langs replacement potentially getting Rodgers hurt them advocate for AP to be signed. He's worse at pass pro an actual pile of dog shit.

this.

[Bretsky]

You can't be mad about Langs replacement potentially getting Rodgers hurt them advocate for AP to be signed. He's worse at pass pro an actual pile of dog shit.

I am and I have all along advocated using the f'cking money on defense.

But I don't get this logic. AP adds another weapon and that protects AROD. Dude caught plenty of screen passes in his career and is every bit as good of a receiver as Eddie Lacey was. He's not Jamal Charles or Darren Sproles; but for some reason TT has never valued having on of those guys on our roster.

Having AP in the backfield and play action passing does help AROD.

[Zool]

I am and I have all along advocated using the f'cking money on defense.

But I don't get this logic. AP adds another weapon and that protects AROD. Dude caught plenty of screen passes in his career and is every bit as good of a receiver as Eddie Lacey was. He's not Jamal Charles or Darren Sproles; but for some reason TT has never valued having on of those guys on our roster.

Having AP in the backfield and play action passing does help AROD.

Either you don't watch a lot of Vikings football, or you've got a different version of pass catching than I do. He's bad. His pass pro is fully terrible. Play action only works for so long with a 32 year old RB with bad knees who can't block.

Also, he beat his kid on the nuts with a stick until they bled. He's the very definition of a shit human and you're advocating the team you follow pay him millions of dollars because he used to be good at football. If the Packers sign him, I will boo every time he touches the ball.

[gbgary]

i don't think he meant to hit his testicles but spanking with a switch and making ANYTHING bleed is way over the top.

i'm not advocating it but again...if they're even considering peterson at all then they should just go ahead and draft mixon...he's better, faster, cheaper, younger. the noise/protests (if any) in Green Bay will only last for a short time and the national media just won't pursue it as much in Green Bay as it would in ny or some other large city. i didn't even realize what's his name in kc had a dv history until the mixon talk started late last year. he's not going to last long though. he'll be gone by the time GB picks in the 2nd round and our need for a cb is too great for us to pick him in the 1st. hell...he may be gone by then. the mixon story is very interesting.

[BZnDallas]

i don't think he meant to hit his testicles but spanking with a switch and making ANYTHING bleed is way over the top.

i'm not advocating it but again...if they're even considering peterson at all then they should just go ahead and draft mixon...he's better, faster, cheaper, younger. the noise/protests (if any) in Green Bay will only last for a short time and the national media just won't pursue it as much in Green Bay as it would in ny or some other large city. i didn't even realize what's his name in kc had a dv history until the mixon talk started late last year. he's not going to last long though. he'll be gone by the time GB picks in the 2nd round and our need for a cb is too great for us to pick him in the 1st. hell...he may be gone by then. the mixon story is very interesting.

Gotta agree with GBGary here. This story is very intriguing. Mixons combine numbers were eerily similar to Zeke's last year. He could be a freak. I'm for second chances, as the issue took place several years ago and he paid his debt.

[bobblehead]

You can't be mad about Langs replacement potentially getting Rodgers hurt them advocate for AP to be signed. He's worse at pass pro an actual pile of dog shit.
Right, a defender might actually slip on the dog shit.

[bobblehead]

Gotta agree with GBGary here. This story is very intriguing. Mixons combine numbers were eerily similar to Zeke's last year. He could be a freak. I'm for second chances, as the issue took place several years ago and he paid his debt.

Reminds me of Reggie Bush. Could slim down 10 pounds and play WR.

[gbgary]

Reminds me of Reggie Bush. Could slim down 10 pounds and play WR.

thought he was bigger than bush. more regulation running back size.

i'll thought mccaffrey was the tweener of the draft?