Fair point, he might not pass a physical right now.
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Packers sign another tight end...lance kendricks.
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Really like the Kendricks signing. He caught 50 passes for a 10 yd. avg. with the woeful Rams last season. Ted and M.M. making sure that if our #1 TE goes down for any length of time again this season the cupboard won't be completely bare. (Seems to happen fairly often for some reason.) Our O is a lot more potent when we have a legitimate TE target In the mix. Bennett and Kendricks could make for some interesting 2 TE sets.
Now go get Barwin to replace Peppers/Jones and provide flexibility for moving Clay inside & out.
Demovsky, ESPN
Posted at 1:30 PM, so it should include Barclay and tenders, though its not official.Quote:
Bennett’s salary-cap charge is lowest in the first year. According to ESPN Stats & Info, the Packers still have slightly more than $29 million in cap space available for this season.
Demo also came around to red and La Canfora's contract numbers of 3/$21 for Bennett.
C'mon TT, sign those 2 vet CBs to help stabilize the secondary.
Jason Wilde retweeted
Jordan Schultz @Schultz_Report
Sources: #Seahawks just finished w/TJ Lang and his wife. Meeting/pitch went "great" and Lang may have an answer 4 SEA as early as tomorrow.
And he followed the Seahawks on Twitter. Wilde reads as early as tomorrow as he is taking the deal back to the Packers.
So if there was any germ of truth about Mike being made about Ted's player procurement strategy, it seems to have been about TEs.
Somehow we should have known this. In fact, I predict they sign a FB off the street inside of a month.
Lacy visits the Seahawks and leaves with no deal. Now visiting the Vikings over the weekend.
People may not be as enamored with him as we think.
Rumor has it that he has been checking out the all-you-can-eat buffets during his visits.
Lang still weighing three offers:
ProFootballTalkVerified account @ProFootballTalk 13m13 minutes ago
Lions, Packers and Seahawks still in the running for T.J. Lang, and his decision is coming soon
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...hawks/related/
If you go by Twitter follows, Lang follows the Seahawks and not the Packers or Lions that I could find. He followed them yesterday.
Wait for the Andre Ellington signing...this is my Randy Starks pick of 2017.
Also, the ONE position that still has several quality players available in FA is ILB. And lets face it, our D was so shitty that we can't rule out upgrading ANY position.
so, with lang officially gone, we have almost 30 million to spend, and really only lacy that we could still bring back
begin the spending on the defense
Problem is, Ted's philosophy is draft and develop; hence, Ted's "upgrades" on defense are already on the roster.
Obviously TT is counting on Ryan, Martinez, Fackrell, Clark, and Lowry making significant strides... of course the problem is that all of those players have shown to have relatively low ceilings. Of that group, Lowry looks to have the most potential, but that isn't saying much.
Clark was wwwwaaaaaaaayyyyyyyy overdrafted, and I'm not expecting much from him - he already looks like a bust. All the rest have pedestrian written all over them.
The Packers as an organization don't really care much about playing good defense - witness who they keep on as their DC year after dismal year. TT did manage to assemble a reasonable amount of defensive talent which peaked a couple of years ago; but, of course, Dunderdummy managed to make a colossal mess of it, and we got bounced from the playoffs in embarrassing fashion once again.
This team will not win another championship as long as TT and Dom are calling the shots in their respective positions.
Remember when the apologist's narrative was that we had to be frugal the last few seasons because we had to keep something in the kitty to re-sign our o-line? Now in less than a year...Sitton, Lang, Tretter....all gone. Hopefully Ted will continue to add pieces on defense to make up for these losses.
Didn't 2 tackles get new deals? Bulaga and Bahk and now Barclay? Maybe he just wants B last names? Or maybe Linsley getting some coin soon ups the difference 4-3 and TT really just uses money in the kitty to improve the team where he thinks its needed? Like Perry, Bennett, Kendrick to go along with the Oline. I think its silly to think TT is frugal so he can zero in on 1 position to improve. With arguably the best QB in football, i'd prefer to pay my tackles more money than my guards. Maybe thats an apologists way of thinking, but AR can see better in front of him, not both sides of him.
Over the last few years, re-signing guys like Lang and Sitton were major talking points for people ok with us being inactive in free agency. I'm very happy with our tackles being secure, but if this off-season ends up with us keeping Perry, trading Cook for Bennett/Kendicks and losing Lang, Tretter, Hyde, Shields, Starks, Lacy thats sort of frustrating. Now a few moves could turn all that around.
by my count we need 2 of those guys
i'm assuming spriggs is gonna start somewhere
so we need rookies that can step in right away and be a backup and probably start more then a few games because of injuries at G/T and another for C/G
and no, fucking barclay doesn't fit either of those roles imo
Personally I don't ever see Spriggs playing guard and I'm on the fence about Murphy playing inside. I wouldn't move Bulaga simply because you don't screw around with moving a competent, upper tier right tackle to play guard. Just find a decent guard whether it's, Patrick, a FA, or a draft pick and plug them into the line. Leave the other 4 components, (Linsley, Taylor, Bulaga, and Bak) alone and find 1 decent/good inside guy. Plus we already have 2 new TE's that have to get into the O-Line mix this year. I hate playing musical chairs with the O-line because it's the damn franchise you're trying to protect. Pressure from the inside is just as likely to get AR killed as pressure from the outside.
So we are loosing a 30 year old guard and a backup centre. Last season to drafted their replacementS with spriggs and the other one whose name escapes me. Say we get a mid round ol and Rb. Still can focus the draft on cb, nt and mlb...
lacy got out of seattle without signing, he's on his way to green bay to talk with TT
Funny how some of you guys have no idea how big of a deal continuity is on the o-line. Sure just plug anyone in at guard, they don't need ay experience or depth. That is until shuffling guys all over gets Rodgers hurt. Because let's face it, if Rodgers goes down for any significant amount of time, this team is toast. Stubby is not a good enough coach to win a lot of games without Rodgers.
I agree Spriggs isn't a Guard. I'd be reluctant to move Bulaga inside simply because he's coming off maybe his best year. The only reason you would do it is is you feel that Spriggs is definitely one of your top 5 O-Linemen, and you want tp get your top 5 on the field. I think they'll leave Bulaga at RT, and RG will be the big battle of training camp. I know the coaching staff likes Patrick. I think Murphy has the skill set to play Guard if he gets a little stronger. And I expect TT to draft at least 1 O-Lineman.
He signed 2 TE's - and actually improved a position on the roster; yes, that is very uncharacteristic of TT... but don't expect full-blown miracles.
In the last 2 drafts he's drafted Randall, Rollins, Clark, Fackrell, Lowry, Martinez, and Ryan - there's no way in hell he's going to admit that all of those guys, or any of them, are shit, even if they are.
While I would argue that all off those guys - every single one of them is a below average NFL player, TT's "draft and develop" addiction simply won't allow him to call a turd a turd. I seriously doubt any defensive help is on the way. As I said, TT will look at it like the needed help is already on the roster.
Other teams will make moves to improve, and TT will stand pat for the most part. I like Bennett better than Cook, and Kendricks better than any TE we have on the roster - but they can't play defense.
I fully expect our defense to be complete crap again next year... another "1 and done" or embarrassing exit from the playoffs - and Rodgers another year older.
Wist is back? He disappeared at the end of that 8 game winning streak and the victory over Dallas.
"Disappeared" long before that... changed jobs, and our 3rd kid is wearing me out now. Simply don't have time to do much of anything but work and tend to the family. Things are settling out a little bit though, so maybe I can watch a little football this year...
Bought some new golf clubs... my brother laughed and said I was waaaayyyyy too optimistic, lol...