Yeah, get Valdez-Scantling too. He, Adams, Reed, Doubs, and Wicks would be a top of the line and diverse receiver corps.
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Yeah, get Valdez-Scantling too. He, Adams, Reed, Doubs, and Wicks would be a top of the line and diverse receiver corps.
Not bad, that means goodbye Watson?Quote:
Originally Posted by texaspackerbacker
According to The Browns GM, the Browns have zero interest in trading Garrett. Also: Garrett supposedly turned down a contract extension offer from CLE.Quote:
Originally Posted by Deputy Nutz
That fully guaranteed QB contract plus Garrett cap number make it almost impossible for CLE to move Garrett. Rumor is CLE is looking into finding a clause in Deshaun Watson's contract that can get them out of it based on the legal stuff, but I think they're stuck with him.
Acquiring Watson will basically screw that franchise for half a decade if not longer.
Not necessarily. Watson is supposed to be out for a large part of the season. The way the Packers usually drag out injuries, he won't be back for much if any of it. This might turn out to be a good thing if they can then extend him for less money. Besides, he'd be the sixth, and six WRs is not too many.Quote:
Originally Posted by MadtownPacker
Why I don't want the Packers to trade for Metcalf
https://www.seasidejoe.com/p/seahawk...arket-draft-oc
Packers are bringing back ERFA's Zayne Anderson, Emanuel Wilson, Kadeem Telfort, Daniel Whelan and Bo Melton. Aaron Mosby is only ERFA not to receive an offer.
I don't think that article makes any sense. Doug Baldwin was a good player. But you don't get a Doug Baldwin just for letting Metcalf go.
GREEN BAY, Wis. – Barring an unexpected turn of events, the Green Bay Packers will not be re-signing starting center Josh Myers, a source told Packers On SI just before the unofficial start of free agency on Monday.
This likely means the Packers have a good idea of what his market value is, and aren't going to pay it.
Thats a good take on the situation. Keep him around a bit longer if it is cheap to do.Quote:
Originally Posted by texaspackerbacker
Watson go hurt in January probably had surgery in February, he will be on the pup list until week 6 if he has a normal recovery
Packers usual timetable for bringing players back from ACL is 10 months, some teams rush players faster.
Re: Myers, I'm a bit relieved, especially after seeing Drew Dalman get $14M a year. Myers can probably get 8-10M somewhere, and I'd rather Gute spend the money extending Tom.
That said, Myers played thru a bunch of injuries (wrist, pectoral) and personal stuff, and the vomit game vs. Indy was fun. Wish him well, but don't want to overpay him to stay.
9 months is when it is recommended for athletes to return to full participation after ACL reconstruction. so 10 months is about right in terms of getting completely back to football shape. For athletes younger than 18 years old most surgeons won't clear them regardless of their progression until 9 months have gone by. Usually athletes can return to athletics after 6 months if they have the patella tendon graft instead of the hamstring but the likely hood of re-injuring is higher with the patella tendon graft.
According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, the Packers have agreed to a contract with Aaron Banks, who previously played for the San Francisco 49ers. Early indications put the contract at $77 million over four years, a $19.25 million average that would make Banks the sixth-highest-paid guard in the NFL.
A 2nd-round pick in the 2021 NFL Draft out of Notre Dame, Banks has been a full-time starter for the 49ers for the past three seasons, playing primarily left guard. That position was already occupied by Elgton Jenkins, but Jenkins is a candidate to move to center with the Packers expected to let Josh Myers sign elsewhere in free agency.
Defensive lineman T.J. Slaton will not return to the Packers, instead signing with the Cincinnati Bengals on what’s reported to be a two-year, $15.1 million move. NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero was the first on the news.
GREEN BAY – The interior of the Green Bay Packers offensive line will look different next year.
After signing San Francisco free-agent guard Aaron Banks, the Packers are going to play him on the left side, which is where he played the past three seasons for the 49ers. The 6-foot-5, 325-pound Banks adds some size to the interior of the line and allows for left guard Elgton Jenkins to move to center.
The Packers will then have the choice of whether to start Sean Rhyan or 2024 first-round draft pick Jordan Morgan at right guard. If the Packers don’t like the way things are headed with Jenkins at center, they could move right tackle Zach Tom there and move Jenkins to right tackle, but general manager Brian Gutekunst has said repeatedly he thinks Tom fits well as a tackle.
For Jenkins, the move to center shouldn’t be a problem. He has played center in college and in the pros. When he first came out of Mississippi State, some scouts projected him as a center because of his quickness off the ball, but the Packers had a need at left guard and inserted him there during his rookie season.
Over his six-year career, Jenkins has made 85 starts: 67 at left guard, eight at left tackle, six at right tackle and four at center.
Signing Banks feels like an overpay, but he's young and overall would appear to raise the overall floor of the OL. Probably means they are going to extend Tom but not Walker, and I wonder if Morgan continues to learn G and also swing tackle.
Lessens the urgency to draft OL, but I think they still will - there's some decent OL talent in the draft outside Day 1. Banks is a good signing if they have Jenkins at C and Rhyan at RG; that's a big strong interior for Jacobs to run behind, and should also be solid in pass pro.
A little surprised they went this route but GB has done some surprising things in FA and along the OL before, usually with good results so I'll give them the benefit of the doubt.
I think the Banks signing, and moving Jenkins to Center makes the Packers OL more stout in the running game at 2 positions. Packers started transitioning to more of a gap system last year, but Myers was ill-suited for it.
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Originally Posted by run pMc
Both moves seems like overpays. Wonder if Morgan is not as highly thought of by the coaches as Gutebag. I too don't think they want to give Wallace a huge contract. I think PFF had him rates 32 out of likee 65 OG's last season. They are not the end off but it gives us an idea of what we are getting. Thinking they figure Myers will get 12MILish per year and didn't want him at that price. So paying this guy more hopefully improves our line and hopefully we don't have any athletic reach with our 1st round draft picks last year like so many others
I kinda like the Banks signing. It makes sense to me - Jenkins to center, let Rhyan and Morgan duke it out for the RG spot, train Morgan also as a RT. Extend Tom. And then draft a couple tackles in April, maybe in the mid-to-later rounds, as you're looking for Rasheed Walker's eventual replacement.
The Hobbs signing was more of a head-scratcher to me, but clearly Green Bay has a plan for how that position will shake out. I do think the moves, both of them, impact the draft strategy. You don't need to take a corner in round one now; you could conceivably wait until even the third round to draft a guy to develop over the next year or two. And you can take a swing or two in the mid rounds at drafting Rasheed Wallace's replacement. So the draft can focus on - I think - defensive tackle, defensive end, and wide receiver.
Banks will add a little bit of edginess and exuberance to the OL, which I have thought they lacked at times. A bit of feistiness. Said to have an energetic personality and to be a player who is always looking for someone to hit. Said to be massive and broad, virtually immovable by power rushers.