Williams Tagged

[The Leaper]

99 must be pissed, he would have been the top DL on the market

I doubt he is pissed...because I think he genuinely likes the Packer organization and knows the team is a contender. I'm sure he is disappointed, but by all accounts he did want to remain in Green Bay...although probably with a long term deal in place.

Guys are pissed when the Oakland Raiders or Arizona Cardinals tag their ass.

[RashanGary]

99 is irrate. Who gives a shit what team you play for. That is secondary and a FAR FAR FAR secondary to the legit long term security of your family and if you don't care about 6 or 12 up front and 25 likely to be earned or 6 likely to be earned than you are crazy. Injuries are a REAL fear in the NFL.

[RashanGary]

After taxes, 99 probably pulls in 3 million. Don't get me wrong, I'd love to have three million but if he gets injured next year and never makes another dime he'll be awfully pissed that he's looking at a 1.5 million dollar bank account (after blowing half of it) instead of a 4.5 million dollar bank acount.

[RashanGary]

I'm suprised more people are not commenting on this. This is acctually the most exciting moment since the season ended.

[Harlan Huckleby]

who cares if he is mad.

it is silly to talk about "security for his family" when a guy gets a 3M salary. That's a lot of dough. People always drag in the family when the issue is really greed. (not that I mind anybody trying to make as much as they can)

This is what the franchise tag was invented for. Fuck him if he can't take a joke.

[Farley Face]

I'm suprised more people are not commenting on this. This is acctually the most exciting moment since the season ended.

All possible scenarios were hashed through extensively before today on this board so most posters likely feel their opinion has already been voiced. I'm more surprised how badly Bubba is getting beat up on the JSO Blog. Ruthless crowd over there. I think cutting him made sense but I'll stop short of bidding him good riddance and questioning his heart. Brutal.

[RashanGary]

I don't care, HH. I really like Williams as a player right now and I think he's a decent guy (most people are IMO).


That said, teams just aren't going to win very many NFL games if they go about filling their salary cap at full UFA price. You have to get bargains. You have to use tags to limit competition in contract negotiations. You can also sign guys a year or two early and keep competition down. As a franchise, you have to draft well because it allows you to have the upperhand in later negotiations (as well as giving you more cheap young talent before the contract gets redone). You have to do well scowering the scrap heaps because that gives you more good young talent as well and also gives you the upper hand in later negotiations.

The Packers are doing the right thing here. They have the upper hand because of a good draft pick from the Sherman era. I wish Williams would have signed last off season but here we are. Hopefully he signs a long one now because I'm in the camp that you can never have enough good dlinemen (esspecially young ones or guys in their prime)

[Carolina_Packer]

And I recall CW saying he'd even consider the home town discount for the Packers, so perhaps when they franchised him they said they'd try and work out a deal. Tag 'em and bag 'em! He's good and proven. Pickett is not getting any younger; not that CW is the same type of player as Pickett, but he has the most experience outside of Pickett and you need experienced guys in the rotation along with young guys, so I'm in favor of keeping CW.

[MadtownPacker]

Like most of TT's moves this one makes sense for many reason. Cant let him get away for nothing and he solidifies the DL rotation for another season until Harrell is further evaluated. Keep him or trade him, this was the right move.

[KYPack]

This will probably be a record year for tags.

They may be as many as 12 or 13.

Last year there were 7.

[Bretsky]

Great Move
Prudent and Smart
Good Job TT

[CaliforniaCheez]

I didn't think they would do it.

Well. they now have time to negotiate a long term deal.

[b bulldog]

Home town discount in the eyes of the Packers or the players eyes???

[Bretsky]

Home town discount in the eyes of the Packers or the players eyes???

In the rising cap days players realize this is a business; if they are team guys they will be happy for C Williams and at the same time realize rising salaries may be good for them down the road as well.

That home town discount is just player talk anyways because he likes playing here.

[oregonpackfan]

I also support putting the franchise tag on Williams. In the long run, I think it will not only benefit the Packers, but also Williams.