Franks Released

[Farley Face]

I'm not shocked but I little surprised. Wonder if he was offered a paycut and refused.

[Farley Face]

Re: Franks Released

I'm not shocked but I little surprised. Wonder if he was offered a paycut and refused.

From Packers.com:

http://www.packers.com/news/releases/2008/02/20/1/

[PaCkFan_n_MD]

How much does he free in cap and how much do we still have to pay him?

[Farley Face]

Re: Franks Released

I'm not shocked but I little surprised. Wonder if he was offered a paycut and refused.

From Packers.com:

http://www.packers.com/news/releases/2008/02/20/1/

Doesn't sound like we should hold our breath for a return engagement at a lower salary. Nice words from TT, but not much sense he left that door open:

"We thank Bubba for everything he has given to our franchise," general manager Ted Thompson said in a release. "He was a productive player on the field, a good teammate in the locker room and a fine representative of the Packers in the Green Bay community."

[Joemailman]

How much does he free in cap and how much do we still have to pay him?

Bubba would have counted 4.5 million against the cap in 2008. I believe the Packers save 3.5 million cap money with this move.

[b bulldog]

Crumpler ???

[RashanGary]

Another good move. KGB might be the next one, but KGB is still a good player. It's harder to cut a good player, esspecially one that puts pressure on the QB.

I'm really hoping we find a DE near the top of this draft. Thompson is doing a lot of good things, but he hasn't done anything to perpetuate the good DE situation that Sherman left him.

[RashanGary]

I could see keeping KGB one more year to buy Thompson time to find a DE in either this draft or the next one.

I could also see Thompson cutting KGB and signing Travis Leboy to a long term deal as our next pass rush specialist.

I'm leaning more toward keeping KGB for one more year and hopefully drafting one soon. DE is fast becoming a big need though.

[Freak Out]

KGB getting cut? That would be a surprise to me.

[b bulldog]

I hope he takes a reduction in pay. Best of luck to Bubba.

[GBRulz]

Shocking move IMO. I guess I would understand if we had someone else waiting in the wings but we don't.

[b bulldog]

He is a second stringer, Lee is the starter.

[Lurker64]

Shocking move IMO. I guess I would understand if we had someone else waiting in the wings but we don't.

I'm not so sure it's all that shocking. We saw what the Packers looked like without Franks for the better part of the 2007 season, and it wasn't all that terrible. Franks would have been hard pressed to get the starting job in 2008 and 4.5 million for a backup TE (while we could have afforded it) wouldn't have made a lot of sense economically.

Still, I wish Bubba all the best.

[Brando19]

I wonder if anyone picks Bubba up? Will Favre be upset b/c he liked Bubba.

[BallHawk]

Does TT have a plan? Splash in FA? Trade?

I'm not sure, but it doesn't make much sense to release your 2nd best TE when you have plenty of cap space to keep him.