Grant will do offseason workouts but won't sign minimum tend

[packers11]

http://www.packersnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080319/PKR01/80319162/1989

[Joemailman]

I wonder if they'll be talking before the draft. If not, it sets up an interesting situation if Jonathan Stewart is available. That said, there is little incentive for either side not to get a contract worked out.

[Guiness]

I am surprised this has become an issue at all. Grant has almost zippo negotiating power...the article says he can withhold services, but at his age that would be disastrous. He can't afford to miss a payday, no matter how small.

Much as he and his agent must hate it, he has to trust the Pack to reward him fairly...and 9 good games, then making demands is not a good way to convince them to do so.

[MadtownPacker]

Who cares if he shows up or not. He didnt bother to show up last January 20th. He needs to prove he can do what he did without a HOF QB helping him out.

[Partial]

Who cares if he shows up or not. He didnt bother to show up last January 20th. He needs to prove he can do what he did without a HOF QB helping him out.

[twoseven]

He needs to prove he can do what he did without a HOF QB helping him out.

Bingo. Upping him beforehand is foolish. All the more reason to grab Stewart if he actually falls to 30.

[packrulz]

I think Grant has proven himself, why not lock him up to a long term deal now? He averaged 5.1 yds per carry.

[BlueBrewer]

In the words of Teddy KGB, pey dat man his munnee.

[PaCkFan_n_MD]

As has been discussed previously, IMO Grant deserves a contract. Lock him up now for a long term deal while he's still cheap. 1100 yards in 11 games is all I need to see. For those who think it was all because of Favre that the running game opened up, you are wrong. He played great behind a bad run blocking o-line and made a lot of runs that not many can make in this league. Please lock him up! Who else are we going to spend are money on?

[LL2]

Is he without a contract right now?

TT should at least reward him with a 2 yr / 2-4 million dollar deal. Then if he continues to perform as well as he does then give him a really good longterm deal. I wouldn't play for the minimum either, but I also wouldn't make a stink about it.

[PaCkFan_n_MD]

370,000 for a guy who would have easily been the leading rusher last year had he started from week one is a slap in a face IMO. Especially when we are just sitting on 30+ mil in cap space. If you don't want to lock him up long term just yet, fine, but he should at least be making 2mil a year for a year or two until he fully proves himself.

[sepporepi]

I am advocating this for a long time. Give him a 2-year contract with 1-2mil Signing Bonus and about the same in yearly salery now. After the 2 years he will be a RFA.

So in two years we can tender him high and take the picks or retain him relatively cheap for one more year or we can sign him long-term for a big, but still reasonable deal then.

In my opinion that is fair. He gets some security now and can prove his value. If some team thinks he is worth a monster deal in 2 years, they can get him for a 1+3 and he gets his money. If not he can decide whether he wants a discount long-term deal or take the one year gamble and wait a nother year for UFA (or the frachise tag :P , which imho would also not a bad deal for him)

[sepporepi]

but I also wouldn't make a stink about it.

I don't think he qualfies for making a stink so far. He showed up for the team activities, his agent just stated he won't sign the minimum deal, which most of us seem fully to understand.

[ND72]

I think Grant has proven himself, why not lock him up to a long term deal now? He averaged 5.1 yds per carry.

I remember a lot of people saying the same thing about Samkon Gado...

[StPaulPackFan]

I think Grant has proven himself, why not lock him up to a long term deal now? He averaged 5.1 yds per carry.

I remember a lot of people saying the same thing about Samkon Gado...

It appeared that the Packers figured out quickly that Gado was not going to be successful after installing the ZBS. The difference is that Grant has already proven to be adept in the ZBS. Plus we have tons of cap space.