PFW on new contract for Ryan Grant

[HarveyWallbangers]

I say you guys have a gunfight at high noon tomorrow. 10 paces.

I'm your huckleberry.

Where's superfan when we need him?

[sharpe1027]

So does this mean that YOU (Sharpe) want to sign him to a contract BELOW market value? I don't get it. What is the COST that you'd like to sign him at? Market value? Below market value? Slightly above market value? Which is it?

They should sign him according to the value he has to the Packers as a team. What they should not do is get in a bidding war and be forced to pay what some other team values him at. If you agree with this, then you should realize why your strategy carries significantly more risk as Grant could easily play out his RFA contract and either 1) the Packers get nothing or 2) they are forced to pay more than the highest of what 32 other teams would pay him.

It just doesn't make much sense to take that chance when you can just offer him a 5 year deal now that has little to no ramifications if they want to trade or cut him loose in 3 years.

I will leave the judgment up to the experts, let's see how this thing plays out.

[twoseven]

I say you guys have a gunfight at high noon tomorrow. 10 paces.

I'm your huckleberry.

Where's superfan when we need him?

Tombstone quotes, that's just my game. Say when..

[woodbuck27]

Of course, with how players want to renegotiate deals ... it probably doesn't matter.

I'd say I agree with everything you said here, except for this. If Grant continues to perform as he did last year (which I expect him to), it makes a huge difference in who has negotiating leverage (and how much of it they have) depending on whether the player who wants to renegotiate is locked up for the next three years, or whether he is on the brink of free agency. If I'm a GM (or a fan who is interested in the team's success), I'd much prefer to have the player locked up and under an extended-term contract.

Yup. Especially given the money we have available.

It's simple LOCK DOWN logic to me. Extend this RB now for three years.

PACKERS FOREVER.