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Originally posted by bobblehead
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Here's an active link to another paper at the same time:
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yea, I also found this link today. TT wanted 6 years to buy out some FA years and offered 1.75 mil up front and the agent went apeshit. For a guy with ZERO leverage I thought TT might have been being fair (especially since the agent left out ALL other details).
In the end Grant pocketed over 5 million last year which he didn't earn, and he will pocket more this year which I hope to God he will earn. If not he will be gone, rich and a flop.The only time success comes before work is in the dictionary -- Vince LombardiComment
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I don't know, Grant didn't have as great a year as we had hoped he might, but I have a hard time calling it a flop, or part of what will be a flopped career if he has the same sort of year next year. I think your standards might be a little too high.Originally posted by bobblehead
1200+ yards, no matter how you get it, has value.
Having an elite back like Green, with the 4.5-5 yards/carry averages year after year spoiled us. There have been many really good backs who haven't come close to the types of numbers Green put up. Some haven't approached what Grant did last year.
If Grant completes the last three years of his contract exactly as he did in 2008, his first year under the contract, he will be the 3rd leading rusher in Packer history. Would you consider that a flop, and not worth the $15M-$17M he might earn doing it?
You can complain about his average, his lack of long runs, what ever. It still comes down to the fact that only six times has a Packer back gained more yards rushing than Grant did in 2008, and only three players did it. Grant's average in 2008 (3.9) equaled Levens' career average with the Packers, and surpassed Edgar Bennett's Packer career average of 3.6 by a fair amount.
All in all, 2008 wasn't that bad for Grant, even if it wasn't as good as hoped for.Comment
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