Rodgers signing a new deal? Contract Details

[wist43]

Hey everybody... long time, no see

You guys still wildly optimistic I see, lol...

Still don't see it with Rodgers... the NFC is junk this year, and the North is putrid, so the Packers may make the playoffs, but they'll never win a SB with Rodgers under center, and that's always been my point, it's all about the SB.

That said, Rodgers has amazed me by staying on the field for 3 entire games... granted MM protects him to the point of harming the teams chances of winning, but still, Fragile Aaron is still upright... a feat in and of itself

Hope everyone has been having a good time on here... I'm still bogged down with domestic stuff, but things are finally shaking out

I'll be checking in a little more often I hope, so I hope to argue with some of you as the season wears on.

[Joemailman]

Welcome back Wist! I was afraid you'd become a Jets fan or something. I keep remembering that Trent Dilfer has a Super Bowl ring, so I'm inclined to think that Arod has a chance to lead this team to a Super Bowl.

The next 6 weeks or so will tell a lot about Arod. This is really the tough part of their schedule.

[wist43]

Dilfer has kind of always been my point... useless QB along for the ride.

Power running, power defense... the Packers run neither, hence they need a HOF/All-Pro calibur QB. Rodgers ain't that.

The Cowboys are built the way I want the Packers to be built... hate finesse football in general, but if you have the QB you can win championships with it.

The Packers don't have the QB to pull it off, so to me, they're just wasting years... still, I want them to win.

I haven't watched much football in the last couple of years, but am going to try to get back into it

[pbmax]

Hey everybody... long time, so see

wist, its good to hear from you again. I hope everything shakes out for the better.

But pay closer attention to the AFC this weekend. The NFC looks much better so far. Manning shaking off the rust and Harrison returning to form might tip the balance, but the AFC is dreadful across the board with possible but troubled exceptions in Pittsburgh, Indy and San Diego.

As for max protect scheme, McCarthy has gone this route before with Favre as well. When he was unsure of the line in his first year with the new guards.

Hopefully he returns to the passing formations and mixes it up with Wells starting and Moll back out. But even then, I think much of the max protect against the Cowboys was fear of the Cowboys pass rush, not scheme.

[pbmax]

As for Snake putting us back on topic, I think if they are convinced Rodgers can do what they thought he can do, then they should do a longer term deal now. If he continues to rack up this kind of statistical year, the price isn't going down.

If they think this is the QB they hoped he would be.

[bobblehead]

Ok...this thread is getting off kilter a bit. The reason I made this topic was about Arod's "potential" of signing a new deal.

My thoughts:

Right now, Romo is the better QB and a top 5 NFL QB. He's won a ton of games, had gaudy stats, and is a very good QB.

Right now, Arod has 3 starts. He's had good stats, but less than a killer instinct to make plays at times (Dallas game). Don't flame and hear me out.

Both QB's right now are prob. top 10 qb's as the NFL is very saturated. Hypothetically, Arod could just flat out bust (but the prob. of that are very slim IMO).

I think Arod will be great as I'm mildly surprised and happy he's done well so far. He hasn't come close to losing a game by himself and throws at a high % with good decisions, but his only flaw SO FAR I've seen is the inability to make a play out of nothing when there is nothing else to lose (down major points....need TD's).

I think he only gets better and Romo was a great QB without a lot of experience either who cashed in early with one of the biggest contracts in NFL history (prob. top 15 EVER regardless of position).

The question is do we lock up Arod for a VERY respectable 4 years 28 million (peanuts for starting QB's) or ride it out then have his new agent says "hey give us 12 million a year after this year or wait till Unrestricted FA." I say sign him now if they (M3, TT, etc) are as high on him as we think...and I like him. What other options do we have? Brohm won't do shit for years based on the preseason and there are NEVER any good FA QB's....and the 2009/2010 draft??? HHAAHHAHAHAA..

Bottom line to get back to the details at hand.

Lock him up now for a fair deal. If he sucks, cut him and move on as we have the cap space, but that will not happen. Arod will be at least as good as Romo based on his time served and the bit we've seen him thus far.

Do it TT!

I can't see ARod signing 4/28....not when grant just got incentive based 4/40....devin fucking hester got 4/40. I think even at this early stage it will take 7/70 and that will be a bargain with a raising cap. I'd rather wait out the season, see him do it all year long and give him 7/84 at the end of a big year. He is going to command a 10million signing bonus either way and I'd like to be pretty damn sure the defenses don't catch up with him before shelling out that coin.