36 million in cap room

[pack4to84]

http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/ic/blogs/insider/index.shtml

Packers have $36 million in cap room
The NFL has finished calculating teams' salary-cap commitments and credits, and the Green Bay Packers will have about $36 million in salary-cap room when the new fiscal year starts Thursday at 11 p.m., according to a source with access to NFL salary information.

The Packers have about $96 million in cap commitments this year, and the cap limit is $123 million. But they also pick up about $9 million in cap credits carried over from last year via accounting procedures, so their actual cap limit is $132 million. That means they have about $36 million in cap room.

[Joemailman]

I would expect TT to use a lot of that money on contract extensions. There are a bunch of key players whose contracts end in 2009. If 2010 is going to possibly be an uncapped year, TT won't want a bunch of his players becoming free agents at that time.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Not directly related, but probably fits here.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d5d80eee3f0&template=with-video-with-comments&confirm=true

Green Bay Packers

Potential key free agents: UFA -- DT Colin Cole, DE Mike Montgomery, OT Mark Tauscher. RFA -- S Atari Bigby, CB Jarrett Bush, TE Tory Humphrey, WR Ruvell Martin.

What worked last year: QB Aaron Rodgers, defensive backfield, WR Greg Jennings.

What needs fixing: The defensive front, OT, late-season gumption.

What's the game plan: A switch to a 3-4 defense under the guidance of Dom Capers could help take advantage of a solid group of linebackers. Though DE Aaron Kampman will play some OLB, the team would like to acquire a veteran OLB and Atlanta UFA Michael Boley could be a fit. Some help at OT could be needed if Mark Tauscher leaves via free agency. Eagles UFA tackle William Thomas is the best on the market.

[HarveyWallbangers]

I would expect TT to use a lot of that money on contract extensions.

Agreed. Jennings, Kampman, and some others.

[Joemailman]

Unofficial list of players whose contracts expire after this season:

Kampman, Clfton, Chillar, Pickett, Collins, Colledge, Jennings, Spitz, Blackmon, Moll, Jolly.

[packers11]

Unofficial list of players whose contracts expire after this season:

Kampman, Clfton, Chillar, Pickett, Collins, Colledge, Jennings, Spitz, Blackmon, Moll, Jolly.

shit... thats a lot of players ready to hit free agency...

Jennings/Collins is a must lock up...

Kampman is a wait and see (depending how he does in 3-4)

Pickett could still be a sufficient NT (matters how much he wants)

The rest matters how much they want / if they fit ....

[texaspackerbacker]

I would expect TT to use a lot of that money on contract extensions. There are a bunch of key players whose contracts end in 2009. If 2010 is going to possibly be an uncapped year, TT won't want a bunch of his players becoming free agents at that time.

Good observation, Joe. I just hope those players don't see fit to test things in the uncapped year. I think I might be tempted if I were them--especially Jennings and the rest of the best of them.

[red]

Unofficial list of players whose contracts expire after this season:

Kampman, Clfton, Chillar, Pickett, Collins, Colledge, Jennings, Spitz, Blackmon, Moll, Jolly.

kampman and jennings are the only 2 i would even consider redoing this year

they are both proven, and you know they are dependable

the rest of the guys i would wait on

-does clifton have anything left in the tank?

-if they want to keep chillar i don't think that would cost much at all

-pickett would depend on what happens in the draft and if he can handle NT

-collins needs to show it wasn't a one year wonder. maybe redo midseason if he still looks like he did last year

-colledge and spitz still have a long way to go IMO before i would consider them dependable starters



there isn't a lot i would go after in FA. i would like canty, or igore, maybe bart scott, maybe find some new inside o-line guys

none of those, except maybe scott would cost a lot to get

we could maybe sign a couple mid tier Fa's and resign kampman and jenkins and put as much as we can on this years salary cap

or we couple sign and trade for everyone in the world and back load the shit out of all their contracts and hope there isn't a cap or football in a couple years and just put all our chips in for this season

[Waldo]

Colledge looked too good at tackle and put it together last year at LG. This team goes to the playoffs and he has a good chance of going to the pro bowl playing at last years level. Can't wait on that, lock him up now. He moves to T, tack 2M on his contract. He goes to a PB, tack 2M on to his contract. He fills in for Cliffy and goes to a pro bowl, we're looking at Gross money. Not good. Lock him up now for 4-5M/yr and call it good. If we do that and move him to LT (his natural position), we'll have one of the cheapest veteran LT's in the NFL.

If I were Collins or Jennings I would hold out if the team doesn't redo my deal this offseason, if not I probably would walk next year. Just the way the business of the NFL works. We're not immune to it.

[packer4life]

waldo, i read your posts, they are intelligent, but please elaborate on your love for colledge, seeing that this is one of the few times that anyone has spoken of his play as anything more than average.

Did I miss something this season?

[rbaloha1]

Salary cap management is a definite TT strength.

Agreed Jennings should be the #1 priority. Unfortunately GJ is on record stating he wants to test free agency.

Collins should be locked up ASAP. The roughly seven free agents do not need to resigned except for Bigby and Hunter.

With $30 million plus cap space TT can sign 1-2 free agents with enough room to sign draft picks.

[red]

thats the first i've heard that jennings wants to test free agency

i know he didn't want to redo his contract last season because he didn't want to have distractions during the season

[Waldo]

waldo, i read your posts, they are intelligent, but please elaborate on your love for colledge, seeing that this is one of the few times that anyone has spoken of his play as anything more than average.

Did I miss something this season?

Any time a run goes for more than 5 yards, watch for Colledge blowing guys up and pancaking LB's along the way, its almost always there. He's our best run blocker, by far. His pass pro is solid, especially at tackle, he works better in space than in a phone booth. Aaron trusts Calledge far more than Clifton, every time Colledge replaced him, Aaron's happy feet want away and his confidence in the pocket grew. The offense was far more effective with Colledge at LT overall (Clifton is downright dysfunctional agaisnt the run).

The two longest runs of the year; week 1 vs. Mn, Colledge manhandled phat Pat 1 on 1 opening a huge hole for Grant to run through. week 17 vs Detroit, Wynn's long run was behind Colledge steamrolling the D, he destroyed 4 blockers on that play, far better than Tausher has done in years, in his first start at RT. Aaron always follows Colledge on sneaks, and a sneak didn't fail last year.

It was sad how often Clifton got manhandled by an end in the run game, completely negating Colledges path of destruction through the linebackers. If Clifton wouldn't suck so much agaisnt the run, the left side would be dominant to run behind. Jackson was taking advantage of Clifton getting beat though, cutting just outside of Clifton, not following the blocking or the play, assuming Clifton was getting mauled to the interior and just going by it. It worked, a lot, probably got him more than half his yards. Grant can't cut like that to take advantage of it.

[Waldo]

thats the first i've heard that jennings wants to test free agency

i know he didn't want to redo his contract last season because he didn't want to have distractions during the season

Its just rumor mill fodder and runs completely agaisnt everything that has actually come out of Jennings' and TT's mouth in public.

I've come real jaded about the rumor mill crap. 99.9% of the time it isn't true for GB.

[packer4life]

any stats on running average to the left side when colledge is in the game vs clifton? im sure there were far less attempts with colledge at LT but still something that would help prove your point waldo (not that i dont believe it)