Mark Tauscher update

[packers11]

https://www.rotoworld.com

Packers coach Mike McCarthy says he's been in regular contact with free agent OT Mark Tauscher (ACL surgery) and doesn't believe he'll be ready to play before October 1.

"It's a late injury," McCarthy said. "You do the match." Tauscher, injured on December 7, faces 8-10 months of recovery. He may not find a suitor soon.

Source: Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

[red]

looks like we're going to need a new RT for this year

8-10 month seems a little short. he might not be able to go at all this season even if we did keep him

yuck

[Joemailman]

Looks like one of the young guys are going to get a chance to start. Allen Barbre and Giacomini are the likeliest choices. I suspect they've given up on Moll as a potential starter.

[bobblehead]

I would like the franchise to sign him for the minimum and bring him in to rehab with us. Maybe a 2 year deal, first at the minimum, second at 4 million. He has been a model packer, we should do right by him. The DL doesn't take a roster spot.

[red]

I would like the franchise to sign him for the minimum and bring him in to rehab with us. Maybe a 2 year deal, first at the minimum, second at 4 million. He has been a model packer, we should do right by him. The DL doesn't take a roster spot.

i think that would be a great gesture, but i don't know if i see it happening. he's very near the end, even before the injury, and tt might have been wanting to get younger there. if we move on this season we might not go back to him the next. unless that replacement really sucks this season

[Bretsky]

looks like we're going to need a new RT for this year

8-10 month seems a little short. he might not be able to go at all this season even if we did keep him

yuck

Good thing we're so set on the OL with some experienced vets to go along with the inexperienced youth

[Guiness]

from the What If department

What If he hadn't gotten hurt? What would've happened to him in FA? I thought he was still playing at a high level, and was surprised we didn't extend him during the season.

[Tarlam!]

This is a golden opportunity for TT to demonstrate how the organization stands by its own, even if it doesn't have any obligation to.

Bring him back home, pay him for his past efforts and let him retire a Packer when the time comes.

[australianpackerbacker]

You guys are crazy if you think TT will re-sign Tauscher. In my opinion if he were regarded as highly as you guys think by the Packers organization he would have been re-signed by now, regardless of injury, unless of course he is seeking a ridiculous amount of money vs his actual worth. It is obvious he will not be ready this season, so why bother re-signing him at all? So he can help your team 2 years down the track? At 33-34 years of age?

Im sorry if i dont subscribe to the theory of giving him a contract purely because he is a good guy, as some of you suggested. For one that is not a good business approach and secondly you cannot give out contracts based on emotion. Why do people feel that because someone is a good guy or a model citizen that they deserve something for their actions? We're not living in a perfect world here people. This guy has made more money in his 10 years playing pro football than most of us combined will make in our entire lifetimes, can someone please tell me why he deserves a "good-guy contract"?

[Tarlam!]

---can someone please tell me why he deserves a "good-guy contract"?

That's simple - team politics.

Look at the way things are developing. Last year a Grant hold out. This year Willams and Collins are already posturing. A cool million to a guy like Tausch might save the team a lot of grief in the very near future.

[Zool]

Lets say you own a company who has contracted employees and one of your employees goes on long term disability. During this, their contract expires. You like this employee and he/she has been a model employee for a lot of years, but there's no way of saying that they will be able to do their job anywhere near to the previous level when they come back. In fact it stands to reason with age and the nature of the extended disability that there will in fact be a drop off.

Do you give that employee a new contract while they are still on disability?

[SkinBasket]

Lets say you own a company who has contracted employees and one of your employees goes on long term disability. During this, their contract expires. You like this employee and he/she has been a model employee for a lot of years, but there's no way of saying that they will be able to do their job anywhere near to the previous level when they come back. In fact it stands to reason with age and the nature of the extended disability that there will in fact be a drop off.

Do you give that employee a new contract while they are still on disability?

Depends. Is this employee a hooker, prostitute, or any other kind of lady of the night?

[Zool]

Lets say you own a company who has contracted employees and one of your employees goes on long term disability. During this, their contract expires. You like this employee and he/she has been a model employee for a lot of years, but there's no way of saying that they will be able to do their job anywhere near to the previous level when they come back. In fact it stands to reason with age and the nature of the extended disability that there will in fact be a drop off.

Do you give that employee a new contract while they are still on disability?

Depends. Is this employee a hooker, prostitute, or any other kind of lady of the night?

Sure. Her disability was the equivalent of a prolapse. She's getting up there in age and her meth habit is getting out of hand in her downtime.

[run pMc]

Well, they are letting him use the Packer training facilities to rehab. That's not a bad gesture.
Agree the depth at RT is lacking and it would be nice to shore that up.

[Waldo]

---can someone please tell me why he deserves a "good-guy contract"?

That's simple - team politics.

Look at the way things are developing. Last year a Grant hold out. This year Willams and Collins are already posturing. A cool million to a guy like Tausch might save the team a lot of grief in the very near future.

A cool million?

Tausher's cap # was 6.2M last year I believe, he was one of the highest paid RT's in the NFL. I was very not hunky dory with his contract, and felt that he was the most overpaid guy on the team for a while. RTO's are not that valuable unless they dominate. Tausher didn't dominate and looked flat out bad last year before his injury. If the level of play that Tausher gave us last year is all that we are looking for, I feel that several guys on the the team could give that to us, Sitton and Colledge could play it as well or better than Tausher did in his prime. RT are not nearly as valuable as people think they are, unless the guy is a road grader in the run game, a RT is not very valuable. With a good QB, even a mediocre at best RT should give up less sacks than you can count on a single hand.