Next years free agents

[PaCkFan_n_MD]

I was thinking about next year's free agents, so I did a little searching and found that no starters on offense or defense will be free agents except ben talor if he wins the job.

This means that next years draft picks and free agents that we pick up will be added to our existing starters either as upgardes at many positions or as depth.

Does this mean that TT is doing something right?

[Pack0514]

If no starters on offense will be free agents after this year, who do you have starting at RB?

Both Green and Davenport will be FA and Gado will be RFA. Correct me if I am wrong.

[PaCkFan_n_MD]

right right sorry, forgot about Rbs

[Pack0514]

Dont worry about it, its still an awesome position to be in for the Packers..... especially if the starters they have play well together. And yes, I do believe TT is doing something right. I think he needs to do something about the Mac, Walker, Harris types, but from a talent evaluater / young team builder, he is doing a nice job. IMO.

[Patler]

Besides the running backs, Colin Cole, Rob Davis, Scott Wells and Cullen Jenkins are others who will be starters or major contributors whose contracts expire after 2006.

Other possible contributors in their last years include Rod Gardner, Kendrick Allen and Donald Lee.

[Schuhc14]

I could be wrong, but I think Colin Cole, Scott Wells and Cullen Jenkins are all RFA, meaning we will get them back for one year fairly cheap.

[Partial]

they should lock up their young DTs long term.

[Patler]

I could be wrong, but I think Colin Cole, Scott Wells and Cullen Jenkins are all RFA, meaning we will get them back for one year fairly cheap.

Like when we got KGB and Diggs back "fairly cheap" when they were RFAs?

Hopefully TT will not make the mistakes handling RFAs that Sherman did.

[PaCkFan_n_MD]

Besides the running backs, Colin Cole, Rob Davis, Scott Wells and Cullen Jenkins are others who will be starters or major contributors whose contracts expire after 2006.

Other possible contributors in their last years include Rod Gardner, Kendrick Allen and Donald Lee.

Rob davis doesn't play offense or defense
Scott wells is not yet a starter, but if he does he will not be hard to resign
colin cole and cullen jenkins are guys who rotate, not solid starters IMO.

My whloe point was that for sure starters such as, driver, franks, pickett, kampman, KGB, Barnett, Hawk, etc. etc. will be on are team for at least the next two years. I did not mean that everyone on the team will not be a free agent next year like rod gardner, kendrick allen and donald lee.

[Partial]

They need to resign CC. The Cole Train is gonna be unstoppable this season.

[RashanGary]

The Packers don't have any contracts to do in the near future that look big. They structured Kampman, Pickett and Woodson's contracts in a way that will not cause big hits after this season. The short story is that the Packers should have a big amount of cap space next year. They will probably tie up their core role players and still be very well off. If Brett comes back next year, there are real possiblities to compete. If not, it's Aaron Rodgers and as much as we can be optimistic, I'd have a hard time predicting a winning season with a QB that is not proven. You never know though. There was a day when STeve Young wasn't proven either. There are 20 Randy Wrights for every Steve Young so I'm not getting my hopes up.

[MJZiggy]

Fascinating avatar RTT.

[RashanGary]

Thanks....

I can no longer be a NIck Collins stalker. I have to move on with my life and become my own poster.

[Patler]

Besides the running backs, Colin Cole, Rob Davis, Scott Wells and Cullen Jenkins are others who will be starters or major contributors whose contracts expire after 2006.

Other possible contributors in their last years include Rod Gardner, Kendrick Allen and Donald Lee.

Rob davis doesn't play offense or defense
Scott wells is not yet a starter, but if he does he will not be hard to resign
colin cole and cullen jenkins are guys who rotate, not solid starters IMO.

My whloe point was that for sure starters such as, driver, franks, pickett, kampman, KGB, Barnett, Hawk, etc. etc. will be on are team for at least the next two years. I did not mean that everyone on the team will not be a free agent next year like rod gardner, kendrick allen and donald lee.

Not meaning to pick on you, but you said "except ben talor (sic) if he wins the job." You could just as well have said except for "Ben Taylor, Scott Wells, Rod Gardner and one of Colin Cole, Kendrick Allen and Cullen Jenkins if they win starting jobs."

You pointed out the possibility of Taylor, I just wanted everyone to know that he isn't the only likely starter to be that is in his last year on his contract. Wells, Gardner and one of Cole, Jenkins or Allen are all possible starters, just like Taylor, whom you did mentioned. Actually, Wells is a returning starter, but not at the position he started for the second half of last year.

But, the Packers are in decent shape. Unless someone really steps forward, none of the players is a real key resigning. Wells or one of the DTs is probably the most likely to be #1 on the list for getting re-signed. I like Taylor, but I suspect he is looked on as only a temporary starter at LB. Hopefully, we are both wrong and at the end of 2006 everyone will be complaining about all the great FAs the Packers have to work in under the 2007 cap. That would be a very good development!

[Patler]

Rob davis doesn't play offense or defense.

Poor long snappers get no respect!