chillar signs extension

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Packers sign Chillar to long-term contract
Posted by Gregg Rosenthal on December 14, 2009 11:20 AM ET
Even without Aaron Kampman, the Packers have found more than enough quality pieces at linebacker for their new 3-4 defense.

Now they are making sure they keep one of those pieces in town for a long time.

The Packers re-signed Brandon Chillar to a four-year, $21 million contract, according to Adam Schefter of ESPN. $7 million is guaranteed.

Chillar is a key member of Green Bay's special teams, and a big part of Green Bay's nickel defense. He often rotates at inside linebacker with A.J. Hawk and has started four games. This is not a special teamer's contract, and it's worth wondering how this deal could affect Hawk down the line.

Hawk's salary bumps up to $4.1 million in 2010, and then will have to be restructured before 2011 when it jumps to $10 million.

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i can think of a few other guys i would have wanted to see resigned before chillar

but oh well, he's a good player

now they need to get collins wrapped up ASAP

[pbmax]

Chillar is fine. Please get Collins Ted.

[Spaulding]

I hope for Pickett next. Class guy and I don't see him getting fat on a new contract and diminishing.

I'd love to see Collins locked up but with the unknown of next year being uncapped and Collins then stuck for six years until FA, I could see him asking for too much and TT not willing to break the bank on him.

[MichiganPackerFan]

Is there any reason for the delay on Collins? He's a gamer!

[gbgary]

good! they need to sign up a few more. screw the rest of the owners.

[RashanGary]

Good move. Pickett and Chillar are the two UFA's I really don't want to lose. One is a base defense specialist and one is a sub defense specialist, but both are very good at what they do.

The other guys are restricted. They can start working out deals in the offseason with no real worry about losing anyone.

[rbaloha1]

Wow! Overpaid imo.
Hawk has warranted his roster bonus. Agreed Pickett and Collins should be signed to extensions.

[gbgary]

Wow! Overpaid imo.
Hawk has warranted his roster bonus. Agreed Pickett and Collins should be signed to extensions.

gotta do, what you gotta do, to get people to play in GB. Packers have the $ so no big deal.

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I'd like to see how the payout is broken down on this one... is there a lot of front loaded money that would count against this year's free $15m under the cap?



Here's what I'm thinking:

4yrs/21mil/7guaranteed sounds like the kind of contract the guy would get on the FA market. Maybe even a little under that. Instead of losing the guy to FA, we can sign him for a competitive contract and try to get a 3rd round pick or developing player out of him in trade. It also gives us more leverage in the Hawk contract situation in that we'll probably want him to sign a new contract/restructure or get cut since we have options at ILB in case that trade doesn't come through.

I have a hard time seeing TT do this contract without a bigger picture in mind. They must know he has some FA value/interest and locking him in can benefit us later.

Have a hard time seeing this contract was to make Chillar a Packer for the next four seasons. Good chance I could be wrong though.

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Wow! Overpaid imo.
Hawk has warranted his roster bonus. Agreed Pickett and Collins should be signed to extensions.

Really?? The guy who was stealing all of Hawks snaps until he got injured doesn't deserve it but hawk does? This is a very average contract for a guy like Chillar. We got a decent deal, and so did he.

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I personally think that if TT fails to tie up Collins long term (and by all means he has plenty of time to do this) that would be his biggest gaffe of all as the GB GM. Collins has shown that he's a gamer in multiple schemes (instead of being a product of a scheme) and has gotten better year after year. I'm not down on TT for not making sure it's gotten done yet and as I've stated I believe he has plenty of time to get it done. I am simply stating how big I think wrapping up Collins is.

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I personally think that if TT fails to tie up Collins long term (and by all means he has plenty of time to do this) that would be his biggest gaffe of all as the GB GM. Collins has shown that he's a gamer in multiple schemes (instead of being a product of a scheme) and has gotten better year after year. I'm not down on TT for not making sure it's gotten done yet and as I've stated I believe he has plenty of time to get it done. I am simply stating how big I think wrapping up Collins is.

People aren't realizing Chillar and Collins are NOT in the exact same situation. Collins is not a UFA next season. We can match any offer and keep him in Green Bay. He's not going to get away, I guarantee that.

What I'm guessing with the Collins situation is that he wants 5 years, top-3 safety money and we want to pay 4 years top-6 safety money. Collins' statistics and production make this a more difficult deal to get done because of the possible differences in sides and the fact that the Packers really, from a business standpoint, don't actually have to make any offer right now.

I get what people are saying about rewarding players and taking care of the right guys at the right time, and I think Collins is one of those who should be rewarded... hopefully guys in the locker room understand the business side of this and it doesn't create any problems.

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I guess 9.5 mil gets paid out before the end of next season (uncapped) so that leaves 3.8 mil a year to be paid the final three seasons, which is definitely going to be way under market value by that point.

Who knows?

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True about Collins. Without a CBA agreement and extension, he will not have the leverage of an UFA. And I actually doubt T2 will do something until it needs to get done. But of all the FAs, he is the one I would prefer not to see get his nose out of joint. He is performing as he should. If we were going to overpay, this is the guy. Not by Woodson standards, but like Harris and Driver, I would pay a hometown bonus for him.