Kind of OT: Which FA did you want most on packers???

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Ryan Longwell - We had a solid kicker in him, and could have gotten him for a relatively cheap price.
Nate Clements - We had enough cap space to outbid Buffalo, and could have given him a contract this year he would have been happy with.
TO - Why not throw him a huge one year contract with an optional 2nd, and 3rd year?
Larry Allen - One of the best guards in history, I know he wouldn't have fit our scheme, but hell we'd be able to run again.

Clements would have cost us a first round pick, though. TT wouldn't have let that happen

[packers11]

very interesting... thanks for the replies... Its good to know I was not the only packer fan thinking of these other players......

[Rastak]

Steve Hutchinson
Edge James
LaVar Arrington
Adam V

Would have cost too much

I bet TT could have pulled that off....given the cash available.
That would have dried up the cap for sure though.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Hutchinson and James got ridiculous money in the first year. Those two alone would have dried up the cap space.

[Rastak]

Hutchinson and James got ridiculous money in the first year. Those two alone would have dried up the cap space.

True, but maybe you could do something clever with James's contract and Vinatari wouldn't have broken the bank...anyway, it's a moot point because that isn't Ted's way of doing things.

[Willard]

Steve Hutchinson
Edge James
LaVar Arrington
Adam V

Would have cost too much

I bet TT could have pulled that off....given the cash available.
That would have dried up the cap for sure though.

I was just dreaming. I didn't know I was supposed to show any financial restraint!!

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i'm kind of glad he didn't sign the guys now. I'd rather be builds a core and spends the money to put us over the top when that time comes.

[Willard]

i'm kind of glad he didn't sign the guys now. I'd rather be builds a core and spends the money to put us over the top when that time comes.

You may be right. Paying top $ to get 4 of the top 10 FAs available would have hurt down the road. It would basically be saying, "were giving Favre one more shot". If we win it all I'm happy, but anything short of a SB41 victory would be very depressing when its time to start writing the checks. It would have been nice to get one more offesnsive weapon though!

[MJZiggy]

Offseason's not over and M3 said on Thursday (once again) that player acquisition is a 12-month-a-year job. Maybe some other GM will have a brain fart and cut a quality player because they don't get along.

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You may be right. Paying top $ to get 4 of the top 10 FAs available would have hurt down the road. It would basically be saying, "were giving Favre one more shot". If we win it all I'm happy, but anything short of a SB41 victory would be very depressing when its time to start writing the checks. It would have been nice to get one more offesnsive weapon though!

I think our offense is going to surprise some people. We've got a few guys with a chip of there shoulder and last year just went under due to the extremely low morale. I think we'll be a pretty good offensive team.

[PackerPro42]

1. T.O.
2. Arrington
3.Alexander/James

[the_idle_threat]

i'm kind of glad he didn't sign the guys now. I'd rather be builds a core and spends the money to put us over the top when that time comes.

I agree with this point. I know we're all homers here, but in reality, this team is not 2 or 3 players away from the SB. We need to build a base first, and I'm happy with the way TT is doing that via the draft. If anything, I'm a bit disappointed that we sprung for Charles Woodson.

[OS PA]

Ryan Longwell - We had a solid kicker in him, and could have gotten him for a relatively cheap price.
Nate Clements - We had enough cap space to outbid Buffalo, and could have given him a contract this year he would have been happy with.
TO - Why not throw him a huge one year contract with an optional 2nd, and 3rd year?
Larry Allen - One of the best guards in history, I know he wouldn't have fit our scheme, but hell we'd be able to run again.

Clements would have cost us a first round pick, though. TT wouldn't have let that happen

Eww, forgot about that first round pick. Maybe ship them Walker instead ^.0. Thanks for reminding me about that little doozy.

Instead of Clements then one of the Postons clients would have me happy. We got Woodson, and i'm happy with him I guess. Law would have been good for a year, Arrington would have been great.

[Rastak]

Ryan Longwell - We had a solid kicker in him, and could have gotten him for a relatively cheap price.
Nate Clements - We had enough cap space to outbid Buffalo, and could have given him a contract this year he would have been happy with.
TO - Why not throw him a huge one year contract with an optional 2nd, and 3rd year?
Larry Allen - One of the best guards in history, I know he wouldn't have fit our scheme, but hell we'd be able to run again.

Clements would have cost us a first round pick, though. TT wouldn't have let that happen

Eww, forgot about that first round pick. Maybe ship them Walker instead ^.0. Thanks for reminding me about that little doozy.

Instead of Clements then one of the Postons clients would have me happy. We got Woodson, and i'm happy with him I guess. Law would have been good for a year, Arrington would have been great.

I'm not an Arrington guy but Law would have been solid as hell.