Darryn Colledge's bad attitude

[pbmax]

Tender is the night.

I thought Lonely Is The Night?

Colledge remains committed to the cause. Now all the Packers need is for him not to suck.

[Lurker64]

He would have signed his tender before the draft if he was hoping to be traded.

Well, I think the tack that some teams have been taken with guys who haven't signed their tenders yet is "here, we have a trade offer on the table for you to a team you'd like to go to, sign your tender so we can complete the trade" (c.f. Brandon Marshall, Alex Barron). But if Colledge was going to be traded after signing his tender, we probably would have heard about it by now.

[retailguy]

Are tender offers guaranteed, or is does he have to make the opening day roster to get paid?

I believe that the tender is fully guaranteed.

[Pugger]

Colledge might be one of those guys who is better off staying at one position. He stunk as a tackle but he isn't a terrible guard, just young and inconsistant. If he gets his act together that will only help our offense this season.

[pbmax]

Are tender offers guaranteed, or is does he have to make the opening day roster to get paid?

I believe that the tender is fully guaranteed.

My understanding is that only the Franchise and Transition tenders become fully guaranteed upon the player signing. That is one reason players are not in a hurry to sign the RFAs. I could be wrong.

[hoosier]

Are tender offers guaranteed, or is does he have to make the opening day roster to get paid?

I believe that the tender is fully guaranteed.

My understanding is that only the Franchise and Transition tenders become fully guaranteed upon the player signing. That is one reason players are not in a hurry to sign the RFAs. I could be wrong.

That is true in principle, but the weirdness of playing without a CBA seems to have created an exception to this rule: a guy like Darren Sproles who was franchised in 2009 and is now a RFA in 2010. Because of his situation in 2009, Sproles's RFA tender becomes guaranteed as soon as he signs it.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/04/12/glazer-jason-campbell-will-sign-rfa-tender-today/?related=1

[RashanGary]

If Colledge is considered a bad apple personality on your team and your worst starter, I don't think your team has many problems.

[pbmax]

Are tender offers guaranteed, or is does he have to make the opening day roster to get paid?

I believe that the tender is fully guaranteed.

My understanding is that only the Franchise and Transition tenders become fully guaranteed upon the player signing. That is one reason players are not in a hurry to sign the RFAs. I could be wrong.

That is true in principle, but the weirdness of playing without a CBA seems to have created an exception to this rule: a guy like Darren Sproles who was franchised in 2009 and is now a RFA in 2010. Because of his situation in 2009, Sproles's RFA tender becomes guaranteed as soon as he signs it.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...day/?related=1

But that is because the CBA language specifies that all contract features have to carry over from one year to the next for it to be a qualifying offer. Sproles was a franchise player the previous year. College was not.

Basically, this feature of the CBA is so a player does not lose anything he had previously negotiated into his contract. So a qualifying tender is not a step backward except, possibly, for the rate of pay.

[rbaloha1]

Great news with Colledge signing -- the Packers can trade the mf.

[MichiganPackerFan]

Terrible attitude signing the tender in order to be allowed to show up for voluntary team activities.

Seriously, let the guy play ONE position and see what happens. Otherwise he's no different than Billy Hall!

[Pugger]

Does Colledge have attitude issues? Where did you guys here this?

[swede]

Does Colledge have attitude issues? Where did you guys here this?

Anyone who knows the facts better than I do may correct me, but I believe that he was chatting it up on some minor radio sports talk show out where he lives somewhere in the great Northwest and when asked to talk about his situation he spoke of the lack of certainty in his situation because of the tender extended to him by the Packers which he had chosen not to sign for a while. He made a remark to the effect of, "Who knows? I might even be playing back out here next season."

In print, there is no humorous tone to soften the words. The comment could be read (as opposed to actually heard) to mean that Colledge is disgruntled, unhappy, and feeling as if his skills are not appreciated.

Personally, I think that's a lot to read into the situation.

I believe he's as gruntled as anyone, and the only disgruntling aspect to me is how quickly Packer fans have turned on the guy.

The team could look to upgrade Colledge, sure. He's just a guy. He's not that good of a tackle and not that bad of a guard. I just don't think he's a bad guy because of a remark taken out of context talking to fans of another team back home.

[hoosier]

Are tender offers guaranteed, or is does he have to make the opening day roster to get paid?

I believe that the tender is fully guaranteed.

My understanding is that only the Franchise and Transition tenders become fully guaranteed upon the player signing. That is one reason players are not in a hurry to sign the RFAs. I could be wrong.

That is true in principle, but the weirdness of playing without a CBA seems to have created an exception to this rule: a guy like Darren Sproles who was franchised in 2009 and is now a RFA in 2010. Because of his situation in 2009, Sproles's RFA tender becomes guaranteed as soon as he signs it.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...day/?related=1

But that is because the CBA language specifies that all contract features have to carry over from one year to the next for it to be a qualifying offer. Sproles was a franchise player the previous year. College was not.

Basically, this feature of the CBA is so a player does not lose anything he had previously negotiated into his contract. So a qualifying tender is not a step backward except, possibly, for the rate of pay.

Right, I was just saying that in previous years the Sproles situation could not have happened--because if he had gotten to the point where he was franchisable then his RFA window would also have closed. Never before has an NFL player gone from Franchise designee to RFA.

[Joemailman]

Terrible attitude signing the tender in order to be allowed to show up for voluntary team activities.

He figures the sooner he can become a cancer in the clubhouse the better.

[Bretsky]

There is no proof Colledge has been anything but a great attitude and darling of positivity with the press



P.S.

OJ was innocent