Draft Pick Signings

[Bretsky]

Mark my words, Newhouse will be a very solid starter in this league as a guard.

How do I know this?

Have I watched him play and followed his career? No.

Did I do intensive reading on him? No.

Do I really know a damn thing about him? No.

But I...I...I have this....Feeling.

GREAT
We both really like Newhouse

Dude is probably screwed before he even gets to training camp

Should I give him my Atlas Herron endorsement and ensure his failure?

That was classic; yes you might as well

[Fritz]

Poor Newhouse. His future ruined by a few football nerds on an obscure website.

How random are our fates!

[vince]

http://cheeseheadtv.com/nfl/packers-rookie-contract-details

According to a league source, the three Green Bay Packers who signed on Wednesday received four-year deals with base salaries at the league minimum in each year. ($320,000 in 2010, $405,000 in 2011, $490,000 in 2012, and $575,000 in 2013)

Fifth-round offensive tackle Marshall Newhouse received a signing bonus of $149,850, bringing the base value of his contract to $1.939 million dollars. Sixth-round running back James Starks received a $100,300 signing bonus, pushing the total value of his contract to $1.89 million dollars. Seventh-round defensive end C.J. Wilson’s signing bonus was $50,354, making his four-year pact worth $1.84 million dollars.

Each player’s contract contains fourth-year base salary escalators.

Newhouse, Starks, and Wilson are the first of the team’s seven 2010 draft picks to sign.

[MJZiggy]

I want the league minimum, dammit.

[Lurker64]

I want the league minimum, dammit.

Well, how fast can you run 40 yards, how high can you jump, and how many times can you bench press 225 lbs?

[Joemailman]

I want the league minimum, dammit.

Would you settle for the tender given to the Packerrats poster who is #2 in total posts?

[packrulz]

Fifth-round pick Andrew Quarless signs with Packers
The National Football Post

The Green Bay Packers have signed tight end Andrew Quarless(notes) to a four-year contract.

The fifth-round draft pick from Penn State is expected to compete for time in a backup role behind Jermichael Finley(notes) this season.

Quarless’ contract includes a signing bonus worth nearly $183,000, according to a source with knowledge of the situation. The deals keep coming in but there has yet to be a first rounder signed. Training camps kick off in less than three weeks.

[retailguy]

I want the league minimum, dammit.

You didn't grow up in the barrio, you don't like purple drank, you don't own a gun, and you don't have a bunch of "hanger ons" that follow you everywhere.

You don't qualify. Sorry.

[vince]

Signings league-wide are behind last year's schedule.

The Packers are a little over two weeks behind last year's signing schedule (with three weeks remaining until camp) according to the rounds the now-signed players were picked.

There are not yet any first round picks signed by any team in the league.

[Fritz]

Bulaga, as on offensive lineman, will be further behind than guys at other positions (I'm thinking defensive linemen or corners) if he's not in on time. Playing the offensivle line seems to require lots of thinking and practicing. Pretty complicated stuff.

[wist43]

Bulaga, as on offensive lineman, will be further behind than guys at other positions (I'm thinking defensive linemen or corners) if he's not in on time. Playing the offensivle line seems to require lots of thinking and practicing. Pretty complicated stuff.

The learning curve at OT is pretty steep... hopefully they don't start moving him around. Let him learn one spot, and when he's ready - or needed, ready or not, throw him in there and live with the growing pains.

[red]

I want the league minimum, dammit.

Well, how fast can you run 40 yards, how high can you jump, and how many times can you bench press 225 lbs?

LOL, silly person

women can't run and jump. they would be constantly hitting themselves in the face with their boobs

[Lurker64]

Bulaga, as on offensive lineman, will be further behind than guys at other positions (I'm thinking defensive linemen or corners) if he's not in on time. Playing the offensivle line seems to require lots of thinking and practicing. Pretty complicated stuff.

The learning curve at OT is pretty steep... hopefully they don't start moving him around. Let him learn one spot, and when he's ready - or needed, ready or not, throw him in there and live with the growing pains.

Well, in terms of the scheme Bulaga should be pretty well off since the run blocking scheme they use at Iowa is pretty much exactly the same as the one we use in Green Bay, so that should be just terminology. The one thing that takes a while is "learning how to block NFL pass-rushers" who are significantly savvier, stronger, and faster than the guys you will block in college. But Bulaga has spent some time up against some pretty good pass rushers (Brandon Graham, Derrick Morgan, O'Brien Schofield, Adrian Clayborne, to name a few) so he probably wouldn't get caught totally off guard. The fact that his fundamentals are already pretty solid, and that Cliffy is taking a real interest in teaching the guy cause me to take heart.

[Guiness]

Mark my words, Newhouse will be a very solid starter in this league as a guard.

How do I know this?

Have I watched him play and followed his career? No.

Did I do intensive reading on him? No.

Do I really know a damn thing about him? No.

But I...I...I have this....Feeling.

He has "it"

That would be 'pad level'?

[Guiness]

Signings league-wide are behind last year's schedule.

The Packers are a little over two weeks behind last year's signing schedule (with three weeks remaining until camp) according to the rounds the now-signed players were picked.

There are not yet any first round picks signed by any team in the league.

Even Bradford isn't signed, eh? Insane.

No one answered my question from a few weeks ago, about how the slotting is going to work with no collective bargaining agreement. I think things could get funky.

What forces the teams to 'respect' the slotting? What are the players going to do, re-enter the draft? In years past, that would've been a threat, but no longer, because everyone knows the paydays for the first round rookies are done and over with.