Discussion Topic: Larry Fitzgerald

[Lurker64]

Who knows? Jordy could look for greener pastures. Jennings and Cobb alone wouldn't be enough. Plus, as much as I like Jordy, having him wouldn't keep you from wanting Fitzgerald. It won't happen, but what is a strength now could be a weakness in two years. Three of our five top WRs will be FAs in that time and another will be retired.

I think the pecking order for our WRs is set assuming we don't let anybody but James Jones walk. Between Jennings and Cobb, neither are especially big guys so ideally you don't want them having to play the X much (since the X needs to be able to get off of press coverage) which limits them to the Z and Y receivers generally. Driver, Jones, and Jordy are our X receivers (though everybody learns every position, those are the guys you feel best about putting there.) If we let Jones walk, and Driver retires then the role of the primary X falls to Jordy. So I don't think pastures get much greener than that for Nelson. It's his job to lose. That's not to say that Thompson wouldn't consider Larry Fitzgerald to be an upgrade over Jordy Nelson, I'm just thinking that the money you save by extending Nelson instead of signing Fitzgerald is probably well spent keeping a Finley or a Sitton (or a Jennings) from leaving.

[Tarlam!]

Not even worth a squirt of piss to discuss.

I've heard posters say you aint worth a squirt of piss, Nutz. But, I defended your honour, and i told 'em you are!

[Brandon494]

Not even worth a squirt of piss to discuss.

OFT

[Tony Oday]

We are also suspecting that there is a salary cap...I mean I would imagine there is but it is not like GB sucks at making money. Like I said AZ cant let Fitz walk for nothing so if they have the preliminary talks this summer once the lock out is done they will know if he wants to stay or not. If we can work a trade for him I do not think it would be possible to stop this offense.

[Deputy Nutz]

One, not many Packers that Thompson wants to keep leave for "greener pastures". Not many Packers in general test free agency, they are usually signed a year out and taken care of. Jones is in a gray area right now for the Packers, he hasn't done enough to warrant a large signing when he isn't consistent enough to move up the depth chart to move Driver out of his starting spot or even to be the clear cut 3rd wide out over Nelson. Jenkin has been injured far too often to warrant an extension, and lets face it playing a 3-4 defensive end isn't going to make you a lot of money in comparison to 4-3 defensive end. Over spending on a 3-4 end is a big no-no.