OFFICIAL GREEN BAY PACKERS VS DETROIT LIONS GAMEDAY THREAD 2012 EDITION

[Brandon494]

Tag Flynn...you'll get a whole lot more for him in return.

Finley hasn't had the kind of season where we can't sign him to a long term deal if we want to.

The rich just got a lot richer today...what QB hungry team has a nice young pass rushing 4-3 LB?

We run a 3-4 defense

[mmmdk]

We run a 3-4 defense

That we do! Get that D-line some help for next season 'cos for this season it is too late. Draft and/or free agency.

[Lurker64]

Oh that's easy. You sign him to a contract that is fair and competitive.

It's always an issue to try to balance the salary cap with what players want. Wells may have the Packers by the short hairs here.

[gbgary]

haha so every thread always has to be about letting Finley go now? Finley had a pretty damn good game and the winning TD catch btw.

it's been that way for most of the season. i just decided to ignore it as best i could.

[buchunter03]

Per Adam Schefter...

RT @Buccigross: Can the Packers franchise Flynn, then trade him for picks like Pats did with Cassel? ... Unlikely. Too much $ risk for Pack.

[pbmax]

It's always an issue to try to balance the salary cap with what players want. Wells may have the Packers by the short hairs here.

I dunno. Would you be overly worried about EDS at center?

[Rutnstrut]

It's always an issue to try to balance the salary cap with what players want. Wells may have the Packers by the short hairs here.

If they let Wells walk it will be because TT fucked it up.

[pbmax]

Per Adam Schefter...

RT @Buccigross: Can the Packers franchise Flynn, then trade him for picks like Pats did with Cassel? ... Unlikely. Too much $ risk for Pack.

Good catch.

[The Shadow]

"The Mighty Flynn (Flynn The Packer)"


Everybody's building the big ships and boats
Som are building monuments, others jotting down notes
Everybody's in despair, every girl and boy
But when Flynn the Packer gets here everybody's gonna jump for joy
Oh come all without, come all within
You'll not see nothing like the mighty Flynn
Come all without, come all within
You'll not see nothing like the mighty Flynn.

[gbgary]

Per Adam Schefter...

RT @Buccigross: Can the Packers franchise Flynn, then trade him for picks like Pats did with Cassel? ... Unlikely. Too much $ risk for Pack.

do backup qbs have a franchise number or are they tossed in there with starters?

[Lurker64]

Good catch.

I think you can still swing it if you work out the details of the trade quickly. Flynn can't officially negotiate an extension with the team he'd be traded to until the cap deadline, but that's never stopped anybody before.

See if you have a trade partner before the tag deadline, figure out what sort of money Matt Flynn would want in an extension, and check and see if that's acceptable with the team you trade him to. If everything is in place before the tagging deadline, I think you can manage it.

[King Friday]

We run a 3-4 defense

Dyslexic.

Although more recently, we've played the 10-4 defense...as in letting the offenses keep on trucking.

[King Friday]

See if you have a trade partner before the tag deadline, figure out what sort of money Matt Flynn would want in an extension, and check and see if that's acceptable with the team you trade him to. If everything is in place before the tagging deadline, I think you can manage it.

Very doable...if Flynn goes to free agency, then it becomes a free for all. A few teams will be very interested in getting him prior to free agency. The Browns with Holmgren at the helm come to mind...who also have a spare 1st round pick. If they can't get Luck, they can get Flynn...which is probably the better move anyway.

[pbmax]

I think you can still swing it if you work out the details of the trade quickly. Flynn can't officially negotiate an extension with the team he'd be traded to until the cap deadline, but that's never stopped anybody before.

See if you have a trade partner before the tag deadline, figure out what sort of money Matt Flynn would want in an extension, and check and see if that's acceptable with the team you trade him to. If everything is in place before the tagging deadline, I think you can manage it.

Unless Matt Flynn thinks he will get a better deal on the open market. He can force the tag decision by not negotiating with the team the Packers select. Then its either tag or FA. I don't see it happening, its not in his interest to do it.

[Lurker64]

Unless Matt Flynn thinks he will get a better deal on the open market. He can force the tag decision by not negotiating with the team the Packers select. Then its either tag or FA. I don't see it happening, its not in his interest to do it.

Well, at the very least Flynn's performance today likely guarantees a contract sufficient to make the 2013 compensatory pick the Packers would receive for him a 3rd round pick rather than a later compensatory.