Hargrove is locked up

[Cleft Crusty]

TT signs a bartender, and you guys act like he just signed Peyton Manning, Mario Williams, and Kameron Wimbley

Hargrove is just a body... same as the stack of junk we already have piled up at the position.

But if he plays to 80% of ability, that's better than what the Packers have seen from a lot of guys on the roster - maybe every DL with the exception of Raji and Pickett at this point. It's very likely an upgrade; how much is uncertain.

[pbmax]

Why would the NFL suspend him now after they had already fined him for the hits?

For participation in the bounty program itself, not just the hits/flags in the game.

As for TT, his aversion to FA has been overstated as Sheep pointed out. With a flat cap and a troubled history, Hargrove was right up the value alley. The problem arises when you count on him being available on game days and the League tells you he will not. Monetary savings or no, you just lost an asset and are back to square 1. I'd love to know how much the Packers were able to ascertain before signing him or if they simply asked him about it.

[sharpe1027]

I wonder if they have protections built into his contract that will lessen the risk to the Packers if he is suspended. If the league moves quickly, they might know early enough to plan for his absence.

[ND72]

I like the signing.

[woodbuck27]

Yes TT considered this, but unless Hargrove won't be suspended, or at least won't have the suspension coincide with Neal's, it is a concern for us. Hopefully details will come out soon to make things clear for us.

Leading the league in suspended DL's isn't all that great of a statistic.

Hahaaha...NO ! (-:

[wist43]

I wonder if they have protections built into his contract that will lessen the risk to the Packers if he is suspended. If the league moves quickly, they might know early enough to plan for his absence.

I can't imagine he signed for much more than the minimum... hard to be creative with a bottom end contract.

Really, signing Anthony Hargrove is a big "so what".

[sheepshead]

TT signs a bartender, and you guys act like he just signed Peyton Manning, Mario Williams, and Kameron Wimbley

Hargrove is just a body... same as the stack of junk we already have piled up at the position.

I must be blocked from all revelry I dont see it.

[sharpe1027]

I can't imagine he signed for much more than the minimum... hard to be creative with a bottom end contract.

Really, signing Anthony Hargrove is a big "so what".

I think he's better than anything behind Pickett and Raji. But no, he's not going to turn around the defense by himself. They really didn't have the room to get a top flight guy, so I hope nobody was holding their breath for Mario Williams.

[pbmax]

I think we know now that when McCarthy said they needed more competition on the defensive side of the roster, he was at least thinking about Wynn, Wilson and Green.

[Guiness]

Didn't know the Pack was even considering him! I didn't see any mention of it.

[Upnorth]

Big (and surprised) fan of this signing. One last note, our o is good enough that having him suspended the first 2 - 6 games will not keep us out of the playoffs. Its the home stretch we need him for.

He is as good or better than Jenkins obaloo 39.

[woodbuck27]

Didn't know the Pack was even considering him! I didn't see any mention of it.

RE: Tweets that he would likely soon be a Packer.

http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/2816/anthony-hargrove

and more comments on his becoming 'a Packer'.

http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/56401/packers-and-anthony-hargrove-a-unique-fit

[wist43]

Just for you guys though... I will break into eternally optimistic mode - woo!!! hoo!!!

We signed a FA

[Fritz]

If you look at the number of defensive linemen kept last year - what, six? - and you consider that three of them are really below average (Wynn, Wilson, and Green, despite his heroics of the year before) - then you see that half the players at a given position group are poor. That's probably the least talented position group on the team.

Thus Hargrove - if he's available - appears to upgrade the group. Sure sounds like he's better than the three mentioned above.

Wist knows Mario Williams, and he's no Mario Williams, but he's no CJ Wilson, either.

[sharpe1027]

Just for you guys though... I will break into eternally optimistic mode - woo!!! hoo!!!

We signed a FA

That's the spirit! Hopefully it is a value pickup on the cheap. Worst case is probably that he gets cut, suspended or both. Hopefully, even that would barely cost the Packers anything.