hawk restructures...

[King Friday]

I am not sure that TT tells him that stuff. I think Hawk's agent make those calculations and tell his player "We might want to take this or get about the same or less somewhere else."

Well, that's what I meant. There is a reason why the player gives up a chunk of his cash to an agent...so they don't have to be bored to death talking to Thompson directly.

[swede]

Well, that's what I meant. There is a reason why the player gives up a chunk of his cash to an agent...so they don't have to be bored to death talking to Thompson directly.

Ha ha. By now we know how he sounds. He'd be nice as a boss could possibly be. If someone is going to suck 3 and a half million dollars out of Hawk's pocket it might as well be the people who love him best.

[Bretsky]

And yet just moments ago it struck me that no matter what we want or who we pick up after all the big names are gone, we always seem to field a team in which EVERYONE makes some sort of contribution. There's no dead wood--when a big name goes down, we are deep enough that there is someone behind them who can still be effective. They may not have the biggest names, but they get their jobs done. TT is good at that.

IMO there was plenty of dead woood last year. Several of them will not be with us next year

[Bretsky]

Hawk is still overpaid but not as bad as it was

[pbmax]

IMO there was plenty of dead woood last year. Several of them will not be with us next year

You leave Brad Jones out of this! His coverage will/could be missed.

[denverYooper]

You leave Brad Jones out of this! His coverage will/could be missed.

Speaking of that, things have been quiet wrt Jones these last few days. Last the agent-media complex weighed in, there were several teams vying for his services.

[pbmax]

Speaking of that, things have been quiet wrt Jones these last few days. Last the agent-media complex weighed in, there were several teams vying for his services.

No one can afford his skill set once they meet him in person.

[Bretsky]

Speaking of that, things have been quiet wrt Jones these last few days. Last the agent-media complex weighed in, there were several teams vying for his services.

It's because nobody wants Brad Jones

[HarveyWallbangers]

Considering Walden got $4M/year, I feel better about Hawk making less than that. Hawk is an average NFL starter (btw, he had a solid year last year). Walden is below average.

[woodbuck27]

Just read an Ask Vic Column and he said something I've said myself many times now.

The goal isn't the super bowl. The Goal is getting into the playoffs every year so that you have a shot at the super bowl. The moment you start spending big this year is the moment you gamble away your future. This is not 1993 when free agency was new. There will be no more sure thing Reggie Whites. Never ever again. The closest you're going to get is a calculated risk. Charles Woodson came off a broken Leg. Drew Brees had a messed up throwing arm. These game changers always came with an asterisk so big that most of the league ignored them and the team that chanced on them won. That's not the norm, it's the anomaly. You don't win games in FA. You win them in the draft. If someone comes by that's a no brainer? Great. Pick him up. If SJ would have fallen into our laps, no one would complain. The second you start sacrificing your future to get a shot at the playoffs though, I think that's when you've already lost. There's a reason you don't see teams make big FA splashes year after year. It's because they eventually run out of money.

Good post.

[woodbuck27]

Hawk's contract cut 7.25 mil over 3 years. Will receive 10.6 mil instead of 17.85 mil. http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/198844231.html

Getting 'flushed out' with all that, had to be a humbling experience for AJ Hawk. Lofty $numbers$ all the same and Ted Thompson has to deal with 'the BIG THREE'. Take a bow Ted.

If someone told me that I was going to receive a bonus of $2.21 million' within a week. I'd be booking a trip to Barbados for Mae and I the next day.

PACKERS !

[Guiness]

Considering Walden got $4M/year, I feel better about Hawk making less than that. Hawk is an average NFL starter (btw, he had a solid year last year). Walden is below average.

I'm really not clear on why the Colts gave him that contract. If they were bidding against anyone, it would seem to be themselves. $4M to a guy the Pack didn't even tender?

[pbmax]

I'm really not clear on why the Colts gave him that contract. If they were bidding against anyone, it would seem to be themselves. $4M to a guy the Pack didn't even tender?

I have news from GBPG on that and Chuck Pagano fills us in. Join me in the bumped Walden thread.

[woodbuck27]

It's because nobody wants Brad Jones

Comment woodbuck27:

Except the Green Bay Packers and that, take from Peter and give to (share with) Paul atmosphere.

It's like family in Green Bay. Try to keep them all reasonably comfortable even if the table is a tad crowded.

One happy player Greg Jennings goes so another, Jermichael Finley can stay.

AJ Hawk takes a pay cut, yet 'FLASH' more cash in hand. So Brad Jones can return to Green Bay with a raise when noone else shows the $dough$.

Everybody wins! Everyone is happy !!

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/25/hawk-gives-up-nearly-2-million-to-stay-in-packers-plans/

GO PACK GO !