Report: Matthews, Rodgers closing in on new deals with Packers

[SnakeLH2006]

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Well...hey....Snake is ok with Matthews making $13 million a year....ARod is the best NFL player alive...but going ahead and wrecking shit at $25 million/yearly...fuck no...give him a bit more than Flacco's dumbass Raven's GM gave him with a gun to his head (he had to let his whole team go...EVERYONE LEFT to stay under the CAP)....but don't wreck the caps for EVERYONE with a HUGE unprecedented contract...FUCK. He's still got 2 years on his cheap deal....either he takes slightly more at $21 million...or hold off till 2015 and franchise him for less till we pay the piper when he's 33 in 2016....No need to pay 1/4 of our salary cap to one player. Manning...Brady...Brees....it was under $20 million for years...why go ape-nuts and go $5million over to $25 million...when we got him for 2 more years WITH A CONTRACT....He'll be 32 when he can get the money...Do NOT give in TT...and give him a bit more than Flacco...but DO NOT RAPE THE MARKET and do something stupid at $25 million...Jesus Christ. That will KILL OUR TEAM. I guess it could be worse...Cutler would be our QB at $30 million a year and Partial would be the GM. AHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Matthews at $13 million...ok...he's a beast...but lock him up for at least 5 years or more...till his skills decline and other D salaries escalate.

We are fucking ourselves...but then again..Finley's $8.5 comes off this year...Watch TT draft the ND TE at 26 this year....he ALWAYS drafts the replacements. That would be nice.

[woodbuck27]

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Well...hey....Snake is ok with Matthews making $13 million a year....ARod is the best NFL player alive...but going ahead and wrecking shit at $25 million/yearly...fuck no...give him a bit more than Flacco's dumbass Raven's GM gave him with a gun to his head....but don't wreck the caps for EVERYONE. He's still got 2 years on his cheap deal....either he takes slightly more at $21 million...or hold off till 2015 and franchise him for less till we pay the piper when he's 33 in 2016....No need to pay 1/4 of our salary cap to one player.

Matthews at $13 million...ok...he's a beast...but lock him up for at least 5 years or more...till his skills decline and other D salaries escalate.

We are fucking ourselves...but then again..Finley's $8.5 comes off this year...Watch TT draft the ND TE at 26 this year....he ALWAYS drafts the replacements. That would be nice.

There's that $25 million$ number per season back again. Why?

" The Packers are also working on a new long-term deal with QB Aaron Rodgers, who is seeking a multi-year deal of $25 million per year and make him the highest paid player in NFL history. " SnakeLH2006

I was under the impression that the article that sets 'the offer and the need' is this one. The $NUMBERS$ that Ted Thompson and the Green Bay Packers have on the table Vs the Aaron Rodgers side:

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/report-packers-aaron-rodgers-2-million-per-apart-161330196--nfl.html

This article says that the Green Bay Packers will willingly give Aaron Rodgers a contract that exceeds Joe Flacco's $20.1 million$ per season on a 4 year extension (6 year contract). A yearly average of say... $20.5 Million$; as an arbitrary $number$.

Let's keep the signing bonus and guranteed money and all the other bonus's at the side.

Then moving to the Aaron Rodgers contract camp. The above article tells us that Aaron Rodgers and his agent (David Dunn) are asking $21.5 Million$ + $2 million or $22.5 Million$. Not that the Packers offer is $23 million and The Rodgers side is after $25 million$.

If your information is correct?

There's a 'Red Flag Waving' with $25 million$ written on it in black.

The message would be:

Aaron Rodgers and his agent (David Dunn) and Clay Matthews and his agent (Michael McCartney); have elected to open negotiations by putting the squeeze on the Green Bay Packers Salary CAP. Putting the squeeze on for alot more than (Ted Thompson et all). THE GREEN BAY PACKERS need to pay out in CAP money to Aaron Rodgers.

If your information is reliable??

It wouldn't take any genious to see through the lines to where it's at right now.That Aaron Rodgers and his agent (David Dunn) and Clay Matthews and his agent (Michael McCartney); have elected negotiations putting the squeeze on the Green Bay Packers Salary CAP.

I sincerely hope that $25 million$ number is just piss blowing in the wind.

Otherwise....

I don't like how this reads:

"According to Schefter, the agents for Rodgers (David Dunn) and Matthews (Michael McCartney) would like new contracts in place by the start of the Packers' offseason workout program, which begins on April 15." Fr. **

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/report-packers-clay-matthews-nearing-long-term-extension-204055339--nfl.html

What's really going down here? Is it really getting down to this:

It's ME and HIM and I (WE) WANT MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE or ELSE.

If that is the exact case. If that's the way it's going to be. (The question mark is still hanging in my mind.) Then it's time for reality therapy for a swelled head (Aaron Rodgers).

Clay Matthews needs to keep it simple and make his own deal. Not just make it appear that way with his agent being one, Michael McCartney. Clay Matthews needs to ensure that he's not sucked into anyone else's mind except his own.

We're certainly in the $numbers$ being reported; not talking anything close to 'brotherly love' or 'one for all'.

It's any 'two-two for the '$Huge Price$ or done' attitude that would suck wind big time. That would really creep me out.

I still believe that it's fun and games propaganda Packer fans. The agents (Maybe? a client) putting on the show.

I'm firm on this. Pay Clay Matthews top money for his position. Treat Aaron Rodgers exactly the same.

Don't give them 'one red cent more' than you need to. It's just there and nowhere else.

We don't need the drama discussing obvious counter measure or the alternative (s).

GO PACKERS !

[Pugger]

I just wish these 2 contracts would get hammered out quickly so we can concentrate on the draft.

[woodbuck27]

I just wish these 2 contracts would get hammered out quickly so we can concentrate on the draft.

You can count on this:

Ted Thompson already has his Big Board in a convenient location. It's completed and may 'only' need minor tweeking.

and on NFL Access:

Word from Aaron Rodgers:

If his contract isn't resolved by that date we're seeing, or April 15. He has no plans to hold out.

PACKERS !

[pbmax]

It may not be $13 mil per year. This is another case of new money possibly being confused with current money. Schefter said the $13 mil/yr was the NEW money in the deal. Which would indicate he understands it to be an extension of his last year on his rookie contract.

He will make $4,750,000 this year (cap number is $4,910,000).

If he signs a 4 year extension at $13.5 per new year, his average is $11.75 mil/yr over the five year deal.

[pittstang5]

You can count on this:

Ted Thompson already has his Big Board in a convenient location. It's completed and may 'only' need minor tweeking.

Funny you mention that. I found this interesting:

I was listening to the local sports radio today and Jay Glazer was a guest. He was talking about GMs and the draft. He said that No GM has their board ready at this time. He said GMs will usually finalize everything the week of the draft and even then, they can change up until the last minute if new information comes in on a couple players.

My Opinion - TT probably has a pretty good idea of who he wants to target. He's still probably going over game tape and checking with scouts and coaches. Is his board done? - nah, I don't think it's even close.

[Rutnstrut]

Funny you mention that. I found this interesting:

I was listening to the local sports radio today and Jay Glazer was a guest. He was talking about GMs and the draft. He said that No GM has their board ready at this time. He said GMs will usually finalize everything the week of the draft and even then, they can change up until the last minute if new information comes in on a couple players.

My Opinion - TT probably has a pretty good idea of who he wants to target. He's still probably going over game tape and checking with scouts and coaches. Is his board done? - nah, I don't think it's even close.

Or it could be that TT has his board pretty much done and he's going to stick to it no matter what info he gets, because lets face it, that's the TT way. Besides once they get Mathews and Rodgers locked down, the other positions are just trivial.

[Bossman641]

Or it could be that TT has his board pretty much done and he's going to stick to it no matter what info he gets, because lets face it, that's the TT way. Besides once they get Mathews and Rodgers locked down, the other positions are just trivial.

Lol, examples?

[Joemailman]

I'm pretty sure the assistant coaches have a lot of input on the prospects that play the position that they coach. I would think that evaluation process is still going on at this point.

[pbmax]

Or it could be that TT has his board pretty much done and he's going to stick to it no matter what info he gets, because lets face it, that's the TT way. Besides once they get Mathews and Rodgers locked down, the other positions are just trivial.

He can't have it done yet. They have written about the process before and all the personnel guys meet to go over all the prospects and set the board at once. You can't all meet if Pro Days are just ending. After they gather, it takes a couple of weeks to finalize.

[pbmax]

I'm pretty sure the assistant coaches have a lot of input on the prospects that play the position that they coach. I would think that evaluation process is still going on at this point.

Having read about this before, I think the assistant coaches input is smaller than one might think.

[Zool]

This should about sum things up

[MadtownPacker]

Or it could be that TT has his board pretty much done and he's going to stick to it no matter what info he gets, because lets face it, that's the TT way. Besides once they get Mathews and Rodgers locked down, the other positions are just trivial.

Shit already got him to 1 Superbowl win. So I can't hate on him.

[woodbuck27]

Fr. my original post this thread:

"The above article tells us that Aaron Rodgers and his agent (David Dunn) are asking $21.5 Million$ + $2 million or $22.5 Million$."

Edit:

$21.5 million$ + $2 million$ = $23.5 million$.

[woodbuck27]

Funny you mention that. I found this interesting:

I was listening to the local sports radio today and Jay Glazer was a guest. He was talking about GMs and the draft. He said that No GM has their board ready at this time. He said GMs will usually finalize everything the week of the draft and even then, they can change up until the last minute if new information comes in on a couple players.

My Opinion - TT probably has a pretty good idea of who he wants to target. He's still probably going over game tape and checking with scouts and coaches. Is his board done? - nah, I don't think it's even close.

" TT probably has a pretty good idea of who he wants to target. He's still probably going over game tape and checking with scouts and coaches. Is his board done? - nah, I don't think it's even close. " pittstang5

Isn't there a contradiction in the above statement?

We're talking about the man that's noted for being 'above just good' in the draft. In order to be comfortable with the draft and in any manner successful. You must have the board in good shape somewhere between after the Combine and at the beginning of free agency. The Pro days are used for tweeking that board.

Input should certainly be welcome anytime; but that's Ted Thompson's BIG BOARD. He spends considerable time finalizing it. He's not all in a panic looking for input. Hardly 'to any great extent', three weeks before the scheduled draft.

I stand by what I posted before. Except for minor tweeking. That Green Bay Packers BIG BOARD - Ted Thompson's BIG BOARD is for the greatest part... done.

It's also my position that 'that such organization' is good sense.

I'll add this:

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/risersandfallers

By: Dane Brugler ... NFLDraftScout.com Analyst

" Only a month away until the 2013 NFL Draft, most evaluations are already set in stone. The idea of a riser or faller is especially relative in late March into April.

At this point, there's only moderate fluctuation on draft boards during the month of March as teams put the finishing touches on their scouting reports. With a handful of pro days each day, prospects have one final chance to put their best foot forward and elevate their draft stock.

While there are no drastic movements on any draft board in this final month of draft preparation, some prospects move up or down based on Pro Day performances." Fr. LINK

If such information (see below) is available to us. It better be available 'PLUS' to Ted Thompson:

http://www.nfl.com/draft/story/0ap1000000136391/article/2013-pro-days-schedule-and-analysis

2013 pro days schedule and analysis

NFL.com

Published: March 11, 2013 at 05:43 p.m.

Updated: April 4, 2013 at 05:44 p.m

That's why Ted Thompson can be pre-occupied with the soon to become $$very very rich$$ Green Bay Packers.

Ehh

GO PACKERS !