Packers Trade James Jones for NE's 2014 First Round Pick

[mraynrand]

Not really. But would you do it? Browns trade TR for Colt's #1. Why not trade in Jones to a team that desperately needs a WR, and get a great value pick in next year's draft. Who cares about this season? Pack already lost to the 49ers once, probably will in the playoffs, so why not build for the future?

[Pugger]

No. If NE wins their division - and they probably will - that pick won't be appreciably higher than ours and besides Jordy and Randall our WR corps isn't that stellar. Now if a team that will most likely pick in the top 10 make inquiries then that might be worth considering.

[George Cumby]

Fucker.

[mraynrand]

Fucker.

[denverYooper]

Fucker.

We were all thinking it.

[denverYooper]

No. If NE wins their division - and they probably will - that pick won't be appreciably higher than ours and besides Jordy and Randall our WR corps isn't that stellar. Now if a team that will most likely pick in the top 10 make inquiries then that might be worth considering.

Bienvenido a Miami, el hogar de los campeones de la AFC Norte.

[Patler]

I would not make that trade.

The Packers have a legitimate shot at the SB this year. If Jones and Perry develop and Neal grows in his new role, when Burnett and Hayward return the defense could improve significantly as the year progresses. Trading Jones would weaken the offense considerably, and would put them one injury away being weak at WR.

This offense needs 3 very good WRs at a minimum, which makes me wonder where they will be next year if Jones goes elsewhere in free agency. At least next year they have the opportunity to bring in a draft pick, have a year of development in Charles Johnson and Myles White, etc.

[Maxie the Taxi]

I would not make that trade.

The Packers have a legitimate shot at the SB this year. If Jones and Perry develop and Neal grows in his new role, when Burnett and Hayward return the defense could improve significantly as the year progresses. Trading Jones would weaken the offense considerably, and would put them one injury away being weak at WR.

This offense needs 3 very good WRs at a minimum, which makes me wonder where they will be next year if Jones goes elsewhere in free agency. At least next year they have the opportunity to bring in a draft pick, have a year of development in Charles Johnson and Myles White, etc.

No worries. By next year Alex Gillett will be a beast...bigger, faster and stronger!

[KYPack]

Bienvenido a Miami, el hogar de los campeones de la AFC Norte.

AFC Este,

Norte is Bengal, Brown, Steel and Raven-land.

[denverYooper]

AFC Este,

Norte is Bengal, Brown, Steel and Raven-land.

Whoops. Forgot my compass.

[Smidgeon]

No worries. By next year Alex Gillett will be a beast...bigger, faster and stronger!

But would he be tougher?

[KYPack]

Whoops. Forgot my compass.

Haha.

AND...

A cyber whack upside the head of Rand with a dead fish for the scary heading on this thread.

Poor form, Big Boy.

[Patler]

No worries. By next year Alex Gillett will be a beast...bigger, faster and stronger!

Considering that neither GB nor any other NFL team has seen fit to add him to their practice squad, I think his best opportunity passed when the Packers released him.

Johnson is the guy I will be anxious to see next TC. I wish we could have seen more of him this year.

[3irty1]

Jones is a move-the-chains guy and we've already got a plethora of that guy on our offense. Cobb, Finley, and Boykin are all similar in that they all will have high catch numbers and lack deep speed. That said, I'd keep James Jones rather than make that trade.

There is a really good chance that the superbowl goes through Seattle this year and James Jones will be key to such a game because among all of our receivers he's the only one that gets off of press at an elite level and will be instrumental to us being competitive. JJ is often compared to Boldin and I don't think its any coincidence that SF decided to take on Boldin's contract at the cost of losing some of their own to the cap. Sure he didn't help them not get blown out against the Seahawks, but had they had Crabtree it could have been a much different story. We've got more options than Seattle has got probowl corners and I'd feel really good if one of those options was Jones.

[hoosier]

Jones is a move-the-chains guy and we've already got a plethora of that guy on our offense. Cobb, Finley, and Boykin are all similar in that they all will have high catch numbers and lack deep speed. That said, I'd keep James Jones rather than make that trade.

There is a really good chance that the superbowl goes through Seattle this year and James Jones will be key to such a game because among all of our receivers he's the only one that gets off of press at an elite level and will be instrumental to us being competitive. JJ is often compared to Boldin and I don't think its any coincidence that SF decided to take on Boldin's contract at the cost of losing some of their own to the cap. Sure he didn't help them not get blown out against the Seahawks, but had they had Crabtree it could have been a much different story. We've got more options than Seattle has got probowl corners and I'd feel really good if one of those options was Jones.

Not to nitpick or anything, but I don't see Jones and Cobb as having comparable skills. Cobb is both faster and much quicker than any of the receivers you mention. Boykin might be a potential replacement down the road, or he might turn out to be Tori Gurley II, we don't know. I do, however, agree with the important question: no way would I trade Jones to the Patriots.