2014 Free Agency Rumors and or Speculation

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http://espn.go.com/blog/nfcnorth/pos...lary-cap-shape

The packers still have about about 17 mil in cap space, not including starks contract. About 5 of that is for signing free agents, so we realistically have about 10 mil left in cap space. Not to bad. We could still pick up a couple players if we wanted. Normally TT likes to carry some cash over to the next year though, so I'm not expecting any more splashes.

i'm guessing any more free agents that are brought in are going to be at or near the vet minimum, and therefore will not be eating up any cap because they will just be replacing someone else who's already making near the minimum

same goes for rookies, most of them other then the first rounders, will be making near the minimum

like the guion signing, its a 1 year deal near the vet minimum (under 1 million total). his signing has little to no effect on the cap if the guy he replaces on the 53 man roster was due to count 5 or 6 hundred thousand

if you take what we have now (about 17 million), add in the rookies class, and the starks deal, i bet we still have 14 million or so in cap space

you could then resign both nelson and cobb and set up the deals where one gets a big roster bonus this year (10 million +) and the other gets a big roster bonus next year

[mraynrand]

He played better than Clifton in the 2011 Giants playoff game. Terrible doesn't do him justice. Limited perhaps.

I prefer Fugitive-esque, Super8-esque, catastrophic train wreck.

[run pMc]

They'll sign Kuhn and then use the rest on Cobb/Nelson/draft picks.

[Fritz]

Marshall Newhouse is the paradoxical backup you are glad is sitting on your bench (he's got experience as a starter, still relatively young and healthy) but you hope to god never, ever has to actually play.

[woodbuck27]

http://espn.go.com/new-york/nfl/story/_/id/10632166/michael-vick-visit-new-york-jets-weekend

Source: Michael Vick, Jets to meet


Updated: March 19, 2014, 5:10 PM ET

[bobblehead]

Who in the hell where you watching that you thought was Newhouse? At no point did he EVER do ok, except when he was on the bench. He's terrible.

Well, to be fair, he looked like a solid backup the entire time he was starting. Once he became a backup he looked more like a fry cook.

[Fritz]

I dunno, Bobble. Every time I saw Newhouse play, I thought "man, he looks like a backup."

And when I saw him on the bench, I thought "man, he looks good on the bench."

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he looked horrible the few times he got in there late in the year

i held my breath every time i saw him out there because i knew we couldn't loose anymore qb's

it also made me wonder about sherrod. why, if he has any future, and he was suppose to be completely healthy at the end of last year, was he not the main backup instead of newhouse. i mean, i think i remember one play where he didn't even get out of his stance before his guy was around him and on top of a-rod.

he was a disaster imo. he may not have bitched when he got demoted, but his work effort when he was on the field last year made raji look like "overachieving employee of the year"

[Fritz]

I think this is Sherrod's make or break year. Either he will start, or he will be a quiet backup, gone next year.

I liken it to the year Harrell finally got healthy.

And then he got hurt on an extra point attempt. Poof.

[Bretsky]

Brad Jones is the paradoxical backup you are glad is sitting on your bench (he's got experience as a starter, still relatively young and healthy) but you hope to god never, ever has to actually play.

FIXED

[pbmax]

FIXED

We will have our revenge this year when he makes THE jump.

[pbmax]

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[Fritz]

No, Bretsky, Brad Jones is a situational player. I think there are a couple particular situations in which he can be effective. You think there are no situations in which he can be effective. Either way, he's situational. See?

[Bretsky]

We will have our revenge this year when he makes THE jump.

One stop forward...three steps back

[Bretsky]

No, Bretsky, Brad Jones is a situational player. I think there are a couple particular situations in which he can be effective. You think there are no situations in which he can be effective. Either way, he's situational. See?

Situationally sub par....just like Newhouse