James Starks back on 2 year deal

[denverYooper]

It's hard to believe anyone will pay more for Kuhn than for Starks. Kuhn will be fire sale cheap.

Yeah, no one seems to have any urgency in pursuing a 31-year-old FB.

His highest value seems to be in GB, where he knows the protections.

[Zool]

If they bother to re-sign Kuhn, they need to stop running the FB dive. It's brutally predictable and completely ineffective.

[red]

It's hard to believe anyone will pay more for Kuhn than for Starks. Kuhn will be fire sale cheap.

agreed

kuhn shouldn't have any more value then starks does

[pbmax]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKAJI...1D88544DCBE996

Everyone knows why....chics dig the longball.

Bowl with Taylor Swift and Jessica Szhor (sp?) in February. He has enough time with the ladies. Checkdown on the Cover 2 in December and January.

Everyone knows you cannot win in the December/January/February without a short passing game.

[pbmax]

A few more details per the GBPG:

$725,000 signing bonus
$750,000 salary in 2014
$75,000 workout bonus
$11,426/game roster bonus ($182,813 for 16 games).

$1.175 million base salary in 2015
$75,000 roster bonus
$11,426/game roster bonus ($182,813 for 16 games).

JSO thinks this means the Packers have made a commitment to Starks as the primary backup. Perhaps for one year, that is true. I am looking forward to it. Can't lie, Lacy and Starks on run downs and Harris/Franklin on 3rd down plus Kuhn doesn't seem half bad.

A year ago this part of the team was a tire fire, esp. after Harris got hurt.

[Teamcheez1]

Being ranked 7th in yards per game isn't exactly a tire fire.

[3irty1]

If they bother to re-sign Kuhn, they need to stop running the FB dive. It's brutally predictable and completely ineffective.

I always thought this too until the one time in late 2012 when they faked a FB dive for an easy TD. MM is master tactician and does an incredible job of self-scouting his offense.
My all-time favorite playcall of his was in this game in 2010 at 2:14:

http://www.packers.com/media-center/videos/Packers-vs-Lions-Game-Highlights/06b3045f-1de3-4d00-bd4d-0e1c31258ad7

4th and 1, 1 minute left in the 4th quarter, in Detroit, playoff aspirations on the line, backup QB in... the Lions stack the box and show press coverage. MM looks down at his playsheet, then down at the bulge created by his big ol apple bag, then back at his playsheet and orders up a killshot. I mean it didn't work or anything but still I love the message that sends. "There is no situation you can conceive where I will not throw a haymaker." Immediately things started opening up in the running game. We attribute it to Starks but I like to think that it was also in part to the collective asshole puckering of every D coordinator in the game.

[Cleft Crusty]

Cleft may have been mistaken. The Packers will have to pay more base for Kuhn than Starks due to the vet minimum, which is 855K for 7-9 year vets.

[pbmax]

Being ranked 7th in yards per game isn't exactly a tire fire.

Was this is response to my tire fire comparison?

I was talking about the run game after the 2012 season. Even with Harris, who would get injured in the offseason prior to 2013, the Packers run game was 16th in attempts and 20th in yards. 22nd in ypa. Without Harris, I think that qualifies a run game for tire fire status.