Free Agents and Green Bay

[Fritz]

You people are getting all serious and sociological, when the truth is much simpler.

Green Bay women, or California/Florida/Dallas/Washington women?

There's an equation to be had somewhere in all this - size of contract plus hotness of women times the number of nightclubs equals likelihood of signing.

[red]

I have had business relationships with pro athletes for 25 years. It really is a job to them. They make their decisions on where to go for the same reasons we do, some to the highest bidder, some because they hit it off with the boss, some because it is a place they want to live and raise their families and the job will be OK. "winning" is a factor for some, but not huge for a lot of the younger guys. They figure the team will build with them.

Winning the championship of their sport becomes a big factor for some of the old guys who haven't won one. They are financially set and know they have only a few years left. Some will look for the spot where they can contribute to a championship. For most of the young guys, not so much.

DING DING DING

fans care about winning a whole hell of a lot more then the players do. the players number one concern (and i don't blame them for it one bit) should be making as much as possible for as long as they can

coming to green bay because they can win and be on a good team, probably means very little to most younger player. like you said,its maybe the older guys who have made their money who want to win before they are done. unfortunately, those are the types of guys (old) that TT usually shies away from

plus it can't help that free agency begins in the middle of our winter, everything is dead, the lakes and rivers are frozen solid, its below zero still and there's still 4 feet of snow on the ground. if free agency opened after the draft, maybe we would have a better shot at luring some guys here

[red]

You people are getting all serious and sociological, when the truth is much simpler.

Green Bay women, or California/Florida/Dallas/Washington women?

There's an equation to be had somewhere in all this - size of contract plus hotness of women times the number of nightclubs equals likelihood of signing.

size of area population * (percentage of hot woman in population- how many of those hot women are married with kids) * annual salary / annual snow fall

so for green bay we have

200,000*(.02)* 2,000,000 / 51.4 inches = 155,642,023

now for a place like chicago, where the percentage of hot women is less, but there's a larger population and more single chicks

9,500,000* (.04)* 2,000,000 / 31.1inches of snow = 24,437,299,035

as you can see by this simple formula, a player who is offered the same amount of money from the bears and packers is 157 times more to go to chicago, based of the increase in quality tail and less snow fall

you're all welcome

[pbmax]

Well, you can't argue with an algorithm.

I would say that I am not sure winning or success doesn't matter, but younger players will be optimistic about the future and have other, at least equal concerns about their careers. The more settled they are, the likelier winning moves to the top of the list.

[Pugger]

Agree. A good GB team with an All Pro QB is still a better draw than Jacksonville on a lot of levels (though the income tax issue helps Jax). But the city itself will break a lot of ties, sometimes to the team's detriment.

Having an All Pro QB is a draw but often a team has a good chunk of their cap in that QB so the amount of money you can offer a FA is limited. There are separate ways of going about it. GB and Denver have 2 of the top QBs in the business today but the donkeys spent a ton in FA. I suspect they did because their QB is near the end while ours is in his prime. They are going all in this year. I have a strong feeling Manning will implode this season a lot like Favre did in his last year in MN.

[woodbuck27]

I think we're all missing a very simple point here. Green Bay is still in play if you have a QB. We've been blessed with great QB play the last 22 years.

Huge drawing card that you can WIN here (and get paid handsomely of course). Peppers isn't signing with MN, all things being equal, he wants to win meaning SB.

As soon as the dynamic changes where we don't have one of the best QB's in the league, all bets are off.

Yes.

[woodbuck27]

Having an All Pro QB is a draw but often a team has a good chunk of their cap in that QB so the amount of money you can offer a FA is limited. There are separate ways of going about it. GB and Denver have 2 of the top QBs in the business today but the donkeys spent a ton in FA. I suspect they did because their QB is near the end while ours is in his prime. They are going all in this year. I have a strong feeling Manning will implode this season a lot like Favre did in his last year in MN.

The pressure on Peyton Manning to get to and win the Super Bowl has to be huge.

Having posted that I'll add that he's a pretty cool and funny fella and that helps offset pressure. He has a fantastic cast around him and as long as he's protected from the SACK he'll be close in 2014 if not get back to the show.

[Just Jeff]

The pressure on Peyton Manning to get to and win the Super Bowl has to be huge.

Having posted that I'll add that he's a pretty cool and funny fella and that helps offset pressure. He has a fantastic cast around him and as long as he's protected from the SACK he'll be close in 2014 if not get back to the show.

I'm not sure that there is a level of implosion that Manning hasn't already achieved. "Omaha Omaha <ball bounces off head>"

[woodbuck27]

I'm not sure that there is a level of implosion that Manning hasn't already achieved. "Omaha Omaha <ball bounces off head>"

That whole skit was hilarious last season and brought me to a whole different level of respect for Peyton Manning.

I enjoy funny.

[Just Jeff]

That whole skit was hilarious last season and brought me to a whole different level of respect for Peyton Manning.

I enjoy funny.

I enjoy implosion and I hate Peyton Manning. Everyone thinks he's the best but I think he's no better then the 3rd best



































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his family.

[Zool]

While I do dislike Peyton and his complainy face, he's so much better than Eli I can't even explain.

[mraynrand]

Eli is the streak shooter, who is often total clutch. Manning is the consistent floor general who always mops up on all the dross, but sometimes wilts under pressure.