Source: Packers to Re-sign Bulaga Tonight

[call_me_ishmael]

Bulaga also had two separate knee injuries in another season that caused him to miss 4 full games and portions of others. I'd rather have Cobb back. I think Barclay/Tretter have a better chance of replacing Bulaga than Abby would replace Cobb. If they went the draft route, rookie RTs are generally more ready to play than WRs in our offense.

Agreed. What is your ceiling for Cobb money?

[HarveyWallbangers]

If these are close to the numbers for Bulaga eventually, then the either/or with Cobb makes a little more sense.

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@andrewhenning I projected $38M-$40M for 5 with about $15M guaranteed a few months ago. We'll see.

For Bulaga?

[pbmax]

For Bulaga?

Yep. Top RTs are at $7 mil per right now with one exception I think.

[PaCkFan_n_MD]

Agreed. What is your ceiling for Cobb money?

I find this position interesting. I would love both back of course, but if I had to choose one its easily Bulaga. Generally, it probably takes longer to develop WRs than Tackles, but I tend to think the opposite maybe true with the packers based off TT track record drafting WR's and who we have at QB.

WR's since 05 include: Murphy (looked good), Jennings, Jones, Nelson, Cobb, Adams..Lots of hits.
T's since 05 include: Bulaga, Bahkitari...can't think of any other hits.

Hopefully we somehow find a way to bring both back.

[smuggler]

still no word to corroborate this story and it's half past 9 eastern time...

[wist43]

Not sure if that's too much money to give a sometimes leaky, sometimes injured, slightly above average when healthy RT??

To be sure the position is a complete mess when he's not in there, but that speaks to how inept TT/MM's approach to the OL has been in general - even though the OL seemed to make some positive strides last year.

Hopefully he'll stay healthy.

[wist43]

I find this position interesting. I would love both back of course, but if I had to choose one its easily Bulaga. Generally, it probably takes longer to develop WRs than Tackles, but I tend to think the opposite maybe true with the packers based off TT track record drafting WR's and who we have at QB.

WR's since 05 include: Murphy (looked good), Jennings, Jones, Nelson, Cobb, Adams..Lots of hits.
T's since 05 include: Bulaga, Bahkitari...can't think of any other hits.

Hopefully we somehow find a way to bring both back.

Why they didn't keep Charles Johnson last year is beyond me... he's certainly looking good for the Vikings.

[pbmax]

They PS him in 2013 and he was claimed by Cleveland, who found out he had a torn ACL. He went on their IR.

Likes took him off the Browns PS in 2014.

[wist43]

They PS him in 2013 and he was claimed by Cleveland, who found out he had a torn ACL. He went on their IR.

Likes took him off the Browns PS in 2014.

That's just it, I wouldn't have exposed him... who did they keep instead?? It was just a ST's decision, can't remember what bartender they kept instead.

[mraynrand]

Why they didn't keep Charles Johnson last year is beyond me... he's certainly looking good for the Vikings.

I can see each of his 31 exquisite Moss-like receptions in ultra HD memory vision.

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That's just it, I wouldn't have exposed him... who did they keep instead?? It was just a ST's decision, can't remember what bartender they kept instead.

thats probably why janis was a healthy scratch all year instead of on the practice squad

[Cheesehead Craig]

We had Jordy, Cobb, Jones, and Finley. I don't think a WR that was a project at the time was really a priority. I don't recall anyone at the time complaining when he was signed off the PS.

[smuggler]

This doesn't have much to do with Bryan Bulaga, but I watched combine drills for Devin Funchess and the combine drills of Richard Rodgers and I don't see a very big difference between the two. The interviews, on the other hand, seem to favor R2.

[Carolina_Packer]

We had Jordy, Cobb, Jones, and Finley. I don't think a WR that was a project at the time was really a priority. I don't recall anyone at the time complaining when he was signed off the PS.

I was hoping he would make the roster, but figured he wouldn't since 1) he got dinged up in 2013 TC, which probably is what turned into the knee injury, and 2) they had a crowded receiving corps. It's a shame that our trainers didn't discover his injury first. TT put Kevin Dorsey on IR in 2013, I'm sure he would have done the same with Johnson, had he been aware.

[Patler]

That's just it, I wouldn't have exposed him... who did they keep instead?? It was just a ST's decision, can't remember what bartender they kept instead.

Johnson was hurt the first day of rookie camp and did not participate in anything after that until the last week of training camp. Reports were that he looked like a fish out of water the week he did practice. They had Nelson, Jones, and Cobb. Boykin earned a spot with a good preseason and went on the have a 49 reception season. The Packers kept Jeremy Ross, expecting him to be their return man. They kept 4 TEs with Finley, Quarless, Taylor and Bostick, who they had hope for as well. That was 9 spots tied up with pass catchers.

Johnson gave them no reason to keep him on the regular roster over someone else. He had had a sketchy college career. Some saw him more as a higher priority free agent rather than a draft pick. Practice squad was where he belonged with what he had done to that point. He was on the Packers PS for 5 weeks until the Browns signed him, and the very next day both Jones and Cobb were injured in the game against the Ravens. The week after that game, Cobb was placed on IR-DR and Myles White was signed to the regular roster. That would have been the spot for Johnson, but they had just lost him to the Browns on Saturday, but he wouldn't have played anyway because of the ACL injury.

If anyone screwed up, it was the Browns who had him all through camp in 2014 and initially kept him on their 53 man roster, then cut him after making waiver claims on others, and signed him to their practice squad. Three weeks later, the Vikings signed him.

Interesting tidbit - Johnson is a year and a half older than Randall Cobb.

Hindsight is a wonderful thing.