Packers' Off Season Moves and 2017 Roster

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hows this for thinking outside the box

desean jackson would give us the speed and deep threat that a-rod and TT wish they had, and would probably cost 8 mill a year

just a thought

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If so that is reasonable imo. And worth it

9 a year is a lot for what is basically a one year wonder, this is the very definition of a guy picking up his game for a contract year

what happens when he gets paid, does he start missing games again for little nagging injuries?

spotrac has a cool new feature BTW, guessing guys market values, they list perry at 8.5 million a year

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Cameron Wake signs new 2 year 18 million deal with Dolphins. Is this what it will cost to sign Perry?

I've been guessing 8.5 to 9.5 million per year. Jones may cost 4.5 to 5.5 million. Lang won't sign for less than he's already getting. Cook will be at least 6 million per year.

I think we'll struggle to sign Perry or Lacy. They may both look at offers from other teams. My guess is that anybody from our own team that we really want will be pretty expensive and will leave us with very little room to sign outside free agents. Maybe a mid-priced guy later in the free agent season.

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theres always ways of getting more money, for instance

we have a WR that will count over 12.5 million against the cap this year who hasn't come close to 1000 yards the last 2 seasons. you could get a top teir free agent CB for that. what would help the team more, a shut down corner, or a WR that averages less the 50 yards per game?

or a OLB that will count over 15 million this year, who has never had more then 66 tackles in a year (he had 24 this year, 24 FFS) and hasn't come close to double digit sacks since 2014. you could probably take that money and go out and get an ILB AND an OLB that could both do as mush as he does

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one big thing perry has going for him staying in green bay was that TT gave him a one year "prove it" deal

and i think we can all agree, he proved it.

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9 a year is a lot for what is basically a one year wonder, this is the very definition of a guy picking up his game for a contract year

what happens when he gets paid, does he start missing games again for little nagging injuries?

spotrac has a cool new feature BTW, guessing guys market values, they list perry at 8.5 million a year

Perry is the definition of a guy who was pretty damn good once he was healthy.

Perry has played through injuries before even though they limited his effectiveness in 2014-2015. He's only missed 5 games over the last 3 years.

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spotrac has a cool new feature BTW, guessing guys market values, they list perry at 8.5 million a year

If those numbers are close, I think they sign Perry, Cook and Lacy. Not sure what they do about Tretter vs. Lang.

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don't know where he gets his info...
Check out @MySportsUpdate's Tweet: https://twitter.com/MySportsUpdate/status/833351959478431744?s=09

Report: Packers, Colts and Ravens are interested in trading for Eagles DE Connor Barwin.

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don't know where he gets his info...
Check out @MySportsUpdate's Tweet: https://twitter.com/MySportsUpdate/status/833351959478431744?s=09

From here?:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2...multiple-teams

fseason.

Mark Eckel of NJ Advance Media reported Saturday the Green Bay Packers, Baltimore Ravens and Indianapolis Colts are among the potential landing spots if the Eagles front office decides to move on from the lineman, either through trade or release.

Barwin is coming off his worst season since joining Philadelphia in 2013. He registered just 34 combined tackles, five sacks and one forced fumble across 16 games. The production was a far cry from the 14.5 sacks he put up during the 2014 campaign.


The drop in his level of impact combined with a $8.35 million cap hit for 2017 raised questions about his future with the Eagles. The team could release him and leave just $600,000 in dead cap space for next season, according to Spotrac.

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Perry is the definition of a guy who was pretty damn good once he was healthy.

Perry has played through injuries before even though they limited his effectiveness in 2014-2015. He's only missed 5 games over the last 3 years.

Injuries are one problem. Lack of backup is another (unless Elliot makes a year 3 jump and Holy Fackrell makes a Year 2 jump).

But the oddest question is one I head from Steve True last week. He claims Perry disappeared when Matthews was out this year (guessing hamstring, but perhaps meant after shoulder injury as well). Perry is not Lawrence Taylor and he doesn't dominate week in and week out with pressure, but I did not sense he disappeared this year until his hand injury.

Anyone else want to backup that disappear claim?

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From here?:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2...multiple-teams

This is ALL agent based. So take it with grain of salt. This report doesn't even bother to claim team is shopping him yet.

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Injuries are one problem. Lack of backup is another (unless Elliot makes a year 3 jump and Holy Fackrell makes a Year 2 jump).

But the oddest question is one I head from Steve True last week. He claims Perry disappeared when Matthews was out this year (guessing hamstring, but perhaps meant after shoulder injury as well). Perry is not Lawrence Taylor and he doesn't dominate week in and week out with pressure, but I did not sense he disappeared this year until his hand injury.

Anyone else want to backup that disappear claim?

Don't remember, but looking at the stats, he had 1 quiet game and 2 decent games. He only had a half a sack for the 3 games, so maybe that's the reason for the "disappear" claim.

His line for the 3 games:

Atlanta: 1 tackle, 1 pass defensed
Indy: 1 tackle, 3 assists, 0.5 sacks
Tennessee: 3 tackles, 3 assists

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Injuries are one problem. Lack of backup is another (unless Elliot makes a year 3 jump and Holy Fackrell makes a Year 2 jump).

But the oddest question is one I head from Steve True last week. He claims Perry disappeared when Matthews was out this year (guessing hamstring, but perhaps meant after shoulder injury as well). Perry is not Lawrence Taylor and he doesn't dominate week in and week out with pressure, but I did not sense he disappeared this year until his hand injury.

Anyone else want to backup that disappear claim?

i don't think clay commands a double team any more, so i have no clue why perry wouldn't play the same with him out

none of these d-line or linebacks could dominate full games like reggie did, and have impacts on a lot of the plays. these guys might make 15-20 big plays a year, and the OLB's don't make a ton of tackles.

maybe he was just pulling a clay or a peppers and not making any plays for a few games

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Clay does get double teamed though. He also spends time blitzing in the middle, which gives offenses something else to worry about.

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