Vikings Week

[Fritz]

I was surprised it took so long with Trevor Davis. He has basically been injured all preseason and going on two weeks of the regular season. I expect an injury settlement will be forthcoming unless they feel strongly enough about his future special teams work.

Agreed. Hard for me to imagine they think that highly of him that they'd bring him back.

[mraynrand]

Agreed. Hard for me to imagine they think that highly of him that they'd bring him back.

I suspect Davis and Rollins, looking at the offseason moves, pretty much came to the conclusion that their time in GB was over.

[pbmax]

Rollins spot seems to have been filled, over and over again if you count the one roster signing and the one PS signing.

But there is still room for Davis. We will know that if he gets a injury settlement so he can get off IR and sign with the Packers again this year. They are either tired of waiting (which would be remarkably fast for the Packers) or trust his injury and history aren't going to make him an attractive target.

They don't want Cobb back there and they probably don't want even the third RB back there. Maybe one of the new guys get a ST job.

[mraynrand]

I can't recall if they tried Exxon Valdez at PR, but he would be the guy you'd probably want back there from among the young WRs - if he can field a punt.

[Patler]

But there is still room for Davis. We will know that if he gets a injury settlement so he can get off IR and sign with the Packers again this year. They are either tired of waiting (which would be remarkably fast for the Packers) or trust his injury and history aren't going to make him an attractive target.

I don't understand your point. He doesn't need an injury settlement, "so he can get off IR and sign with the Packers again this year.". They can bring him back as one of the two allowed returns from IR.

[mraynrand]

I don't understand your point. He doesn't need an injury settlement, "so he can get off IR and sign with the Packers again this year.". They can bring him back as one of the two allowed returns from IR.

I thought there was a way, if they are released with injury settlement, that they can come back in ?four weeks. Problem is of course that another team could then sign them... I'll check.

[mraynrand]

For example:

The way injury settlements work is a player and the team agree to a payout based on how long the player is expected to be injured. After that time is up, he can sign anywhere, or wait three weeks at which point the Raiders are allowed to re-sign him.

For instance, should the injury settlement for just one week, Whalen could be re-signed in a month.

You need only look at what happened with James Cowser in 2016. The Raiders released him on an injury settlement on September 10th. By October 4th, he was re-signed to the team’s practice squad and he’s been with the team ever since.

https://www.silverandblackpride.com/...t-could-return

[ThunderDan]

So Davis has a Packer hammy.

4 weeks until healed. 3 more weeks for Packers to wait. Can have him back on the roster in 8 weeks if no other team signs him.

[Patler]

I thought there was a way, if they are released with injury settlement, that they can come back in ?four weeks. Problem is of course that another team could then sign them... I'll check.

Yes, if you think the injury is real short term, because they have to wait the settlement period plus three weeks. If you think the injury is 4 weeks or less, why not just keep him on the 53 man roster and not have to wait the extra three weeks while he is presumably healthy? This early in the season the roster is quite healthy, and with game day inactives anyway it should be easy to carry him for four games.

[mraynrand]

Yes, if you think the injury is real short term, because they have to wait the settlement period plus three weeks. If you think the injury is 4 weeks or less, why not just keep him on the 53 man roster and not have to wait the extra three weeks while he is presumably healthy? This early in the season the roster is quite healthy, and with game day inactives anyway it should be easy to carry him for four games.

At the very least it shows they value him less (assuming it's a pretty minor injury), and are happy with what they have on the roster to field punts, and back up WR. (I suppose they might sign in another guy as a PR at some point too).

[Patler]

So Davis has a Packer hammy.

4 weeks until healed. 3 more weeks for Packers to wait. Can have him back on the roster in 8 weeks if no other team signs him.

I don't think they want him that bad. That's only one week less than as one of their two allowed returnees from IR, so small advantage there other than saving 3 weeks salary, but it runs the risk of him signing elsewhere. Four weeks should have been an acceptable time to carry him on an otherwise fairly healthy roster as a game day inactive, with the advantage of playing 3 weeks earlier (maybe less or more depending on his actual recovery.)

I don't think they care much if they get him back or not.

[hoosier]

Rollins spot seems to have been filled, over and over again if you count the one roster signing and the one PS signing.

But there is still room for Davis. We will know that if he gets a injury settlement so he can get off IR and sign with the Packers again this year. They are either tired of waiting (which would be remarkably fast for the Packers) or trust his injury and history aren't going to make him an attractive target.

They don't want Cobb back there and they probably don't want even the third RB back there. Maybe one of the new guys get a ST job.

Alexander?

[pbmax]

I don't understand your point. He doesn't need an injury settlement, "so he can get off IR and sign with the Packers again this year.". They can bring him back as one of the two allowed returns from IR.

Unwritten assumption was that they won’t want to use one IR return of two on a guy who just returns kicks.

But if they can use waivers as his own IR they would consider bringing him back.

Word came today that Cobb is the punt returner and I can’t believe they prefer that risk.

[Teamcheez1]

Unpopular Opinions: Packers SHOULD trade for Le'Veon Bell

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000961165/article/unpopular-opinions-packers-should-trade-for-leveon-bell

Not sure I agree with the column or would want Bell. I guess people get paid to write stuff like this.

[Fritz]

I don't think they want him that bad. That's only one week less than as one of their two allowed returnees from IR, so small advantage there other than saving 3 weeks salary, but it runs the risk of him signing elsewhere. Four weeks should have been an acceptable time to carry him on an otherwise fairly healthy roster as a game day inactive, with the advantage of playing 3 weeks earlier (maybe less or more depending on his actual recovery.)

I don't think they care much if they get him back or not.

In another thread there was a point made that Davis was one of the highest-rated returners in the league in terms of his average return.

I wanted to make clear that my disgruntlement with Davis - and perhaps this is true of the Packer brass as well - had to do with his decision-making skills, or lack thereof. Any time he lined up around his own ten yard line to field a punt, I could only hold my breath. On some plays he'd let it land around the ten yard line. On other plays he'd field a punt on his own five yard line and then try to return it. Or he'd call for a fair catch and field it on his own six yard line.

He just did not make good decisions about when to field a punt, when to let it go, and so on. I just didn't think his returns on the ones he did return were enough to justify hanging on to him. Devin Hester he was not.

I think the running back they picked up from Dallas might get a shot at returning punts and kicks. We'll see. I read that he had some of those kinds of skills.