Rank the FA Screwup

[Fritz]

The guy I am struggling to understand now is letting Kyle Murphy go. He seems at the very least to be a good hedge for depth.

I still don't understand why Bart Starr didn't do more to try to sign Ted "The Mad Stork" Hendricks to a long-term deal.

[gbgary]

1. Micah Hyde
2. Julius Peppers
3. Casey Hayward
4. TJ Land
5. JC Tretter
6. Jared Cook
7. Morgan Burnett

[gbgary]

I still don't understand why Bart Starr didn't do more to try to sign Ted "The Mad Stork" Hendricks to a long-term deal.

i thought he hated it there. no?

[Fritz]

i thought he hated it there. no?

He did. He absolutely did. But this is Packerrats, and those kinds of considerations are irrelevant. If Bart didn't sign him, it means Bart didn't care enough, or wanted to win on the cheap.

Fire Bart Starr now!

Hire someone with a winning track record.

Hell, there's a former Packer great sitting out there who's coached a team to the Super Bowl. Maybe what this organization needs is a tough old offensive lineman with a track record of success as a coach to return this organization to glory.

Hire Forrest Gregg now!

[theeaterofshades]

1) CB Casey Hayward
2) S Micah Hyde
3) TE Jared Cook
4) S Morgan Burnett

[mraynrand]

Hire Forrest Gregg now!

No Way! You should go with the offensive innovator! InFante we trust!!

[Pugger]

1. Micah Hyde
2. Julius Peppers
3. Casey Hayward
4. TJ Land
5. JC Tretter
6. Jared Cook
7. Morgan Burnett

At the time we all bemoaned TJ Lang going to Detroit but in 20/20 hindsight it was the right move. During the 2 seasons since he left GB he has started only 22 games. He is on IR right now and he is pondering whether to return to the Lions next season. His body is breaking down.

[Fosco33]

At the time we all bemoaned TJ Lang going to Detroit but in 20/20 hindsight it was the right move. During the 2 seasons since he left GB he has started only 22 games. He is on IR right now and he is pondering whether to return to the Lions next season. His body is breaking down.

Yup. There’s a balance - it should always be about max value (ROI).

Who else is on the list of ‘glad we let them walk’

[ThunderDan]

Yup. There’s a balance - it should always be about max value (ROI).

Who else is on the list of ‘glad we let them walk’

Jeff Janis?

[Fosco33]

A few older ones... Cullen Jenkins, my avatar (I was ok with that), Jordy (ok w/ that too).

Or bringing back House and Tramon Williams?

[Smidgeon]

Jeff Janis?

For an end to the drama, sure. For the value he added to Special Teams? That one is missed.

[run pMc]

You know, maybe its the pro scouting side that's been failing to hold up its end of the donkey?

Considering that TT was relatively inactive in the FA market, maybe the pro scouting side was half-heartedly doing the job, knowing it was futile.


Cook is the only one I consider a real screwup, he would've helped them avoid the Bennett/Graham messes, and at 31 looked like OAK's best receiver this season. At the time I thought Bennett was an upgrade...clearly I was wrong.

I know nobody who thought Hyde was worth 6M a year, although GB sure could use a safety (or 3) now. Hayward had been hurt a lot and seemed to have lost a little burst when they let him walk in favor of Randall/Rollins. The SD pass rush helps him...he still gets toasted at times.
The rest are meh -- Peppers is old, Tretter wasn't gonna beat Linsley (and they weren't paying big bucks to a bench OL who got hurt a lot), and Lang/Burnett were breaking down.

So...of your 7, I'd go
Cook
Hyde
Hayward
Peppers
Tretter
Lang
Burnett

[pbmax]

At the time we all bemoaned TJ Lang going to Detroit but in 20/20 hindsight it was the right move. During the 2 seasons since he left GB he has started only 22 games. He is on IR right now and he is pondering whether to return to the Lions next season. His body is breaking down.

Yeah, its true for him and Sitton, but glad both got paid one last time.

Tretter is the guy who arguably could have been kept. A poor man's Mike Flanagan.

[pbmax]

A few older ones... Cullen Jenkins, my avatar (I was ok with that), Jordy (ok w/ that too).

Or bringing back House and Tramon Williams?

House had one more decent year and then fell off a cliff. Williams seems to be on the Roger Clemens career path.

[Pugger]

Yeah, its true for him and Sitton, but glad both got paid one last time.

Tretter is the guy who arguably could have been kept. A poor man's Mike Flanagan.

Could Tretter have played guard for us instead? I think we are basically happy with Linsley at center.