Official 2020 Free Agency Thread

[mraynrand]

I wasn't suggesting they would go get someone else. I was thinking McCarthy can't be thrilled with the prospect of a Zeke-like holdout by his QB when he's trying to install a new offense.

Got it. Have to agree in the short term. Still I wonder how much cache that guy has. He seems to play his worst when the team needs him most. Maybe a holdout would be just the thing to eventually usher him out the door?

[Freak Out]

Albert Wilson is a guy I could see being on the Packers radar. He fits LaFleur’s scheme nicely and fills a glaring need. He did have a hip injury that slowed him up a bit in 2019 but came on strong towards the end of the season. He would be somewhat cheap too. I would like the move if everything is right.

https://youtu.be/GZsFmcZLmTs

ummm.....yes!

[Joemailman]

Albert Wilson is a guy I could see being on the Packers radar. He fits LaFleur’s scheme nicely and fills a glaring need. He did have a hip injury that slowed him up a bit in 2019 but came on strong towards the end of the season. He would be somewhat cheap too. I would like the move if everything is right.

https://youtu.be/GZsFmcZLmTs

He is not a free agent, but has a base salary of 9.4 million in 2020. Is it a given he will be released by the Dolphins? They certainly don't need the cap space.

[GB-Brandon]

He is not a free agent, but has a base salary of 9.4 million in 2020. Is it a given he will be released by the Dolphins? They certainly don't need the cap space.

https://www.thephinsider.com/2019/12/14/21021844/where-should-the-miami-dolphins-go-with-albert-wilson

This is just one article of many but the buzz is he won’t be back in Miami. He only has a cap hit of 1.3 million to let him walk. He was brought in and was supposed to be a big part of Adam Gase’s offense(and was) and there moving in a different direction now with new coordinator. It’s not official but it sounds like he is as good as gone from the Dolphins. It’s pretty clear with the current receivers they have the dolphins don’t feel he is worth the 9 million but we shall see.

If the hip is good one man’s trash could be another man’s treasure.

[Bretsky]

GB Brandon; never said this...but welcome to the forum. I enjoy reading a lot of the stuff you post.

[GB-Brandon]

GB Brandon; never said this...but welcome to the forum. I enjoy reading a lot of the stuff you post.

Thank you. This is a good forum.

[bobblehead]

Ok, I'm making a call here. GB's backup QB for 2020 season will be.....Blake Bortles. Hackett was his OC in Jacksonville and he has a year in the McVay offense. I think he is only 25 and has skills. I think he got a raw deal in Jacksonville. 2 years with Flower and behind Rodgers and he takes over after ARod's big contract is up....I could get behind this. Get a former #2 pick who has had success and give up zero resources to get him.

[pbmax]

Ok, I'm making a call here. GB's backup QB for 2020 season will be.....Blake Bortles. Hackett was his OC in Jacksonville and he has a year in the McVay offense. I think he is only 25 and has skills. I think he got a raw deal in Jacksonville. 2 years with Flower and behind Rodgers and he takes over after ARod's big contract is up....I could get behind this. Get a former #2 pick who has had success and give up zero resources to get him.

I don't know about giving up zero resources to get him. High draft pick QBs tend to retain value long after its clear they are overpaid or overvalued.

Otherwise, I would be OK with this.

[texaspackerbacker]

Boyle can hold a clipboard (or tablet) just as good as Bortles and probably would be a lot cheaper. Neither of them or anybody else within reason could pull the team through if Rodgers went down.

For the future 5 or 7 or 8 or 10 years from now, I want somebody a helluva lot better than Bortles.

[texaspackerbacker]

Not sure they would like to move on from Zak, but M3 and Rivers would be fun.

Correct. No way in hell Jerry Jones gives up on Dak for some old retread. I suspect that point was made very clear to McCarthy before signing him.

[Bretsky]

Correct. No way in hell Jerry Jones gives up on Dak for some old retread. I suspect that point was made very clear to McCarthy before signing him.

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WHAT DO YOU DO IF YOU WERE JERRY JONES ?

According to NFL Network Prescott wants Russell Wilson Money. He wants to be paid like the top QB in the NFL but he's not near that good.

Cowboys may franchise him, and it could get ugly.

Do you really make Prescott the top paid QB in football when in reality he's a top 10 guy ?

When you overpay that position, the talent all around will get watered down in the next few years

[mraynrand]

For the future 5 or 7 or 8 or 10 years from now, I want somebody a helluva lot better than Bortles.

My guess is the future is gonna be a lot sooner

[run pMc]

Ok, I'm making a call here. GB's backup QB for 2020 season will be.....Blake Bortles. Hackett was his OC in Jacksonville and he has a year in the McVay offense. I think he is only 25 and has skills. I think he got a raw deal in Jacksonville. 2 years with Flower and behind Rodgers and he takes over after ARod's big contract is up....I could get behind this. Get a former #2 pick who has had success and give up zero resources to get him.

Or the Flower talks Gute into going after Mariota since MLF worked with him at TEN. These guys have good arms but I'm not sure about them as anything more than an experienced backup QB vs. the Kizers and Boyles (or Taysom Hills) of the world.
If either was the starter they'd need a lot of offensive help around them -- using the adage of QB as horses or wagons, they are wagons -- they can't drag an inferior team to playoff contention IMO like Rodgers, Brady, etc.

[run pMc]

https://cheeseheadtv.com/blog/what-can-the-packers-afford-in-free-agency-615

[Fritz]

Boyle can hold a clipboard (or tablet) just as good as Bortles and probably would be a lot cheaper. Neither of them or anybody else within reason could pull the team through if Rodgers went down.

For the future 5 or 7 or 8 or 10 years from now, I want somebody a helluva lot better than Bortles.

I am so sick of all you bastards making generalizations like this without any evidence. Do you watch football at all, Tex? Have you ever noticed the way Boyle lets the clipboard sag? He treats it like it's a disease. Contrast that with Bortles, who looks ever-ready with that clipboard held at the exact angle that Mike McCarthy teaches in his famous quarterback camps.