Official 2020 Free Agency Thread

[RashanGary]

If ya keep Blake and draft a corner in this corner heavy draft, you're looking at a flexible and cohesive back end of the defense in 2020.

Ya got some experienced hybrid pieces to fill the sub defense positions.

Lots of things can happen if they don't break up the band

[pbmax]

Your link in post #64 above says this: "With Graham and Taylor on the books, the Packers rank in the bottom third (No. 23) of available cap space for 2020 with $28,851,008, according to ESPN Stats & Information." The difference between that and $22 million could get us a pretty decent FA.

Taylor wasn't too bad before getting hurt. He did seem better than Turner. If we draft an O Lineman in the 3rd to 6th round, there's a good chance the guy would need a year or so to be ready to start. Whether we re-sign Bulaga IMO depends a lot on how expensive he gets. As decent a season as he had last year, I wouldn't want to bet the farm on his staying healthy and good for very long. The disparity in QBR probably says more about lame back ups in the past. I like your "best scenario". We'll see if the team does.

Graham, according to your other link, is the highest paid TE in the NFL. You're right about him playing somewhere - he's still borderline decent and the best we have. I wish the Packers could restructure him for about half as much cap hit, but I doubt that could happen.

Its hard to compare apples to apples here. But no, there isn't a $6 million discrepancy in the Packers favor.

They have around $20-23 mil in space after all the LTBE incentives from last year, adjustments and performance escalators hit (Jones and Williams both got bumps).

They need to commit almost another $10 million for players not counting on the current cap at the moment (top 51 contracts), draft picks and room to maneuver next year (like sign someone if a player ends up on IR and that player doesn't have game bonuses to help offset).

Which leaves them $13 mil or so to be in FA. It could be more if you dump Graham or Taylor. Less if Bulaga is re-signed. More if you re-do Linsley.

[pbmax]

THAT 22 MIL FIGURE DOES NOT INCLUDE THE 10 MIL FROM THIS YEAR THAT WILL ROLL OVER, SO 32 MIL before any cuts

Yes it does. https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/green-bay-packers/cap/

They rolled over 5.33 million.

[Zool]

Is Clark hitting his 5th year option this season? He’s going to get paid soon enough.

[pbmax]

Is Clark hitting his 5th year option this season? He’s going to get paid soon enough.

Yes, this is his last year of deal. 5th year option got him to $7.6 mil.

[pbmax]

Mike Garafolo @MikeGarafolo
#Redskins are releasing CB Josh Norman, source says. Intriguing situation to watch, as he now has time to find his new team ahead of free agency.

[GB-Brandon]

Josh Norman has aged and is a shell of what he used to be. “Hard Pass”

The player they released that I’m interested in is Paul Richardson. He could present some great value and address a need in our offense. The key for him is staying healthy. Could be worth a flier type deal incentive laced He should be on Packers radar.

Gotta take some chances.

[pbmax]

Ian Rapoport @RapSheet
Sources: The #Ravens are releasing S Tony Jefferson, a starter for the last three seasons. He had a cap hit of almost $12M, and this saves the majority of it.

[red]

i'm shocked we haven't cut graham yet

wtf are they waiting for? this one is a no brainer

[Bretsky]

i'm shocked we haven't cut graham yet

wtf are they waiting for? this one is a no brainer

Maybe they are not going to cut him; it's almost too easy of a call IMO

[Joemailman]

There's not really any hurry. Unlike last year, there is no huge roster bonus payable in March.

[bobblehead]

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.

Bortles got Jacksonville to an AFCC game. He did so without many weapons outside of fournette. He has had good seasons before. He absolutely could hold the ship if rodgers went down, and I believe he signed for 5 million with the Rams so I think a 3 year for 12 would do it.

[bobblehead]

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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

Its actually simple. You let him walk and give McCarthy a do over on Taysom Hill...duh!!

[bobblehead]

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.

Marriotta is horrible. Just awful. People like to complain about Tebow's accuracy, I saw marriotta hit the dirt from 10 yards to Cory Davis....the next play he sailed the same pass over his head. Bortles is a decent QB who got caught up in a horseshit situation where a team had ideas that they were better than they actually were and scapegoated him.

[Bretsky]

Bortles got Jacksonville to an AFCC game. He did so without many weapons outside of fournette. He has had good seasons before. He absolutely could hold the ship if rodgers went down, and I believe he signed for 5 million with the Rams so I think a 3 year for 12 would do it.

I think this is a great idea