Official 2020 Free Agency Thread

[bobblehead]

You roll the dice on a rookie and save the $ that it would cost to re-sign Martinez. Martinez wasn’t great. Average at best. His PFF rating was 58.7. He made a lot of tackles but where he made most of the tackles wasn’t acceptable. His pass coverage was mediocre. He had trouble reading screens. He can’t make it too the sideline. We Don’t Need Him!!!

Then you throw in the Champ Game performance against the Niners and he was crying after the game knowing he is GONE after the LIMITATIONS he showed. I mean seriously, how much worse could it get then what he put on tape against the Niners?

I’d much rather spend the $ on a TE or WR that can help Rodgers out then overpay a JAG. Ted Thompson probably would of overpaid Martinez to stay and thank god Thompson is gone.

Yea, that Thompson guy sucks. All he ever did was deliver 2 separate franchises an Owl and give us 5 NFCC games. Chump.

The rest of your post was much better though. We will likely still have a hole at MLB, but losing Blake is better than paying $10 mil and having a hole.

[bobblehead]

I’d much rather spend the $ on a TE or WR that can help Rodgers out then overpay a JAG. Ted Thompson probably would of overpaid Martinez to stay and thank god Thompson is gone.

And while I'm at it, most GM (including most of the GMs on this board) would have welcomed Favre back and lost Arod this negating the future as well. Best GM I have ever had the pleasure of watching...period

[Anti-Polar Bear]

Yea, that Thompson guy sucks. All he ever did was deliver 2 separate franchises an Owl and give us 5 NFCC games. Chump.

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If you're gonna give Todd credit for drafting busts like McIntosh and Koran Robinson in Seattle, gotta give Sherman credit for SB45.

In 2004, the Packers started 1-4 and were dancing with a top 10 pick. But Sherman made the playoffs. Todd loved DeMarcus Ware. A top 10 pick woulda gotten Ware in the Green and Gold. But Sherman made the playoffs.

Some cocky QB from Butte fell onto Todd's lap at 24, a pick Sherman received for making the playoffs. The rest is mama-fucking history.

[Anti-Polar Bear]

If we are going by play versus San Fran, then the two D lineman need to go first. Martinez wasn't that bad.

If Clark could get a pig to pay him $90 M, well, power to the playa. But if I were a pig, I would not pay Clark that much.

Clark is neither an elite runstopper nor a sacker. He disappears for long stretches, especially in big games, showing up only against cupcake OLs. In other words, Clark ain't Warren Sapp.

Pay 90 million frogskins to a shutdown corner, prima donna WR, or a poet pass rusher - not some sluggish DT.

[run pMc]

I'd rather have Martinez than Bulaga. I feel better about the two headed Vehldeer/Light or draft pick monster than I do the Summers/Burks/pathetic draft debacle

Disagree. I'd rather have a solid pair of OT to protect the QB than a average-to-good ILB who can't reliably cover. Veldheer won't hold up and that they found him on the street was both a miracle and an indication of what they thought of Light.
They can resign a cheap thumper like Goodson and pair him with a fast cover ILB and keep Bulaga. Do they need to replace Bulaga? Sure, but I would guess they'll draft and develop a guy to be the 2021 starter (like they wanted Spriggs to be).

I don't think Martinez is bad, I just don't think he's going to be worth what he'll get in FA. Gute pretty much conceded Blake's gone in his season ending comments. IIRC he didn't explicitly say they were going to try and bring him back, just that the LB position was going to get a long look.

[run pMc]

Strongly disagree. Lindsley plays with great leverage and has been very healthy his entire career. He deserves one more contract unless you got the heir apparent waiting.

I like Linsley and Patrick can fill in ok for a game or two, but I wouldn't bet against them getting younger and cheaper at C. Also, if Linsley's back flares up and become chronic issue he'll go downhilll fast.
They'll resign Bahk for sure -- good LT's don't hit the FA market -- and try to keep their cap allocation at OL reasonable.

Will be interesting to see what they do with Turner - he's been remarkably healthy but he's only so-so at RG and I'm not sold on him at RT. They're paying him a lot of money to be the 5th best starting OL.

[run pMc]

Yea, that Thompson guy sucks. All he ever did was deliver 2 separate franchises an Owl and give us 5 NFCC games. Chump.

The rest of your post was much better though. We will likely still have a hole at MLB, but losing Blake is better than paying $10 mil and having a hole.

Yup. Blake isn't bad, but they've had him in the middle of the D for years with different players next to him and the results haven't really changed all that much. Maybe that's on the DL, but I don't think paying him 5 or 10M a year to stay in the MOF fixes things. (Granted, they could let him go and do nothing, which might make things much worse, but Gute has indicated he'll upgrade the ILB group.)

And Kenny Clark? He's good, and at age 24 he's still ascending. You can't just find guys like him on the street, so you pay him the money. When he's 28 or 29 maybe you let him walk but he's the best you have on an otherwise pedestrian DL. $90M for 5 years? Yeah it's a lot of money but what do you do? He's the closest thing GB has to Fletcher Cox... those guys get paid.

[Vincenzo]

I like the idea of getting Conklin.

Sorry bud, but you can keep dreaming.

[run pMc]

The various scenarios they float are interesting. It also validates my belief that they are likely to be TT-esque player in the FA market this year due to cap space.

https://packerswire.usatoday.com/2020/02/19/projecting-potential-packers-offseason-scenarios/

[GB-Brandon]

Yea, that Thompson guy sucks. All he ever did was deliver 2 separate franchises an Owl and give us 5 NFCC games. Chump.

The rest of your post was much better though. We will likely still have a hole at MLB, but losing Blake is better than paying $10 mil and having a hole.

The last 3-4 years he did SUCK and is mainly the reason we’re in this situation now playing catch up.

His hands needed to be taken off the Steering wheel a long long time ago.

[run pMc]

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/stefon-diggs-removes-all-vikings-photos-from-his-instagram-account/

prelude to a trade?

[RashanGary]

Strongly disagree. Lindsley plays with great leverage and has been very healthy his entire career. He deserves one more contract unless you got the heir apparent waiting.

He's getting older. Patrick is pretty good. Gotta save somewhere

[RashanGary]

The last 3-4 years he did SUCK and is mainly the reason we’re in this situation now playing catch up.

His hands needed to be taken off the Steering wheel a long long time ago.

Yeah, last 3 years were bad. Gute is doing better than health deteriorating Thompson. But Thompson had a great run, and by all accounts was a truly great dude. Hard to talk too much shit about him without putting it in context the way bobble did.

[Joemailman]

He's getting older. Patrick is pretty good. Gotta save somewhere

What about this year? Packers could save 8.5 million on the salary cap by trading/releasing Linsley. If they really like Patrick, would they consider it to be able to go after a free agent at a position of great need?

[pbmax]

Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter
Lions are releasing DT Damon “Snacks” Harrison, per source.