2020 free agency thread

[Joemailman]

You have to keep Bulaga. I'd keep Fackrell if its reasonable. Doesn't have to be dirt cheap, just reasonable. Someone will overpay Blake. No one else on that list is important. You use the money to pay for Hunter Henry or Austin Hooper. Maybe Emanual Sanders to be the slot. I would beef up the DL if anyone is available. I think the defense is a large man away from being good. After this season I am where I was with Favre in 2008. I don't think ARod is worth his salary and headache anymore. I would move on for draft capital if possible. Many teams have won with game managers, but none win with game managers making 30 million. Bring in guys who have won with talented rosters. Blake Bortles, Tannehill now. I'm sure andy dalton will be available. Won't happen, but should.

Rodgers would have a cap hit of 50 million if they traded him right now. Rodgers cap hit next year is only 21 million. They will have some money this year to fill some more holes in free agency. Winning it next year might be their best chance before Rodgers' cap hit jumps to the mid 30's in 2021.

[Tony Oday]

AR is a packer for life.

[oldbutnotdeadyet]

AR is a packer for life.

That's what I thought about Favre. I just hope approach this the same way, its a business, you do what is best for the team's chances of winning the big one.

[pbmax]

Clearly PackerRats are not ready for the offseason.

We cannot even agree on what to do with Bulaga.

[texaspackerbacker]

There's a lot on that list not worth keeping, but at least a few who are. As some said, being active in free agency from other teams again is a good idea.

First of all, four of the five Exclusive Rights Free Agents: Lazard, Tonyan, Sullivan, and Kumerow, should be kept. Lancaster, hell no.

As for the list:

I think for the same or less money, we can do better than Crosby. It seems to me, 2/3 or more teams have better kickers.
I don't have a very high an opinion of Ervin. There ought to be several dozen draftable players who are faster and better. He only seems good compared to the crap we had before him.
Bulaga played surprisingly well and hopefully we keep him, but not for very much money. He also only seems good compared to mediocrity around him, not to mention the health thing.
Fackrell has always been better than a lot of people give him credit for. Hopefully nobody else sees him that way and pays him accordingly.
Vitale could be better replaced by a TE. Forget him.
Lewis, keep him if he is cheap.
Redmond, yeah, if dirt cheap, keep him.
Allison, the roster spot could be better used - much better.
Grant and Goodson, a couple of nothings - lose them.
Veldheer did good, but I suspect he is an injury time bomb. Maybe keep him if the doctors say he's good for a whole season.
Tramon did good. I hope they can keep him money-wise.

Martinez: I could be wrong, but I see him as a high quality player. We should only fail to sign him if we can sign somebody even better from another team.

I wish they could make a deal to restructure Graham - he still was the best TE we had, but not worth what he was and would be paid. I doubt that will happen, though. Whether it's a FA or a draft pick, it sure would be nice to find a good one.

Lane Taylor or Billy Turner? Can we just lose them both?

Yes, extend Clark; Maybe wait a while and see if Jones continues to be good before extending him for too much.

[ThunderDan]

I think for the same or less money, we can do better than Crosby. It seems to me, 2/3 or more teams have better kickers.

This is what I love about you. Absolutely no basis in fact or taking any time to look at what actually happened during the season before making a stupid blanket statement.

Crosby missed 3 kicks all year. Two FGs and one extra point. If you don't count Cody Parkey who only attempted 3 FGs for the year Crosby ranked 6th in the league at 92%.

[texaspackerbacker]

Take yesterday, for example, would we even have attempted that 54 yard kick Gould made? And he's old too. Crosby had a good year within the limitations of his leg strength. I say again, for a lot less money, I'm pretty sure we could find somebody as good or better. Game after game, it seems like he is the second best kicker on the field.

[Joemailman]

Take yesterday, for example, would we even have attempted that 54 yard kick Gould made? And he's old too. Crosby had a good year within the limitations of his leg strength. I say again, for a lot less money, I'm pretty sure we could find somebody as good or better. Game after game, it seems like he is the second best kicker on the field.

Really? Game by game which kickers the Packers faced are better than Crosby? Provide some information or admit you're just making this shit up.

[Patler]

Take yesterday, for example, would we even have attempted that 54 yard kick Gould made? And he's old too. Crosby had a good year within the limitations of his leg strength. I say again, for a lot less money, I'm pretty sure we could find somebody as good or better. Game after game, it seems like he is the second best kicker on the field.

Maybe it seemed that way, but he wasn't.

Crosby - 22 of 24
Opponents - 27 of 32.

Same fields, same conditions, same days. Crosby 91.67%. Opponents 84.38%

[ThunderDan]

Crosby had his best year kicking percentagewise and in kickoff distance of his career.

[Deputy Nutz]

We are seriously talking about the kicker?

[Patler]

We are seriously talking about the kicker?

Actually, I would like to discuss the longsnapper. Bradley needs to be replaced. He was just as inconsistent this year as last. Again, not horrible, but not deadly accurate either. Scott saved his bacon several times on both placekicks and punts.

[texaspackerbacker]

I said "it seems", and I included salary in the equation. One who really stands out, though, is Matt Prater. Also Dan Bailey. Butker of K.C. for sure, and maybe Badgely of S.D., Hopkins of Washington, Slye of Carolina, Elliott of Philly, to name a few. Prater makes almost as much as Crosby. I'm pretty sure most of the rest make a lot less money than Crosby.

[mraynrand]

Clearly PackerRats are not ready for the offseason.

We cannot even agree on what to do with Bulaga.

put him on IR. That's my stock answer.

[ThunderDan]

I said "it seems", and I included salary in the equation. One who really stands out, though, is Matt Prater. Also Dan Bailey. Butker of K.C. for sure, and maybe Badgely of S.D., Hopkins of Washington, Slye of Carolina, Elliott of Philly, to name a few. Prater makes almost as much as Crosby. I'm pretty sure most of the rest make a lot less money than Crosby.

Just so you know actual facts:
Prater - 84%
Bailey - 93%
Butker - 90%
Badgley - 81%
Hopkins - 83%
Slye - 78%
Elliott - 85%