Training Camp Thread

[RashanGary]

Summary

Let Lindsey go. Centers are too easy to find
Sign king now cuz his price will go up
Negotiate with Jones next year but don’t pay more than he’s worth
Try really hard to extend Bakh as soon as possible

And Bakh is the type of guy, he’s due to make 10 mil new money this year so he’s gonna need a significant portion up front to make a new deal even worth it. His dedication to his craft is elite. You can count on him to perform even if a big chunk is up front. I could see King and Bakh in the fold before the season starts.

[run pMc]

Summary

Let Lindsey go. Centers are too easy to find
Sign king now cuz his price will go up
Negotiate with Jones next year but don’t pay more than he’s worth
Try really hard to extend Bakh as soon as possible

And Bakh is the type of guy, he’s due to make 10 mil new money this year so he’s gonna need a significant portion up front to make a new deal even worth it. His dedication to his craft is elite. You can count on him to perform even if a big chunk is up front. I could see King and Bakh in the fold before the season starts.

I think Bahk is the only one they keep.
Linsley will be replaced by Patrick/Hanson. As you said centers can be found/developed, and they are doing that now.
Jones will price himself into a big FA contract elsewhere, and Dillon/Dexter/Ervin can take the snaps.
King is good when healthy, but replaceable and with a good year will likely get a decent contract elsewhere, and they can probably get same production from one of a revitalized Josh Jackson/Stanford Samuels/Hollman. You resign your Core players and replace the rest. I see Jaire fitting that description more than King.

Bahk is the only one they don't have an obvious replacement for, and he still has tread on the tires. He's also a Pro Bowl caliber LT, those guys don't grow on trees. When you have a QB like Rodgers you want a good blindside protector.

[texaspackerbacker]

Do you people seriously not look at films and see how Bakhtiari gets beat time after time after time? Do you not watch games and see that we do almost all our successful running plays through the Center/Guard gaps, and almost every time we run toward Bakhtiari's spot, the play gets stuffed for a loss? Are you seriously not aware that his whole career, Aaron Rodgers has been thriving despite shitty pass blocking, especially from the Tackle position? Sheeeeeesh!

[RashanGary]

We watch Rodgers hold the ball and everyone get beat eventually. Except Lindsey who’s a damn center and almost always is involved with a double.

[bobblehead]

Three separate reporters on Twitter comment on rashan Gary dominating the Red zone on three consecutive plays. I think all of us would love to eat crow and have rashan Gary turn into a stud.

[call_me_ishmael]

I predict he does become a very good player in time but might take a few years. Might always be a little overrated like Clowney too.

[run pMc]

Would be very happy if Rashan Gary pans out and has a Clowney like career. When Clowney is on he's a threat.

Tex, don't get me wrong, I like Linsley a LOT and thought keeping him over Tretter was the right call. I just think LTs are more of a premium position and Bahk is a good one, and unless you have an obvious replacement you want to keep him.

[RashanGary]

I predict he does become a very good player in time but might take a few years. Might always be a little overrated like Clowney too.

True. Gary might be a little bigger, stronger, faster, but it could go that way for sure

[texaspackerbacker]

I agree, LTs are an important position, but I don't agree that Bakhtiari is all that good a one. I've just seen him get beat too many times as well as failing on run blocks too many times. It's really hard to believe he gets so much praise.

Gary is really fast for a big guy, and he looks to be strong too, but similar to Clowney, he seems a little bit less good laterally than some players - Z Smith for example. I expect him to have a good career, but a little bit short of great.

[Anti-Polar Bear]

I, a shutdown corner in HS who shut down Darren Charles in a game, could cover any of the wankers playing WR for the Pack. Save y’all Jackson hard-ones for the season.

King’s nothing extraordinary. Jones’ inconsistent.

[GB-Brandon]

Kevin King is supposedly up to 205 now.

[GB-Brandon]

If he balls out and stays healthy the Packers will not be able to afford him.

[call_me_ishmael]

Summary

Let Lindsey go. Centers are too easy to find
Sign king now cuz his price will go up
Negotiate with Jones next year but don’t pay more than he’s worth
Try really hard to extend Bakh as soon as possible

And Bakh is the type of guy, he’s due to make 10 mil new money this year so he’s gonna need a significant portion up front to make a new deal even worth it. His dedication to his craft is elite. You can count on him to perform even if a big chunk is up front. I could see King and Bakh in the fold before the season starts.

King isn't even worth anything. He has showed basically nothing in three years. Oft hurt, etc. Maybe he'll turn it around but is King really any different than whats-his-face from Iowa? He's faster on paper. That's about it. King can't play inside. There is no comparison, IMO, between Jaire and King. Jaire is leagues better.

Baktiari is going to get straight up paid so he isn't in a rush to do a deal I'm sure. Could easily be 20M per year if he hits the free market.

[bobblehead]

Would be very happy if Rashan Gary pans out and has a Clowney like career. When Clowney is on he's a threat.

Tex, don't get me wrong, I like Linsley a LOT and thought keeping him over Tretter was the right call. I just think LTs are more of a premium position and Bahk is a good one, and unless you have an obvious replacement you want to keep him.

The right call was to move Tretter to Guard where he would be even more elite than he is at center....and where we had a need at the time. And keep Linsley as out center.

[bobblehead]

King isn't even worth anything. He has showed basically nothing in three years. Oft hurt, etc. Maybe he'll turn it around but is King really any different than whats-his-face from Iowa? He's faster on paper. That's about it. King can't play inside. There is no comparison, IMO, between Jaire and King. Jaire is leagues better.

Baktiari is going to get straight up paid so he isn't in a rush to do a deal I'm sure. Could easily be 20M per year if he hits the free market.

This isn't just at you, but at everyone who is hating on King. King is really good when healthy and he was mostly last year. There is a reason teams throw at Alexander as much as they do.