Official Free Agency/Offseason/Non-Draft Thread

[HarveyWallbangers]

Kevin King’s deal is 1y/$4.75m + incentives (including games played incentives).

[Joemailman]

Kevin King’s deal is 1y/$4.75m + incentives (including games played incentives).

So report is this is a 5 year deal with 4 voidable years. 1M base with 3.75M signing bonus spread over 5 years. Cap hit in 2021 1.75M.https://www.acmepackingcompany.com/2...pace-2021-2022

Edit: https://overthecap.com/player/kevin-king/5619/

[texaspackerbacker]

I heard from a guy on YouTube that the Packers signed a long snapper named Joe Fortunato. Big question here, is this guy the son or grandson or greatgrandson of Joe Fortunato, the Bears linebacker way back when I was a kid in the '50s?

[Bretsky]

Kevin King’s deal is 1y/$4.75m + incentives (including games played incentives).

Not bad; King is a decent player when he plays healthy

SIDENOTE: Dude was really banged up in that TB game last year; they weren't even sure if he was going to play mid week.

[bobblehead]

Kevin King’s deal is 1y/$4.75m + incentives (including games played incentives).

I hate to call signing Kevin King a great signing, but a veteran CB entering prime age who has played very well at times....that price is very good, and exactly the kind of steals I was projecting from this cap bloodbath. Now, lets sign a DL and an OL similar to that.

[RashanGary]

Not bad; King is a decent player when he plays healthy

SIDENOTE: Dude was really banged up in that TB game last year; they weren't even sure if he was going to play mid week.

You more positive than me about a player not named Rodgers. Rare. Good things coming.

[Anti-Polar Bear]

I heard from a guy on YouTube that the Packers signed a long snapper named Joe Fortunato. Big question here, is this guy the son or grandson or greatgrandson of Joe Fortunato, the Bears linebacker way back when I was a kid in the '50s?

I ain’t sure where you simple-minded, outdoorsy hill folks get your info, but us sophisticated city rats, we utilize this extraordinary artificial intelligence called Google.

Google says that LS Joe Fortunato has no relation with Joe Fortunato, the Bears LB turned Italian mobster.

[Upnorth]

I hate to call signing Kevin King a great signing, but a veteran CB entering prime age who has played very well at times....that price is very good, and exactly the kind of steals I was projecting from this cap bloodbath. Now, lets sign a DL and an OL similar to that.

He is not as good as you think. He was a bit above replacement in 2019. Rest of career he is the garbage prince who attained his crown of garbage king at th nfccg.
I don't think he is nfccg bad but he is at best a bit better than replacement. But at that price you can't expect much more.

[texaspackerbacker]

Signing King with just a $1.87 cap hit with control of him for 5 years just on the slim chance that he snaps into decency is a good move. We still, however, either need a good FA Corner, of which there aren't many left or to draft a Corner in the first round. I think the Packers prefer to go that latter route.

[Bretsky]

Signing King with just a $1.87 cap hit with control of him for 5 years just on the slim chance that he snaps into decency is a good move. We still, however, either need a good FA Corner, of which there aren't many left or to draft a Corner in the first round. I think the Packers prefer to go that latter route.

Now i"m confused; wasn't the King signing just a one year deal ?

There are still CB's who can help out out there; but it doesn't appear Gute is playing in FA

[Joemailman]

Now i"m confused; wasn't the King signing just a one year deal ?

There are still CB's who can help out out there; but it doesn't appear Gute is playing in FA

It's a 5 year deal with four voidable years. The idea is to keep the cap hit low this year. He'll count 3M against the cap in 2022 if he's not extended. https://overthecap.com/player/kevin-king/5619/

[Anti-Polar Bear]

Now i"m confused; wasn't the King signing just a one year deal ?

There are still CB's who can help out out there; but it doesn't appear Gute is playing in FA

It’s called “cooking the cap.” Technically, it’s a 5 year deal. But the remaining 4 years void automatically in Feb of ‘22. The Packers will absorb about $3M in “dead money” in ‘22, unless they restructure or extend King’s contract prior to Black History Month ‘22.

#cookthecap!

[Bretsky]

Cordarell Patterson's recent tweets indicate hints of him coming to Green Bay.

Thoughts ?

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Cordarell Patterson's recent tweets indicate hints of him coming to Green Bay.

Thoughts ?

hes really a big nothing at this point

[HarveyWallbangers]

He actually has some usefulness. He's more RB than WR at this point, but he's actually not bad as a third RB (averages 6.1 yard/carry in his career). He might be ideal for Tyler Ervin's jet sweep role. He's probably the only guy who is still useful at KR because he returns everything and is still dangerous (led the league with 35 returns and he averages 30 yards/return). I could see him breaking one off in a cold weather game late in the year or the playoffs. I wouldn't offer him much, but I'd like him on the team for a reasonable amount.