Official Packers Offseason/Free Agency Thread

[Joemailman]

Could be an offseason like we haven't seen in a while. A lot of decisions to be made.

Packers are 40.5 million over the cap.

Aaron Rodgers - Cap hit of 46.8 million. Packers save 20 million by trading him.

Zadarius Smith - Cap hit of 28.1 million. Packers save 15.7 million by cutting or trading him.

Preston Smith - Cap hit of 19.8 million. Packers save 12.5 million by cutting or trading him.

Billy Turner - Cap hit of 9.2 million. Packers save 3.4 million by cutting or trading him.

Randall Cobb - Cap hit of 9.6 million. Packers save 6.8 million by cutting or trading him.

Dean Lowry - Cap hit 7.9 million. Packers save 3.9 million by cutting or trading him.


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Key Unrestricted Free Agents:

Davante Adams
Robert Tonyan
Lucas Patrick
Rasul Douglas
MVS

[Upnorth]

Turner I hope we keep.
1 of z or Preston I hope we keep. I think z wants more $$$ so p makes more sense and is better against the run. So keep p.
Restructure rodgers. Sign Adams. Sign tonyon. Try for mvs but I don't know.
Trade z lowery cobb.
Get comppicks for Douglas Patrick and prob mvs.

[Sparkey]

If Rodgers is the GOAT and the goal is home field advantage, then what's the point of keeping Rodgers.

He is not going to get better, which means there is little chance of winning a SB. Time to look for the future.

It might suck for a while, but it is time.

[Anti-Polar Bear]

So a 3 teams trade, like in the NBA:

Dolphins get: the Great Arm of Butte.

Seafucks get: QB T-Tago, a poor man’s Lil Russell, 2 Dolphins 1st Rd picks.

Packers get: Lil Russell, DK Metcalf, Dolphins 2nd pick.

All 3 mentioned QBs could use fresh starts.

[King Friday]

We are going to lose a fair amount this off season. I think you can chalk up both Smiths and Cobb as certain casualties because we need the cap space and none of those guys really make sense to restructure due to age.

I think Rodgers and Adams can be retained without much of a hit to the cap by backloading deals. However, that won't leave any cash to sign anyone else. The dud that Rodgers turned in on Saturday certainly didn't help him from a negotiating standpoint. Might it help Green Bay to get him to sign a more team friendly deal? Honestly, that is the only way I would think of keeping Rodgers moving forward if I'm Gute. We've come up woefully short 3 years in a row. The defense seems to be heading in the right direction, but offensively the team is going backwards. We can't pay Rodgers top dollar and also get him more weapons. The ball is entirely in Rodgers' court this off season. Either he takes a team friendly deal, or he gets traded. Rodgers' performance on Saturday doesn't allow him to have much say in the matter. He clearly needs more help, so either he provides room for us to get it, or we move on. No reason to keep repeating the same mistake over and over.

[call_me_ishmael]

Cobb will be back on a cheap deal if Rodgers is back. No doubt about it.

[King Friday]

Cobb will be back on a cheap deal if Rodgers is back. No doubt about it.

Why? Rodgers barely looked at him yesterday.

[Teamcheez1]

It will be interesting to see what Rodgers wants to do and where Gute takes this. I’m sure they already have an off-season board drawn up with all of the potential scenarios. The first domino is Rodgers, and then things will take off from there.

[ThunderDan]

Sounded like ARod is done in his press conference. Doesn’t want to go thru a rebuild. I really don’t see how we aren’t rebuilding next year. If we kick the can down the road a couple of more years we are going to return to the Packers of the 70s.

Trade what is of value, ARod and Adams, use the picks we will get to get new young talent on the roster and hope we are back at the top in 2 to 3 years.

[Sparkey]

Adams is an ufa, so can't be traded.

It is reasonable to question if it's smart to give a 31 year old wr a large contract.

[ThunderDan]

Adams is an ufa, so can't be traded.

It is reasonable to question if it's smart to give a 31 year old wr a large contract.

Yes, but you can franchise tag him and trade him.

[Freak Out]

Good times.

[oldbutnotdeadyet]

Could be an offseason like we haven't seen in a while. A lot of decisions to be made.

Packers are 40.5 million over the cap.

Aaron Rodgers - Cap hit of 46.8 million. Packers save 20 million by trading him.

Zadarius Smith - Cap hit of 28.1 million. Packers save 15.7 million by cutting or trading him.

Preston Smith - Cap hit of 19.8 million. Packers save 12.5 million by cutting or trading him.

Billy Turner - Cap hit of 9.2 million. Packers save 3.4 million by cutting or trading him.

Randall Cobb - Cap hit of 9.6 million. Packers save 6.8 million by cutting or trading him.

Dean Lowry - Cap hit 7.9 million. Packers save 3.9 million by cutting or trading him.


__________________________________________________ __________________________

Key Unrestricted Free Agents:

Davante Adams
Robert Tonyan
Lucas Patrick
Rasul Douglas
MVS

Internet, for what it is worth, says 27.2 cap savings if Rodgers traded after June 1st..

[Joemailman]

Internet, for what it is worth, says 27.2 cap savings if Rodgers traded after June 1st..

That is correct. It would mean a 7.6M cap hit in 2023 though.

[kcpackman]

So a 3 teams trade, like in the NBA:

Dolphins get: the Great Arm of Butte.

Seafucks get: QB T-Tago, a poor man’s Lil Russell, 2 Dolphins 1st Rd picks.

Packers get: Lil Russell, DK Metcalf, Dolphins 2nd pick.

All 3 mentioned QBs could use fresh starts.

Well - I have wondered during last offseason if the Seahags and Packers should have tried to swap QBs somehow.