Official Packers Offseason/Free Agency Thread

[bobblehead]

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.

I tend to agree with the move on and trade Rodgers. You tag and trade Adams. Honestly, that could net the team 5 first round picks. Yea, we suck next year, but honestly if we can't win with the roster we had this year, its ain't happening. This team was pretty stacked.

[Bretsky]

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

I don't want Cobb Back

They have to give Amari Rodgers time to develop into a WR and Cobb blocks that.

[Bretsky]

I tend to agree with the move on and trade Rodgers. You tag and trade Adams. Honestly, that could net the team 5 first round picks. Yea, we suck next year, but honestly if we can't win with the roster we had this year, its ain't happening. This team was pretty stacked.

We REALLY were stacked; we got an all pro CB and an all pro ILB for next to nothing and still could not capitalize. We are 49er Cursed. The one thing you are I disagree on is weapons on offense.
I get AROD has a horrid game; even a lot of his completions were way off and the receivers made him look good. He hits Aaron Jones on the run, that's a Touchdown in the first half. Just ugly

But between the pass rush, and the WR's and Suckedy sucky Tight Ends we had not getting open on a remotely consistent basis.....well .....none of that helped.

And I'm not making excuses for Rodges; he was poor

But our offense needs more from WR and/or TE then what we are throwing out there. Like you, I like Corey Davis. Appears we drafted the wrong WR in round 3 but time will tell

[Bretsky]

If we don't think we can win it all (but I'm guessing every year we do) maybe it's time to rebuild. Maybe you suffer through the Love Machine, give him a year or two and kick him to the curb if he sucks. Tex always brings me back down; nobody is her to pound the table for the little jackass today.

[red]

i just don't see in the numbers hw you can keep rodgers without having to get rid of half the team

if we keep rodgers, then there is no way we can sign adams, and thats the only guy he's willing to throw to

also we would have to get rid of both smiths. they are the only ones with big cap savings. also all the rest of the guys on that list. cobb turner lowrey, they all HAVE to go

even then that just gets us to even, no way we can then re sign any free agents

this was the year, we went all in for this year, it was the last dance.

party over

[RashanGary]

i just don't see in the numbers hw you can keep rodgers without having to get rid of half the team

if we keep rodgers, then there is no way we can sign adams, and thats the only guy he's willing to throw to

also we would have to get rid of both smiths. they are the only ones with big cap savings. also all the rest of the guys on that list. cobb turner lowrey, they all HAVE to go

even then that just gets us to even, no way we can then re sign any free agents

this was the year, we went all in for this year, it was the last dance.

party over

The cap is projected to go way up in the coming couple years. There are ways to push it forward.

[HarveyWallbangers]

I don't think you can blame his other weapons in this game. You can't tell me none of the other WRs were not open enough to get only 2 targets. The last pass play alone would prove otherwise. Two other guys were open (Lazard was wide open in the middle of the field and ESB was open deep on the left side for what could have been a TD). Rodgers kyptonite is not trusting other receivers in big playoff moments--even though those guys made clutch plays during the regular season.

[Bretsky]

it really reminds me of Favre's last pass vs the Giants when he has a RB to hit open crossing the field with a lot of field to run through

[Joemailman]

it really reminds me of Favre's last pass vs the Giants when he has a RB to hit open crossing the field with a lot of field to run through

Yeah, we were discussing that in the banjo thread. Crazy thing is, he also had ESB having beaten his man deep. Threw to the one guy who was double teamed. https://twitter.com/BenFennell_NFL/s...61036404027393

[Teamcheez1]

I wonder if Rodgers is thinking about retirement as an option. I do remember in his ramblings that he stated at one point he thought about retiring before the start of last season. I would rather he continue with the Packers or we get some draft capital out of a trade. However, if he did retire, we would automatically be under the cap after accounting for the $46M cap reduction.

[call_me_ishmael]

I just don’t see how he would retire when he will get a new deal with 80-120 M guaranteed. That’s a lot of money for future Rodgers’

[red]

I wonder if Rodgers is thinking about retirement as an option. I do remember in his ramblings that he stated at one point he thought about retiring before the start of last season. I would rather he continue with the Packers or we get some draft capital out of a trade. However, if he did retire, we would automatically be under the cap after accounting for the $46M cap reduction.

i don't think the cap works that way

no matter if he retires or is traded or is cut, he's still gonna count 26 million against the cap

so we would save 20 million by him retiring

so we would still need to cut a bunch of guys just to get under the cap

[red]

The cap is projected to go way up in the coming couple years. There are ways to push it forward.

yeah but we are way over right now, and its all our good vet players that are gonna need to be gone to fix it before next season

[Thirteen Below]

Why? Rodgers barely looked at him yesterday.

Yeah, and what's up with that? Wasn't that one of the hissy fits Rodgers threw, when they let Cobb go without his personal authorization? He only threw one pass at him all night long.

11 passes to Jones, 10 to Adams, 6 to the entire rest of the team combined. 6!!! LaFleur might as well have gone with a 2 tight end set all night and maybe an extra back in the backfield to pick up the blitz so Rodgers would have had more time to stand there in the pocket staring adoringly at Adams and Jones.

[call_me_ishmael]

Is it crazy to think Tennessee is a great fit for Rodgers? Indy too. Indy might be ARod a way from a title, and you know what else? They're in a dome.

I actually think Indy is probably the most likely team for him to end up on. The dome is why.