Official Packers Offseason/Free Agency Thread

[George Cumby]

Wes Hodkiewicz
@WesHod

364 more days until the next #ProBowl ��

Be still, my beating heart.

[gbgary]

with almost half the team being free agents of one type or the other they'll be very active in free agency. lol

[Joemailman]

Tom Silverstein
@TomSilverstein

#Packers have signed TE Alizé Mack, a 6-foot-4, 251-pound, first-year player, to a futures contract. A seventh round pick of the #Saints in 2019, he has spent time on the practice squads of the Saints (2019), Steelers (2019), Chiefs (2019) and Lions (2021).

Very athletic guy. Don't know about his receiving skills.

[wthigoot]

On the website right now, under transactions, Mack is signed. On the roster page Mack ls "Traded to Another Conference" LOL - https://www.packers.com/team/players-roster/

Not sure what that means. Guess they will clean that up soon.

[run pMc]

Mack shows as signed today.
From what I can tell he has decent hands and straight line speed, willing if modestly ineffective blocker, not a tackle breaker. Doesn't seem like an instinctive player but you could do worse than him. Competition for Tyler Davis and Tonyan (if he returns).

[call_me_ishmael]

Dante Fowler will be a cheap option with talent that made him a top 5 pick that the Packers should consider kicking the tires on and try to get someone who outperforms their contract.

[Fritz]

I can't see paying Rodgers at the top of the cap. Not after his performance the last two years in the playoffs.

Not only is he NOT the GOAT, he's not even second. You need someone to win the game - the big game? Call Joe Montana. Don't bother calling ARod.

If he wants to come back to try again, don't pay him through the roof. Tell him his legacy is about Super Bowls at this point, not paychecks.

[oldbutnotdeadyet]

I can't see paying Rodgers at the top of the cap. Not after his performance the last two years in the playoffs.

Not only is he NOT the GOAT, he's not even second. You need someone to win the game - the big game? Call Joe Montana. Don't bother calling ARod.

If he wants to come back to try again, don't pay him through the roof. Tell him his legacy is about Super Bowls at this point, not paychecks.

Yeah, I agree. Trade him at (or near) the top of his game. seems like no brainer, especially with several teams with the desire, and the capital, to acquire him...

[Joemailman]

By May 2, Packers will have to decide whether to exercise 5th year option on Rashan Gary and Darnell Savage. Reportedly, doing so would mean a cap hit of 10.5 million with Gary and 7.9 million with Savage, unless of course they sign contract extensions. I think it's a given they exercise the 5th year option with Gary, as he is now the team's top pass rusher but Savage is a tougher call as he digressed in 2021.

[call_me_ishmael]

Sure sounds like Aaron is back based on the Clements hire. Would be a very odd choice otherwise given no ties to LaFleur, age, plus he already retired.

Will be interesting to see the structure of the contract. That will reveal a lot to us. If it's a one year arrangement, I think they keep Love. If it's a 2-3 year, Love is gonezo for hopefully an R2, probably an R3.

[Joemailman]

Sure sounds like Aaron is back based on the Clements hire. Would be a very odd choice otherwise given no ties to LaFleur, age, plus he already retired.

Will be interesting to see the structure of the contract. That will reveal a lot to us. If it's a one year arrangement, I think they keep Love. If it's a 2-3 year, Love is gonezo for hopefully an R2, probably an R3.

Obviously it's a hire Rodgers would appreciate. But I think it's a good choice no matter who the QB will be. Clements was the QB coach here when Rodgers replaced Favre. He'd know the kind of pressures Love would be dealing with in that situation.

[Fritz]

I wonder if Matt LeFleur called up Tom Clements and said "Man, I can't keep that SOB from just throwing to Davante Adams, no matter how open anyone else is. Can you fix this for me?"

Maybe Clements is the Rodgers-whisperer.

[call_me_ishmael]

Obviously it's a hire Rodgers would appreciate. But I think it's a good choice no matter who the QB will be. Clements was the QB coach here when Rodgers replaced Favre. He'd know the kind of pressures Love would be dealing with in that situation.

Fair but look at it from Clements perspective. He's going to be 70 next year. You really think he wants another long term project? Maybe he does, IDK. Seems unlikely to me since I am assuming Clements has plenty of money to live a great retirement.

[call_me_ishmael]

Lots of good TEs hitting the market this off-season. I know we have no money and yadda yadda yadda but let's make it happen, eh?

https://twitter.com/MySportsUpdate/status/1494401384321630208

[Fritz]

I don't quite understand what happened to our love of Tonyan. That guy was good, really good. He rarely dropped a ball, and he got open a lot. He wasn't a great blocker, but he was getting better.

And I can't imagine the team wouldn't be able to bring him back on a one-year "prove it" deal, since he got hurt. He'd be ready to go by mid-season, I would think. Between him and Deguara and Daffney and Lewis, you've got enough to hold down the fort. IF they want to draft a TE in the fourth or fifth rounds to compete, fine. But why is everyone thinking TE is such a need, when Tonyan can probably be had pretty cheap and has shown he's got the goods?