Official Packers Offseason/Free Agency Thread

[Sparkey]

Pat O'Donnel is our new punter

[Joemailman]

Pat O'Donnel is our new punter

I suspect there will be come competition brought in at some point.

[Tony Oday]

I know I'm not alone when I say this, but perhaps the Minority.

We need to get BETTER at WR. Two years ago, when we needed 10 yards in the playoffs to advance, four times in a row we didn't have the personnell to get open. Yes, AROD should have run on 3rd down, but gosh it would've been nice to have a reliable #2 WR with the talent to be one. And in the playoff lost last yr we needed more players not named Devante Adams getting open consistently. It doesn't happy enough.

So MVS, thinks for the memories but go get your money in the AFC.

Now I'll start dreaming about our next WR; perhaps the Alabama Slamma who is injured and has been getting mock drafted in the 25-32 range ?

THEY WERE OPEN!!! AR just was locked into DA the whole game.

[Anti-Polar Bear]

Pat O'Donnel is our new punter

The Oedipal son of ex NFL great, Neil O

[Joemailman]

Rob Demovsky
@RobDemovsky

The Packers turned $5.888 million of Adrian Amos' $7 million base salary into a singing bonus and then added 4 void years.

Meanwhile, Cobb took a pay cut from $7.875 to $2.075 million. There may be incentives for Cobb to earn money back, though.

[Anti-Polar Bear]

Pat O'Donnel is our new punter

The Oedipal son of ex NFL great, Neil O’Donnell. Neil O’Donnell is infamous for smoking cigarettes on the sidelines during games…and throwing a couple of gimmie picks to Larry Brown in Super Bowl 30.

[Joemailman]

They obviously signed Pat O'Donnell because it's St. Patrick's Day. He knows a little something about the wearin' of the green.

[Anti-Polar Bear]

They obviously signed Pat O'Donnell because it's St. Patrick's Day. He knows a little something about the wearin' of the green.

2 years $4M, 1.6 guarantee. Looks like he has made the roster.

[Fritz]

I can see them dropping Bojorquez once it became clear they wanted Crosby back. Those two did not seem to get along - you could see if after kicks, even successful kicks - you could see it in the body language. Also, Crosby has always been generous in his comments about holders - he never blamed them for misses. He didn't blame Bojo either - but he didn't day anything about him. That, paired with Bojo's winter fade, probably was enough to make them try again. I think I'm okay with it- he was the bee's knees for two-and-a-half-months, but he faded badly - not just distance but hang time and shanking - and he seemed to not work well with Crosby. He seemed kind of crummy as a holder.

I would be really sad if they don't bring Tonyan back. They tried and failed to find a replacement for Jermichael Finley for years, and Tonyan finally fit the bill. Not a great blocker, but willing, and he caught everything. And got open.

I do assume they signed Pat O'Donnell just because it's Saint Patty's Day.

They also just signed another punter, Irish as well. I don't know his name, but I found his picture:

[call_me_ishmael]

I don't know. That's basically what Cobb did. He had 39 catches and 5 TDs, but he missed 5 games. Pro-rated over a full season, that's 55 catches and 6 TDs.

I am shocked by this but the numbers don't lie. I perceive his impact to be quite a bit less than this. What do you think of his resigning? I'd like to see him return punts if they're gonna use the roster spot on him.

[Joemailman]

Packers now have $1.1 million salary cap room to go crazy in free agency.

[Fritz]

I sense that the team and Bisaccia concluded that Crosby's poor year was mostly the snapper and holder. Thus, O'Donnell, an established vet. I looked up his stats - he's 31 years old and seems to be a solid, if not great, punter. But maybe he's a great holder. And he did throw one pass in his career - for a touchdown. Bet Mason has a boner over this signing.

[Sparkey]

Packers now have $1.1 million salary cap room to go crazy in free agency.

However, they will need about 3.2 million of cap space for their draft picks in April. Anyone dreaming of a big addition via FA is having a wet dream at this point.

[call_me_ishmael]

The Packers have a top 3 player at most of the important positions aside from edge rusher. They have a young blossoming one there too. They're in amazing shape and don't need FA. What they need is to fortify depth this year in the draft. They desperately need another #1 receiver and they'll be in business. They also need a premier DL.

If the Saints land Watson, boy, they're gonna be right back in the thick of things and a playoff team that contends IMO. Could be tough due to suspension so we shalll see.

[Joemailman]

However, they will need about 3.2 million of cap space for their draft picks in April. Anyone dreaming of a big addition via FA is having a wet dream at this point.

They also haven't actually signed Campbell yet, so that has to be figured in too. I don't think they need the money for the draft picks until they start signing the picks in the summer. Basically though, there's not much they can do FA wise until they create some cap room by extending Alexander and/or Adams.