DEAR GUTEBAG----------------BRING JONATHON TAYLOR HOME

[Bretsky]

Packers won Super Bowls with Edgar Bennett and Brandon Jackson as their leading running backs. Trading a 1st round pick for a RB coming off surgery who wants a big contract is not the best way to build a team.

You are right....back when we had a HOF quarterback

[ThunderDan]

You are right....back when we had a HOF quarterback

Who was a 5th year starter with 108 TDs and 64 INTs before the season.

Give Love some time.

[Bretsky]

I am not saying love will be bad. I continue to feel he will be decent. The great cliff crystl used to look over the roster annually and grade out how many blue chip players we had….ect ect….this might add one

[Fritz]

Packers won Super Bowls with Edgar Bennett and Brandon Jackson as their leading running backs. Trading a 1st round pick for a RB coming off surgery who wants a big contract is not the best way to build a team.

Mike Ditka would beg to differ. He, who once traded away his entire draft to select Ricky Williams #5 overall.

And how'd that work out for ol' Mikey?

Bretsky, it would be a bad move. It just makes no sense.

[bobblehead]

Indy wants WAY too much for the rights to pay Taylor a kings ransom. Taylor wants said kings ransom. Tex is actually the voice of reason for a change.

I love Taylor and his Wisconsin roots, but I abhor paying RBs top dollar.

edit: and as to the Owl talk.....I can't recall the last team that rode the legs of a workhorse RB to a title.

[run pMc]

Next year's draft has some good RBs in it, probably including WI's Brealon Allen. Why not save the cap space and draft a younger player with less wear and injury history?
I like Taylor and hope he gets paid, but hope it's elsewhere. It would be a weird investment for GB to make.

[Joemailman]

There are reports Colts wanted Jaylen Waddle from Miami or Christian Watson from Packers.

[texaspackerbacker]

Watson? Don't even think about it!!!!

[Joemailman]

Leading rushers for last 10 Super Bowl Champs:

2022 Chiefs Isiah Pacheco 830 yards
2021 Rams Sony Michel 845 yards
2020 Bucs Ronald Jones 978 yards
2019 Chiefs Damien Williams 498 yards
2018 Patriots Sony Michel 931 yards
2017 Eagles LeGarrette Blount 766 yards
2016 Patriots LeGarrette Blount 1161 yards
2015 Broncos Ronnie Hillman 863 yards
2014 Patriots Jonas Gray 412 yards
2013 Seahawks Marshawn Lynch 1257 yards

[RashanGary]

You are right....back when we had a HOF quarterback

Never know!!

[smuggler]

Watson? Don't even think about it!!!!

Even if that trade made sense (positional value and contract control aspects suggest that it does not), we are too thin at receiver to tolerate that kind of move. Taylor is a "nice to have" type of player for this offense. Watson is much more important. And yes, I knocked on wood.

[Guiness]

Packers won Super Bowls with Edgar Bennett and Brandon Jackson as their leading running backs. Trading a 1st round pick for a RB coming off surgery who wants a big contract is not the best way to build a team.

Grant - > Jackson -> Starks if I recall correctly!

[sharpe1027]

Watson? Don't even think about it!!!!

Exactly.

[ThunderDan]

The real problem is that Taylor is going to want a huge deal even if he plays out his 2023 year on his rookie contract. 2023 is like $4,300,000 which isn't bad if the Packers picked him up.

But Taylor will want a huge deal going forward and with Jones' contract they can't have that much money tied up in the RB position.

[sharpe1027]

You don't give up much for one year. He wants a salary so large he priced himself out of his current team. You don't give up much for that situation either