Official 2026 Free Agency/Offseason/Non-Draft Thread

[pbmax]

Two things I saw:

1. Acme Packers had an article laying out how Nate Hobbs contract and his option bonus make him a trade candidate after the bonus. He's dirt cheap even if other teams see him as a slot corner only. His slot corner numbers this year were good, on par with Bullard. I don't know how likely this is given the room, but its a chance to recover some picks. There is a dead money hit the first year but it can more than be made up for in cap savings in 2027 and 28 when the team is prohibitively expensive.

2. Cheesehead TV made the case that the Packers cap might force their hand to run back the same CB room, including likely draft picks. Nixon is dirt cheap for a starter, Hobbs is a cash spend option bonus away from being cheap NEXT year (27) and Valentine isn't forcing any hard decisions with his deal. The likeliest path they see is a youth movement to redo the room's depth.

[Sparkey]

That could be a more useful metric, but not one the chart is showing.

Your right, I was looking at that chart wrong.

[pbmax]

I think Average Annual Value is a better way to look at it. The guys that make the most, in general are also the better players. So that chart shows the value cost lost of player games missed. Note Cleveland is skewed high due to the riduculous contract they gave Desaun Watson.

I like the chart because games missed due to injury alone means little if the guys getting hurt are depth guys.

That could be a more useful metric, but not one the chart is showing.

[bobblehead]

I do not think the GM has much of a say in what position guys play in. That would all be on the coaches, mainly Butkiss and Stenaditch.

I think he has a heavy hand in that vision.

[bobblehead]

I was responding to the chart in Joemailman's post immediately before mine.

Ah....something in my browser blocks some of Joe's stuff. I have to swap to chrome to see it.

[Sparkey]

Average Per Year. Mad was right.

I think Average Annual Value is a better way to look at it. The guys that make the most, in general are also the better players. So that chart shows the value cost lost of player games missed. Note Cleveland is skewed high due to the riduculous contract they gave Desaun Watson.

I like the chart because games missed due to injury alone means little if the guys getting hurt are depth guys.

[Sparkey]

I don't think Morgan will be a dropoff from Walker to be honest. He played really good LT against starters in the fake games and he had 2 nice games at RT towards the end of the year. The idea that he was shaped like a guard so he's a guard even though his entire skillset was tackle was fucked up Gutes thinking. I mean, Jrue is shaped like Curry so he should be lights out from 3 right??

I do not think the GM has much of a say in what position guys play in. That would all be on the coaches, mainly Butkiss and Stenaditch.

[Fritz]

So . . . fire the Packers' trainer!!

[pbmax]

So what does "APY" even mean?

I take from the chart what Mad did - the teams in the final four of the playoffs mostly had good injury luck.

And somehow this chart makes me feel better about the Gannon hire, though that's not really logical.

Average Per Year. Mad was right.

[Fritz]

So what does "APY" even mean?

I take from the chart what Mad did - the teams in the final four of the playoffs mostly had good injury luck.

And somehow this chart makes me feel better about the Gannon hire, though that's not really logical.

[pbmax]

Based on the graph above, the Seahawks are like the Milwaukee Brewers of football. I now have a reason to care about the damn Super Bowl - rooting for Seattle.

I tend to agree with bobblehead, Morgan can't be any worse than Walker - who I never liked and considered overrated.

Sometimes I worry about people.

[pbmax]

I was responding to the chart in Joemailman's post immediately before mine.

Sometimes I worry about people.

[MadScientist]

Based on the graph above, the Seahawks are like the Milwaukee Brewers of football. I now have a reason to care about the damn Super Bowl - rooting for Seattle.

I tend to agree with bobblehead, Morgan can't be any worse than Walker - who I never liked and considered overrated.

That graph isn't total payroll, its the the amount spent on players who can't play due to injuries. Seattle is just lucky this year. The Brewers had plenty of injuries last season.

[texaspackerbacker]

Based on the graph above, the Seahawks are like the Milwaukee Brewers of football. I now have a reason to care about the damn Super Bowl - rooting for Seattle.

I tend to agree with bobblehead, Morgan can't be any worse than Walker - who I never liked and considered overrated.

[MadScientist]

I like the "injury values" idea. We should expand on that one. Did you see a chart or something on this??

I was responding to the chart in Joemailman's post immediately before mine.