Packers made calls up to last minute on Arrington

[Scott Campbell]

This is a wierd year in free agency. With the cap going up as much as it did, every team had bloated wallets.

Though I wish we could have landed a couple more players.

[MJZiggy]

I also don't think he was expecting all the bidding wars teams got into and the inflated prices they were paying.

[HarveyWallbangers]

The 'skins said he was freelancing, they'd tell him his responsibilities and he was running around doing whatever he wants. Then he got benched & copped an attitude. I've seen him really pound on some RB's though, he is very good, but I think he might end up being an expensive pain in the ass.

He didn't seem to have a problem free-lancing before Gibbs got there. He was a premium playmaker and 3-time Pro Bowler the three years before that. I think Gibbs is old school. Maybe the system was different. The Packers (and they seemed to feel this way because they went after him hard) probably would have suited him--since they don't ask their LBs to fill lanes. They want guys to run to the ball more than other schemes. I think that's why it's easier to learn for LBs than other systems.

[packrulz]

Yes, I remember games when he was a beast, brutal tackler, if his attitude is ok, he'll make the Pro Bowl. I agree with that.

[Bretsky]

I'd say it looks like a pretty fair contract for the Giants. Reasonable signing bonus. Reasonable yearly salary.

I wonder if we outbid them.

I don't think so. The Postons are all about getting as much money for themselves as possible. I'd guess that the Giants were the highest bidders--especially since one of the Postons said that the Packers came on strnog at the end, but the Giants upped them. I wonder what would have happened if we would have made our best offer a week ago. Maybe the Giants would have outbid us. Who knows! Whether got a specific player or not, we didn't do much in FA with all of the money we had. I know FA can be a fool's game, but you can't tell me that none of these FAs will help their new teams out. It's a matter of finding the right ones. Personally, I think Thompson totally misjudged FA this year. I think he thought he could wait out the market, but with the cap going up FAs found new teams at an incredible rate the first week or two--much sooner than in the past.

Thompson's head had been stuck up his @ss all offseason long. 2nd most money in free agency and we've we've slightly upgraded two positions with that.

Harv, all of the above points are right on. TT misjudged just about everything the past two months.