IS IT TT TURTLE TIME OR EXCITING FREE AGENCY TIME ?

[Zool]

I want an aging superstar and I want him now!!!!

Oh wait...maybe I don't. I love that its assumed that Thompson and his staff never make calls to these guys.

So if he doesnt overspend to get the "name" FA everyone is pissed. But man, if he overspent and got the name FA, and that guy sucks (Joe Johnson, Hardy Nickerson) well then he's still a moron.

You cant really have it all.

[b bulldog]

I like building via the draft

[woodbuck27]

Re: TT

yay

looks like another year for camp bodies filling our starter roles

would it really kill him to pick up the fucking phone and call some of these guys to see whats going on?

Not his style red. He's gotta build through the draft so he can tell everyone how smart he is. As long as he's around though, we'll have plenty of cap space EVERY year............

What in 'H' is he?

A banker or the General Manager of the Green Bay Packers?

He'd better get his hands out from beneath his ass. It's very

[retailguy]

i have a bad feeling we're going to be the youngest team in the nfl again next year, and the year after

I'm SO HAPPY we got Ted. He is just wonderful....and SO VERY truthful.

[woodbuck27]

i have a bad feeling we're going to be the youngest team in the nfl again next year, and the year after

I'm SO HAPPY we got Ted. He is just wonderful....and SO VERY truthful.

I'm recognizing that I'm a grumpy old man at this time of the Packer year.

I know. In Ted we all must TRUST.

[MadtownPacker]

You lil crybabys need back up off TT or we are gonna have to run paternity test to check if one of you is Tank's daddy. 4-12 to 8-8 with a chance at more wins this season is fine by me.

[pbmax]

Does everyone think that phoning an agent automatically gets you a visit? PFT had Steinbach's agent asking for an offer near $7 mil before he would schedule the visit.

Thomas I can see because of his position, his specialty and the premium money that demands.

But Daniel Graham? Don't we have a slow, blocking TE already sucking up cap space? C'mon.

Look at the teams chasing guys. They almost all stink (I include Denver in this list as all their free agent chasing, cap cheating ways has got them bupkus in the postseason).

I'd prefer no premium Free Agents, don't sign your own mediocre players to inflated, cap and tender mismanaged offers (see the usual suspects and Na'il Diggs) and draft well.

The Steelers have been doing this since 1992 and have one down year out of four, otherwise make the postseason.

Premium Free Agency is for suckers. The Reggie Whites of this day and age do not make it to FA. There was a recent article that recounted the Eagles TRYING to franchise tag Reggie before FA. They went to court and the court held that the CBA and the previous court ruling invloving Reggie and several other players were legitimate and tagging Reggie was prohibited.

Not happening anymore my friends.

[mmmdk]

I think TT is looking for a new couch; as in a piece of new furniture for seating Free agents to Green Bay? Nah, not as we speak but later I guess.

[imscott72]

TT is known for waiting a week or so to see how the market it. Can't blame him for that at all. Look at all the $$$ the Queens spent last year and what did it do for them? How bout the Skins? The only surprise for me so far is that we didn't get Ahman signed. I thought for sure we'd strike a deal before the FA period started. Now I'm a little worried about that position.

[mmmdk]

I think TT is looking for a new couch; as in a piece of new furniture for seating Free agents to Green Bay? Nah, not as we speak but later I guess.

I might add that TT probably is doing the right thing (in waiting) as TT picked up Pickett & Woodson in free agency late. Manuel he got quickly and got burned.

[pbmax]

Marvin Miller and, I think, Charlie Finley, recognized the effect that LIMITED free agency would have on negotiations. It would drives prices UP.

Miller while negotiating and having an Arbirator's ruling that the reserve clause could only be invoked ONCE, knew he did not want every player a FA at the same time. He used this as a bargaining chip.

Finley, I think it was him, suggested (some thought he was just being ornery) making them all Free Agents every year. He knew that would help to keep prices down.

For those Packer fans who are suffering heart palpatations during the opening of FA, I suggest repeating the following definition:

Free Agency is limited and gives leverage to the player. Players who hit the FA market have been cast aside from one team, and except for a few grievous errors, are not likely worth anywhere near the money that will be thrown at them, especially in the era of increasing cap numbers.

Free Agency is crack for General Managers and fans.

[woodbuck27]

Does everyone think that phoning an agent automatically gets you a visit? PFT had Steinbach's agent asking for an offer near $7 mil before he would schedule the visit.

Thomas I can see because of his position, his specialty and the premium money that demands.

But Daniel Graham? Don't we have a slow, blocking TE already sucking up cap space? C'mon.

Look at the teams chasing guys. They almost all stink (I include Denver in this list as all their free agent chasing, cap cheating ways has got them bupkus in the postseason).

I'd prefer no premium Free Agents, don't sign your own mediocre players to inflated, cap and tender mismanaged offers (see the usual suspects and Na'il Diggs) and draft well.

The Steelers have been doing this since 1992 and have one down year out of four, otherwise make the postseason.

Premium Free Agency is for suckers. The Reggie Whites of this day and age do not make it to FA. There was a recent article that recounted the Eagles TRYING to franchise tag Reggie before FA. They went to court and the court held that the CBA and the previous court ruling invloving Reggie and several other players were legitimate and tagging Reggie was prohibited.

Not happening anymore my friends.

Basically, you've nailed it.

TT went out and got Ryan Pickett relatively soon last season (who came around as the season progressed) and we all knew he liked Marquand Manual before free agency, even if we don't now.

He waited a long time on Charles Woodson for his ego to cool and now he seems a bargain for us.

Ted Thompson isn't going to change and that may prove a good thing. He certainly doesn't inspire the impatient Packer fan.

Still I really hoped he'd not test the market and Ahman Green. Re-signing Ahman Green is obvious to me.

[MJZiggy]

What if NOBODY jumps into the FA bidding pool? What if no one signs anyone?

[Zool]

What if a bear s**t's in the woods and no agents are around to make it the best one ever?

[red]

What if a bear s**t's in the woods and no agents are around to make it the best one ever?

LOLOLOLOL