Anyone worried?

[Brando19]

Is anyone else worried that the Packers have not done a thing since Free Agency began? I keep reading about all the other teams signing players or offering contracts to players or even scheduling visits, but nothing from the Green Bay Packers! I don't know...I guess it's too early to be worrying since FA began yesterday, but I wish our GM was more active.

[TennesseePackerBacker]

Spending now usually means you overpay, and it's obvious the Packers don't think anyone out there is worth overpaying for right now.

Don't worry though, free agency is a long process, the Packers will make some moves with 20+mil

[PaCkFan_n_MD]

I'm not worried, would you really want the packers to pay the type of contracts that have been given out the last couple days? If we only sign Griffin (FB) an Hamlin (S) in free agency, that’s to new starters and then you still have the draft. If every year you can get one or two solid starters from free agency that’s more than enough, I would rather build through the draft. Plus if you only sign one or two guys you will never be in cap trouble and can keep your own guys when there free agents, that why am so mad at TT right now. SIGN GREEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Bretsky]

Re: Anyone worried?

Is anyone else worried that the Packers have not done a thing since Free Agency began? I keep reading about all the other teams signing players or offering contracts to players or even scheduling visits, but nothing from the Green Bay Packers! I don't know...I guess it's too early to be worrying since FA began yesterday, but I wish our GM was more active.

YES I'm worried

[Brando19]

I understand what you guys are saying right now. Packfan...you bring up another reason I'm worried...they're letting Green go to a meeting in Houston! For crying out loud...Sherman has orgasms over Packers players...of course he'll get offered a high dollar contract and will probably be a Texan next year b/c we didn't resign him b/f FA began.

[Rastak]

Re: Anyone worried?

Is anyone else worried that the Packers have not done a thing since Free Agency began? I keep reading about all the other teams signing players or offering contracts to players or even scheduling visits, but nothing from the Green Bay Packers! I don't know...I guess it's too early to be worrying since FA began yesterday, but I wish our GM was more active.

There aren't too many blockbuster free agents, maybe none, so waiting makes a certain amount of sense. It might make sense to strike fast if you want the one or two guys at the top, or to grab a specific guy you feel fits what you are trying to do.


I'm not one to worry worry worry that a guy might cost 2 mil more than he's worth. If you have the cap space who cares. They key is not to get tied down to a guy that turns out to be crap. There are ways around that.....see one Charles Woodson and one Fred Smoot (guys that got big deals but didn't carry a huge burden going forward if they sucked). You can guess which is which....LOL

[Rastak]

I understand what you guys are saying right now. Packfan...you bring up another reason I'm worried...they're letting Green go to a meeting in Houston! For crying out loud...Sherman has orgasms over Packers players...of course he'll get offered a high dollar contract and will probably be a Texan next year b/c we didn't resign him b/f FA began.

Now that one you should feel free to worry about. They probably should have cut him a deal before it all began.

[gbpackfan]

Worried? No. Who has been signed so far?

M. Lewis - pass
A. Thomas - he would have been nice, but we resigned Jenkins.
K. Brady - pass
Wes Welker - pass
Clements - pass (we have two good starters at CB)
Steinbach (sp?) - pass (like our young corp. of O linemen)


I really haven't seen anyone signed that I really wanted. I do hope they make some moves though.

[Bretsky]

Re: Anyone worried?

Is anyone else worried that the Packers have not done a thing since Free Agency began? I keep reading about all the other teams signing players or offering contracts to players or even scheduling visits, but nothing from the Green Bay Packers! I don't know...I guess it's too early to be worrying since FA began yesterday, but I wish our GM was more active.

There aren't too many blockbuster free agents, maybe none, so waiting makes a certain amount of sense. It might make sense to strike fast if you want the one or two guys at the top, or to grab a specific guy you feel fits what you are trying to do.


I'm not one to worry worry worry that a guy might cost 2 mil more than he's worth. If you have the cap space who cares. They key is not to get tied down to a guy that turns out to be crap. There are ways around that.....see one Charles Woodson and one Fred Smoot (guys that got big deals but didn't carry a huge burden going forward if they sucked). You can guess which is which....LOL

Good points Rastak; it's not about if you overpay or underpay in the novice fans eyes.

It's about signing the "right" players.

[BobDobbs]

I'm not too worried. I'm not really reading about ALL the other teams being super active in free agency. There are a select group of teams who have chosen to be very aggressive early. Most teams have not signed anyone yet.
The two teams that seem to be jumping in the ring big time are the 49ers and the Patriots. The Patriots have a lot in place, so they are the prototype team that uses FA to make a title run.
The 49ers are mismanaged at the ownership level. John York, the owner, is known to fans out here as Dr. DeYorkian, because of what has happened to the team under his guidance. He wants a new stadium. So he's threatening to move the team to Santa Clara and now he's spending big in free agency to get the fans (sometimes known as taxpayers) to cough up public money to subsidize a new stadium.
He gives out some TV revenue money, he gets us to pay for a new stadium which will bring him more revenue or make the team more attractive to sell. He's a punk, this is not a long term strategy. This is short term to win a few more games and a ballot initiative.
Other than that teams are looking at need. Tampa needs a QB. Denver needs a RB. Who knew? I do wish we were chasing down a safety that could actually run. That is something that could be addressed now.
It isn't a bad idea to build a team with financial intelligence mixed in with an occasional risky venture.

[PaCkFan_n_MD]

I understand what you guys are saying right now. Packfan...you bring up another reason I'm worried...they're letting Green go to a meeting in Houston! For crying out loud...Sherman has orgasms over Packers players...of course he'll get offered a high dollar contract and will probably be a Texan next year b/c we didn't resign him b/f FA began.

I have never seen a guy as loyal as Green, that's why if we don't sign him TT should be criticized on this one. For God sake he going to our fan fest and he's not even on our team right now. 3 years 15 mil is not going to ruin us, sign the guy. Is he going to do this with our other free agents down the road? THIS TYPE OF MOVE BY TT REALLY WORRIES ME!

[The Shadow]

What, me worry?

[packerbacker1234]

Why worry.

TT waiting a couple weeks at the most is the best thing ANY GM can do. Have you even payed attention to the contracts out there on the table? There is NO ONE IN FA worth what Adailus got with NE. Not to mention Clements with SF as well as all the other offers laying on the table.

Teams have a lot of money to spend this year so let them go blow there wads and over pay for players that wont even come close to living up to there contracts.

FA market is very weak. So what if we let Green shop around. Green assured the packers he will not sign without giving the pack a chance to counter offer.

Aparently, Green has not gotten any favorable offers yet. Green will be back in green and gold because I bet we may make one FA signing for a sleeper like the FB out there.

Why not a Safety? Rumor has it there gonna try Blackman at Safety. Also, Underwood who has looked amazing isn't injured anymore and Tyrone Culver showed some promise.

Bassically, I think our answer at Safety is already on the Team.

[BallHawk]

I'm perfectly fine with what TT is doing. He's doing what any smart GM would do.

Let's make this a fire analogy.

All of the GMs in the league are firefighters and there is this HUGE fire called Free Agency. Now, all the bystanders, we'll came them fans, want their firefighter to do something about the fire. So all these "firefighters" are rushing into the "fire." Only problem is that the firefighters forgot their equipment, also known as "common sense." The firefighters are so caught up trying to put out the fire early, that they forgot their equipment. Now there's this one firefighter, we'll call him "Ted." Now Ted looks at all those firefighters trying to do something about the fire, and just stands there and smiles to himself. You see, Ted is going to watch all these firefighters fight the fire, not accomplishing much except making the "fans" cheer. Now, once they are all dead, he's going to do something about the "fire" himself. That way he has less work to do and he isn't going to die in the "fire."

Does this make any sense to anybody or did I have too many?

[Fritz]

All signs point to Green wanting to test the waters - if the Texans are stupid enough to throw five mil a year for five or six years at a 30 year old with an injury history and asthma, let them. That kind of panicky "ooh-we-better-throw-money-at-them" thinking was what got Mike Sherman into trouble in the first place.

And lots of the posters here who are clamoring to sign Green no matter the cost will be the first ones to join the mob that would form in four years if TT overpays and ends up owing a broken-down 34 year old running back five million for a season in which he can in no way carry the burden.