Favre certain Moss will be a Packer

[Brando19]

I found this on PFT:

It's been a while since the rampant rumors linking Raiders receiver Randy Moss to the Green Bay Packers died down. But that doesn't mean that the issue is dead.

A source with knowledge of the situation tells us that Packers quarterback Brett Favre is "100 percent certain" that Moss will be a Packer by the time the 2007 season starts.

The only problem is that the Raiders and the Packers haven't been able to strike a deal for compensation. Our guess is that the logjam will break once the draft approaches; otherwise, any picks necessarily would be deferred into 2008. Plus, if the Raiders choose to take receiver Calvin Johnson with the first pick on April 28, their leverage in subsequent trade talks will surely drop, since the chances of the Raiders letting Johnson get anywhere close to the malcontented Moss are slim and none.

[Farley Face]

Re: Favre certain Moss will be a Packer

I found this on PFT:

It's been a while since the rampant rumors linking Raiders receiver Randy Moss to the Green Bay Packers died down. But that doesn't mean that the issue is dead.

A source with knowledge of the situation tells us that Packers quarterback Brett Favre is "100 percent certain" that Moss will be a Packer by the time the 2007 season starts.

The only problem is that the Raiders and the Packers haven't been able to strike a deal for compensation. Our guess is that the logjam will break once the draft approaches; otherwise, any picks necessarily would be deferred into 2008. Plus, if the Raiders choose to take receiver Calvin Johnson with the first pick on April 28, their leverage in subsequent trade talks will surely drop, since the chances of the Raiders letting Johnson get anywhere close to the malcontented Moss are slim and none.

After the front loaded Barnett signing do we still have the cap flexibility to pull this deal? Any trade would likely include a restructuring of Moss' contract, and that won't be cheap. I think we could do it, but it might mean Brett putting his money where his mouth is, ala Elway late in his career taking pay cuts to aquire the talent needed for his two rings.

[retailguy]

Re: Favre certain Moss will be a Packer

A source with knowledge of the situation tells us....

I know! I know!

arrigo? :P

[packers11]

At $21 million under the cap, vice president of finance Andrew Brandt structured the deal so it counted $7.225 million against the cap this year.

Therefor... 13 million left... Plenty for MOSS

[Farley Face]

At $21 million under the cap, vice president of finance Andrew Brandt structured the deal so it counted $7.225 million against the cap this year.

Therefor... 13 million left... Plenty for MOSS

OK, good. We still have a draft class to pay for, but if we choose to, a Moss deal seems feasible financially.

[packinpatland]

Only Bus Cook know for sure.........

[MJZiggy]

No one answered my question before: Is the draft pool separate from the regular salary cap and if not, what's it for?

[ND72]

Draft pool is a salary within the salary. Each team must have a certain amount of their salary cap for their draft. a team like Oakland, probably needs around $5 million in cap money for their rookies, we're probably looking at $4 million needed. It's kind of long and carried out, but it's just a cap, within our cap.

[Farley Face]

No one answered my question before: Is the draft pool separate from the regular salary cap and if not, what's it for?

The draft pool is not separate, but it caps what total dollars within the overall cap can be allocated to your draftees. Based on how many picks and where they are drafted.

[gbpackfan]

The Packers can EASILY sign Moss to a nice fat deal. There are about a 100 different ways to structure contracts. If they want him, cap space will not be an issue.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Of the $13M, we'll have to use about $5-6M on rookies. That would leave $6-7M to sign FAs, extend our own players (e.g. Corey Williams), and go into the season with a buffer (which you need). No, there's not a lot of room for Moss--although if he came to Green Bay, you can be sure he'd have a restructured deal.

[sepporepi]

A source with knowledge of the situation tells us that Packers quarterback Brett Favre is "100 percent certain" that Moss will be a Packer by the time the 2007 season starts.

I bet if he ever said that, he said it in an ironically or cynical manner.
Apperantly it wasn't an interview, so someone approached him with the topic and instead of: "F**k off, b***rd, I dont't know and if I knew I won't tell you", he said something nicer

[Bretsky]

Of the $13M, we'll have to use about $5-6M on rookies. That would leave $6-7M to sign FAs, extend our own players (e.g. Corey Williams), and go into the season with a buffer (which you need). No, there's not a lot of room for Moss--although if he came to Green Bay, you can be sure he'd have a restructured deal.

Why dont' we ask Joe Arrigo what's going on ? He's indicated his sources said the deal was getting finalized several times now

[gbpackfan]

Of the $13M, we'll have to use about $5-6M on rookies. That would leave $6-7M to sign FAs, extend our own players (e.g. Corey Williams), and go into the season with a buffer (which you need). No, there's not a lot of room for Moss--although if he came to Green Bay, you can be sure he'd have a restructured deal.

Come on Harvey, there is plenty of room to sign Moss. Denver figures out how to do it every year. Structure is all that matters.

[Sparkey]

I do not normally post this type of gossip, but since this speculation is continuing, I will add my own rumor:


A member of my bowling team, who also owns a engineering firm, was at a town meeting near Waukesha and afterwards went to lunch with some of the supervisors and met up with Mark Chmura.

According to my friend, Chmura said that he was informed by current members of the GBP, that the Packers and Moss have a deal in principle on a three year restructured contract and that a deal was in place for a trade with the Raiders, but would not happen until Draft day and some other contracts were finished.

Wether this has any shred of truth, I do not know........