FA Pickups

[MJZiggy]

Just looked at the roster and for those thinking the Packers have been completely inactive this free agency period, you should be aware that not only have the Packers signed Walker, they've also added the following players:

6 David Lonie P 6-5 210 27 1 California FA-07
48 Marcus Randall LB 6-1 232 25 1 Louisiana State FA-07
68 Devarick Scandrett DT 6-4 322 23 1 Mid Tenn St FA-07
Tim Goodwell LB 6-0 237 23 1 Memphis FA-07
Antonio Malone CB 6-0 188 23 1 Toledo FA-07

So there!! :P

I was looking for the story about it, but evidently these people are not so newsworthy...

[PaCkFan_n_MD]

Thats an impressive list.

[mmmdk]

Yeah, maybe NFLE needs an expansion team!?

[Bretsky]

Yeah, maybe NFLE needs an expansion team!?

I'm not sure they'd make the team

[Chubbyhubby]

Re: FA Pickups

Just looked at the roster and for those thinking the Packers have been completely inactive this free agency period, you should be aware that not only have the Packers signed Walker, they've also added the following players:

6 David Lonie P 6-5 210 27 1 California FA-07
48 Marcus Randall LB 6-1 232 25 1 Louisiana State FA-07
68 Devarick Scandrett DT 6-4 322 23 1 Mid Tenn St FA-07
Tim Goodwell LB 6-0 237 23 1 Memphis FA-07
Antonio Malone CB 6-0 188 23 1 Toledo FA-07

So there!! :P

I was looking for the story about it, but evidently these people are not so newsworthy...

Tim Goodwell LB
Antonio Malone CB

Both were assigned to the NFLE Goodwell was asigned to Berlin Malone was assigned to Rhein.

[dt2121]

Marcus Randall is intriguing making the switch from College QB to NFL LB. He is very athletic and it will be interesting to see how he progresses. If nothing else I could see him being put on the practice squad.

[MadtownPacker]

Marcus Randall is intriguing making the switch from College QB to NFL LB. He is very athletic and it will be interesting to see how he progresses. If nothing else I could see him being put on the practice squad.

Wasn't Favre gonna be changed to LB in college? Maybe this guy is the next pack QB!!

[Patler]

So which is better?:

Signing (maybe overpaying, maybe not) a free agent, two or three from a free agent group that everyone acknowledged was weak, while putting off Barnett until next year, and maybe forcing Jenkins to play for a restricted tender this year.

or

Passing on the free agents and using this years money to lock in Jenkins and Barnett for years to come.

I have to look at player signings from a global perspective. Signing Barnett and Jenkins and appeasing Harris with an upgraded contract are just as valuable to the long term success of the Packers as signing a free agent. Would it help to sign two free agents this year and lose Barnett or Jenkins next year?

TT was active in free agency last year, there were players he liked and he tried to sign them. He has chosen not to be active this year. I fully expect he will use 2007 cap dollars to sign Williams for 4 -5 years before the season is over. The result will be that TT will have a lot of flexibility for years to come to go after free agents that he really wants if and when they become available, like Pickett, Woodson and Manual last year.

Wouldn't the Packers have been better off the last two years if Wahle had been resigned in 2004, before his big roster bonus became due in 2005?

[Partial]

Wouldn't the Packers have been better off the last two years if Wahle had been resigned in 2004, before his big roster bonus became due in 2005?

Of course they would, but Shermy didn't think that was too logical. We better watch it though or Rand will get up in a tizzy.

[ND72]

A guy I want to watch come mini camp/training camp time that we signed last mid season, Spencer Havner. I loved that guy in college, he was just MEAN.

[Patler]

A guy I want to watch come mini camp/training camp time that we signed last mid season, Spencer Havner. I loved that guy in college, he was just MEAN.

I never saw him play all that much, but others have said the same thing.
I vaguely recall something about an injury, or something else that happened to him as a Senior, that dropped him in the eyes of the scouts. Anyone remember what it was?

[MJZiggy]

http://www.theunion.com/article/20070409/SPORTS/104090135

Article on Spencer Havner

[the_idle_threat]

http://www.theunion.com/article/2007...ORTS/104090135

Article on Spencer Havner

From the Onion?


Oh ... the Union ... got it!

[RashanGary]

The thing that is most exciting about this team is that they appear to acctually be getting better and they continue to ensure flexiiblity year after year.

[PaCkFan_n_MD]

The thing that is most exciting about this team is that they appear to acctually be getting better and they continue to ensure flexiiblity year after year.

If Rodgers turns out to just as good as Marc Bulger, Matt Hasselbeck, or Jack Delhomme, then this team has a great future. In about two years this team shouldn’t have any holes because I think Williams and Tauscher our are only two free agent starters for the next TWO off-seasons. That will almost force TT to pick up free agents when he has no one to re-sign. And Tauscher may already have his replacement on the roster.