Yeah it was a rare bad pass by Brady, way outside. Technically King interfered by grabbing and pulling his jersey. But they don't call interference penalties on uncatchable balls. Maybe they gave Brady the benefit of the doubt, or just plain got it wrong. But the Packers should have gotten the ball back.
The problem was that on replay it was obvious King had yanked the receiver's jersey out by about a foot. Whether the ball was catchable or not is subjective. The refs had a way out if they deemed the pass uncatchable. They didn't. Game over. And they didn't call PI consistently, which is even more maddening in such an important game.
We’ve all witnessed a clear pass-interference flag negated because it was determined the pass was way too high etc.. I think it’s harder for a ref to make that call with a pass slightly short or to the side direction. a WR is running to. If the blatant hold was on the opposite side of the field? Different story.
Yeah a few things:
On paper. I have to preface with that because we truly don’t know. But on paper (talent and experience) this is the best Defense we’ve had since the 2010 season.
You're right. And even for Douglas and Campbell, we need to see repeat performances. I have no reason to doubt they're both the real thing. But last year was still an aberration given their history.
Agreed. King would be a nice luxury to have for depth, but only at the right price. Nixon has a decent amount of experience and is still young. As far as Jean-Charles goes, I'm not sure why people have written him off so quickly. Last season seemed pretty typical for a 5th round rookie, that played really well for a small program school (Appalachian State). Lots of growth expected and possible for both players.
In the past you've proposed the Packers would be happy to have King back. Are you thinking now they've soured on him and why? I don't disagree, I'm just curious about what's behind your opinion.
Thanks for clarifying. I see your point. My only guess is that King is still looking for $5 mil/year and the Packers or any other team are not willing to pay what he wants. He belongs on a roster somewhere, just not at $5 mil/year. At least the Packers have other options on the current 90 man roster.
I think it's a very good sign if the Packers don't try to re-sign King. It tells me that the staff feels we have a couple of guys in the house that are at least very close to being ready to fill CB depth spots. Just because we haven't seen or heard from these young guys doesn't mean squat. The staff sees these guys every day and they know who is ready and who is not.
Good point. I'd be perfectly content to never see King in a GB uniform again. If the coaches see talent in other, younger guys, then that's the way to go. King will find a home somewhere I suspect.
From what I can remember, we’re in better immediate cap shape than most teams. Which is hard to believe.
I'm pretty good with numbers, and I have very little understanding of the cap system. I think GB started the offseason $30 mil OVER the cap, and now is around $6 mil UNDER the cap. It's magic. Actually I think it's due to 1) cutting expensive guys like Z and 2) reworking contracts to push cap hits out to the future.
While true for 2022, the Packers will once again find themselves near the bottom of the heap in available cap money in 2023 and 2024. At which time they may try to choose to push more out or start "paying off their debt."
I think you're right Poker. There are still a few places, like WR, TE backups for Edge and Safety where the Packers need people. For right now, I think they're happy to go into TC with the people they have. And it is a good roster.
Absolutely. Obviously we all know it’s all like c/c debt. The Piper will be back to collect. However if we needed to make a $3-$5m signing to cover an injury, I think we’ve set that option up pretty well and it’s within our grasp.
