Realistically, keeping Douglas and Campbell would mean shedding Z'darius and Rodgers along with cutting a bunch of other veterens. Its possible if Gute puts his chips into the defense and guts the offense hoping that a good defense and decent run game can keep the team competitive in a weak division. If Gute could get some high draft picks for trading Rodgers, it might not be the worst option but without knowing what they have in Love, it is at the end of the day, the "best" of a bunch of bad options.
agreed. there are way bigger reasons.
I fully agree we have a major capital hurdle to jump. However this is perfect example of the type of guy that could replace a guy like Kevin King and we'd likely sign him for less annual money than King. We took a chance on this kid and gave him the spotlight and that goes a long ways in negotiating future terms. It's hard to find just an average starting CB in this league, those guys normally take 3-4 years to rise, here's one that is starting to peak and might even get better, especially if tasked as our #3 CB. It would be fantastic to go into a draft without CB as one of our top 3 needs for once
I don’t blame him. It’s a cutthroat business and every player is only 1 injury away from his last snap.
If it was me, I would also consider that I am a star for the Packers but a fringe player on other teams. Maybe i just suddenly became elite, but maybe the coaching and system in Green Bay helps me to play really good. I get the "earn while you can" but I think I take less to play with a team where I know I can excell.
That's something that I think we all would like to see our favorite players do and some of them actually do it. Its a reasonable consideration but I also think a lot of athletes don't think that way. They think its all them, or at least mostly them. Call it the Frank Sinatra effect, if I can make it there I can make it anywhere. Not to be confused with the Nancy Sinatra effect where those cleats were made for walking. Which, by the way, seems to be what Ndamukong Suh subscribes to as his cleats are walking all over you.
Yeah, doing what's best for their family almost always means taking 15 million instead of 13 million.
Nor do most fans.
Nor do most fans.
But in this case I do. Players should ask themselves what made them succeed here and not somewhere else. Like I said I think most players feel its more them than the team and they think they can succeed anywhere now that they have had their chance to prove they can play. They don't think that the Packers (in this case) putting them in the position to succeed is more important than their ability and they don't stop to think that maybe the next team will ask them to do something they don't have the skills to do. If they think about it they feel that they will be able to handle anything asked of them. It's an ego thing for many of them and more money helps feed that ego. That team is offering me more money they must think I'm better than my current team does. On top of all that there is simply more money.
Nor do most fans.
The coming games this season will likely have a huge effect on what they will offer him. You can only make a guess as to what they would do today imho.
This is spot on. The GMs for downtrodden teams will be watching the playoffs. A player's stock can shoot up in the playoffs or drop like a rock. I look back to 2016 when Nick Perry had a good run (as the backup!) in the playoffs, especially against Dallas. Teams saw his play and he was in hot demand during the 2017 free agency lead-up. We re-signed him for 5yrs-$60M. He always had potential but never could stay healthy. It seemed a big risk at the time but the market, driven by his success in 2016 led to us paying way more than he should have been paid. Obviously TT blew that but it still goes to show how the playoffs can radically inflate a player's value.
I agree. That’s why it’s good to put an offer in now, before the market surpasses our available checking balance.
I think it would be very difficult for the Packers to put in any offers to anyone right now given the uncertainty of their cap situation next year. I say uncertainty meaning they are uncertain how they will fix it because one thing is certain it is a mess.
