ReasonablySober wrote:RRyder823 wrote:ReasonablySober wrote:I think it's insane to think the Packers would hurt their active roster by bringing up someone who didn't deserve it out of spite over a guy not signing for an extra year at the league minimum.
But whatever.
So Abbys the only possible guy that could deserve it? And yes if a player who doesn't even make the original 53 comes making any sort of demands yes the team will very likely walk away. But keep on thinking Abby had any negotiating power
It isn't about negotiating power. At all. It's about the Packers filling out their roster with the best possible players. It isn't like Abbredaris is without talent. He was taken in the 5th round he's been playing extremely well in practice. He was going to get onto the active roster at some point and with Adams hurting, he was the easy choice to promote.
Who cares that he was drafted in the 5th round. He was waived and was destined to be a minimum salary player as is pretty much any player called up from the practice squad.
As for him getting no guaranteed money for the next two years, that's also going to be the case for any 6th/7th round pick or undrafted free agent who manages to stick on the active roster for 2-3 years. Abbredaris isn't alone in that.
Guys like Ripkowski, Backman, Pennel, Banjo, Elliot, Goodson, Gunter, Harris, etc are all making around the league minimum and will remain right around that salary their first few years if they can stick on the active roster, with very little to no guaranteed money to fall back on if they were to get waived at some point this year, next year, or the following year. How is that any big difference compared to Abbredaris?
Take Jayrone Elliot for example. He made league minimum last year and is only making 510K this year. Goodson, Ripkowski, and Backman only got a 25 grand signing bonus and will make basically league minimum the next couple of years if they can manage to stick on the roster. Gunter got a 1,600 dollar signing bonus and will only make league minimum if he can stay on the roster the next few years. Same for Thomas and Harris.
Abbredaris is no different than any of these guys stuck on the bottom end of the NFL pecking order financially. Not sure why you seem to feel otherwise.