Packers News, Transactions - 2025 off-season - McManus Signed - 3 Years/$15 million

Profound23 · Post #1901 » by **Profound23** » Wed Mar 5, 2025 12:38 am

MVP2110 wrote:Probably my #1 realistic Free Agent target

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Maybe if he is willing to sign a one year prove it deal like Fowler in DC

MVP2110 · Post #1902 » by **MVP2110** » Wed Mar 5, 2025 12:55 am

Profound23 wrote:
MVP2110 wrote:Probably my #1 realistic Free Agent target

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Maybe if he is willing to sign a one year prove it deal like Fowler in DC

Chase Young was really good last year and is youngish. He's not going to settle for a prove it deal. The only reason he is even hitting free agency is because the Saints cap situation is so awful

LittleRooster · Post #1903 » by **LittleRooster** » Wed Mar 5, 2025 2:26 am

MVP2110 wrote:
Profound23 wrote:
MVP2110 wrote:Probably my #1 realistic Free Agent target

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Maybe if he is willing to sign a one year prove it deal like Fowler in DC

Chase Young was really good last year and is youngish. He's not going to settle for a prove it deal. The only reason he is even hitting free agency is because the Saints cap situation is so awful

Sounds like a McKinney like signing

MVP2110 · Post #1904 » by **MVP2110** » Wed Mar 5, 2025 2:39 am

LittleRooster wrote:
MVP2110 wrote:
Profound23 wrote:

Maybe if he is willing to sign a one year prove it deal like Fowler in DC

Chase Young was really good last year and is youngish. He's not going to settle for a prove it deal. The only reason he is even hitting free agency is because the Saints cap situation is so awful

Sounds like a McKinney like signing

Maybe McKinney lite. I don't think anyone in this Free agent class would be as much of a home run as Mckinney was

MVP2110 · Post #1905 » by **MVP2110** » Wed Mar 5, 2025 4:13 pm

Packers can move on from Mcduffie after this season with a minimal dead cap hit if they want to

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MVP2110 · Post #1906 » by **MVP2110** » Wed Mar 5, 2025 4:30 pm

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Matches Malone · Post #1907 » by **Matches Malone** » Wed Mar 5, 2025 4:42 pm

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Matches Malone · Post #1908 » by **Matches Malone** » Wed Mar 5, 2025 4:45 pm

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Wouldn't mind this at all. Whoever can generate pressure, bring them on board.

Profound23 · Post #1909 » by **Profound23** » Wed Mar 5, 2025 5:00 pm

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Wouldn't mind this at all. Whoever can generate pressure, bring them on board.

I feel the similar way about him, Ojulari, and Koonce. All on bad teams and underused. The fact they have the sack numbers they do when their teams were all trailing most of the season is impressive.

There were so many pass rushers in that 2021 draft that I loved in Rousseau, Ojulari, Owusu-Koramoah, Koonce, and Dayo. Didn't hate the Stokes pick, but if we really wanted a corner then that was the year to trade up in the draft for Horn or Surtain. I would not hate if we did a Preston/Zadarius type of free agent move and signed two of the edge rushers if possible.

Turk Nowitzki · Post #1910 » by **Turk Nowitzki** » Wed Mar 5, 2025 5:13 pm

Anyone who can generate pressure is a welcome add and he's a younger guy so I totally buy that Gute is interested in him but I'm also hoping to add more of a pure edge guy than just another bigger end type. We need a guy that can just get after the QB

MVP2110 · Post #1911 » by **MVP2110** » Wed Mar 5, 2025 5:16 pm

I think a question we don't yet know the answer to is what kind of pass rusher Jeff Hafley prefers. All the edge guys we had last year were brought in Pre-Hafley

coolhandluke121 · Post #1912 » by **coolhandluke121** » Wed Mar 5, 2025 5:18 pm

I would also love two edge rushers. Then keep Jaire and hope for a contract year dynamic, since he's pretty much a slam dunk to be released next year the way things are going, if he's not released this year that is.

WR, I don't even know. But I'm still optimistic about Musgrave being able to stretch the field, and I want Love and the offense to focus more on the short passing game and creative run plays anyway, so I'm fine with a rotating cast of average WRs behind Reed.

Profound23 · Post #1913 » by **Profound23** » Wed Mar 5, 2025 5:19 pm

Turk Nowitzki wrote:Anyone who can generate pressure is a welcome add and he's a younger guy so I totally buy that Gute is interested in him but I'm also hoping to add more of a pure edge guy than just another bigger end type. We need a guy that can just get after the QB

That's Azeez Ojulari. If we can sign both then Dayo would be the Preston type and Azeez would be the Zadarius/KGB type. Of course than means they would have to admit LVN is a failed experiment, but I think that's coming either way.

Matches Malone · Post #1914 » by **Matches Malone** » Wed Mar 5, 2025 8:23 pm

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stillgotgame · Post #1915 » by **stillgotgame** » Wed Mar 5, 2025 9:12 pm

MVP2110 wrote:
Profound23 wrote:
MVP2110 wrote:Probably my #1 realistic Free Agent target

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Maybe if he is willing to sign a one year prove it deal like Fowler in DC

Chase Young was really good last year and is youngish. He's not going to settle for a prove it deal. The only reason he is even hitting free agency is because the Saints cap situation is so awful

Is 5 1/2 sacks in a full season really good? We don’t need another guy that almost gets to the quarterback.

Profound23 · Post #1916 » by **Profound23** » Wed Mar 5, 2025 9:27 pm

stillgotgame wrote:
MVP2110 wrote:
Profound23 wrote:

Maybe if he is willing to sign a one year prove it deal like Fowler in DC

Chase Young was really good last year and is youngish. He's not going to settle for a prove it deal. The only reason he is even hitting free agency is because the Saints cap situation is so awful

Is 5 1/2 sacks in a full season really good? We don’t need another guy that almost gets to the quarterback.

He signed a one year prove it deal, got 7.5 sacks. I don't even care about the numbers, it's the fact that on running downs he gives up and most plays he gives no effort. Those 7.5 sacks would be great if he wasn't just getting by the rest of the season on his Ohio State reputation. Chase Young has been a slacker most of his career and only played 28 games in four seasons before last year (missing 32 games). If we sign him, it better be at a deep discount.

MVP2110 · Post #1917 » by **MVP2110** » Wed Mar 5, 2025 9:58 pm

stillgotgame wrote:
MVP2110 wrote:
Profound23 wrote:

Maybe if he is willing to sign a one year prove it deal like Fowler in DC

Chase Young was really good last year and is youngish. He's not going to settle for a prove it deal. The only reason he is even hitting free agency is because the Saints cap situation is so awful

Is 5 1/2 sacks in a full season really good? We don’t need another guy that almost gets to the quarterback.

Pressures are much more predictive of future success than raw sack numbers and Chase young had one of the highest pressure rates in the NFL last season

Profound23 · Post #1918 » by **Profound23** » Wed Mar 5, 2025 11:56 pm

MVP2110 wrote:
stillgotgame wrote:
MVP2110 wrote:
Chase Young was really good last year and is youngish. He's not going to settle for a prove it deal. The only reason he is even hitting free agency is because the Saints cap situation is so awful

Is 5 1/2 sacks in a full season really good? We don’t need another guy that almost gets to the quarterback.

Pressures are much more predictive of future success than raw sack numbers and Chase young had one of the highest pressure rates in the NFL last season

I get that, problem is if he isn't getting pressure or the oline gets the best of him Chase gives up.

MVP2110 · Post #1919 » by **MVP2110** » Thu Mar 6, 2025 12:43 am

Profound23 wrote:
MVP2110 wrote:
stillgotgame wrote:
Is 5 1/2 sacks in a full season really good? We don’t need another guy that almost gets to the quarterback.

Pressures are much more predictive of future success than raw sack numbers and Chase young had one of the highest pressure rates in the NFL last season

I get that, problem is if he isn't getting pressure or the oline gets the best of him Chase gives up.

While it's true Chase Young is a negative run defender, I think there's a good case to be made he's the best pass rusher on the market and he's still fairly young. And last year wasn't an aberration for that either, he had a very good 2023 as well

Ron Swanson · Post #1920 » by **Ron Swanson** » Thu Mar 6, 2025 3:08 pm

If Young has really fully recovered from the injuries, then you're not gonna find a better pure pass-rusher on the market. Problem is, that's basically all that he's been the last two seasons, a situational pass-rusher that only plays 50-60% of defensive snaps. We already have a growing problem with Gary being a part-time guy. We don't need our top two Edge rushers with the same issues.