El Duderino wrote:WR is also going to be a concern soon
After next season both Jordy and Cobb will be a free agent. I think it's a lock that Cobb will be paid before it gets that far, but Jordy will be very costly also if Ted wanted to keep him. Plus, after the absolute steal the team got on Jordy with his last contract, he likely won't be in the mood to take another discount.
Yep.
I can't say I was disappointed in our draft, but I was kind of surprised we didn't take a WR in the 3rd-4th (or even the 5th). I figured TT would be looking to draft a guy who could provide depth this year who would also be looking to take on a bigger role next season. I was higher on Boykin than some thinking he had solid #2 type potential, but I still thought we'd look to bring in another weapon.
It will be interesting to see how things play out at WR over the next few years.
Beyond that, it has been disappointing that we haven't been able to develop a TE who is worth anything as a receiver other than Finley. Q did get hurt, but he was already relegated to being a blocking TE before that. Bostick and Stoneburner have potential in that role, but it is nothing but potential at this point.
whatthe_buck!? wrote:Holy crap are the packers well managed financially. Not one bad contract (now that Hawk is playing so well). We also still have huge flexibility, we can clear 11 mil off the cap without having to do any contract restructuring. Just cut Tramon, Brad Jones, and Jarret Bush. Personally I wouldn't miss any of three guys even a little (ETA: not that I don't think tramon is a good player, it's just that I dont think hes worth what we're paying him and more importantly we have 4 other starting caliber corners on the roster -fap fap fap-). I'm in awe of TT and Russ Ball.
Jones isn't going to get cut.
As for Tramon, there is basically no way we keep him at that salary. He has played well in coverage this year, but his tackling can still be abysmal. I could see us possibly restructuring him and cutting his salary by quite a bit rather than releasing him outright. We also could release him with the intention of bringing him back at a reduced cost. I think he'd probably be able to get quite a bit more as a FA than we'd want to pay him, however. He turns 31 in March, so it certainly wouldn't be a bad time to tell him, thank you, but we are going with the young guys.
