weezybaby856 wrote:Who is this Josh Hill and why are we interested in a 27/28yr old CB with 1 year of NFL experience that isn't even in the league anymore? Do I have that right?
Link? I haven't seen this mentioned anywhere.
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weezybaby856 wrote:Who is this Josh Hill and why are we interested in a 27/28yr old CB with 1 year of NFL experience that isn't even in the league anymore? Do I have that right?
Profound23 wrote:So for those saying we want Ted to be as good as Belichick this should show you the problem. We aren't saying we have to sign the top CB and top ILB in free agency, then trade our 1st round pick for burner WR, and our free agent CB for almost a top ten pick.
We are just saying do a little better than a slow, short, cornerback who was undrafted, cut, never played a down in the NFL and been retired for three years.
There has to be some type of happy medium there when it comes to fixing our holes on defense.
Profound23 wrote:https://www.totalpackers.com/2017/03/josh-hill-packers-signing-ever/
MickeyDavis wrote:Both the Pack and the Pats have great QB's. But the Patriots have built 5 Super Bowl teams around theirs and we've built one.
Anyone think New England would be paying Clay $13 million this year? Not a chance.
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- He had to text. Calling everyone else was hard enough. He wasn't about to get all sappy and weepy with a two-time NFL MVP on the other end of the line.
T.J. Lang made a lot of difficult phone calls after deciding last Sunday to leave the Green Bay Packers for the Detroit Lions in free agency. The 29-year-old Pro Bowl guard had hoped -- and publicly said so, over and over -- that he would stay with the only NFL team he had ever known. So after his hometown Lions gave him an offer he couldn't refuse -- a three-year, $28.5 million deal that included $19 million in guaranteed money -- and the Packers told him they had already made their final offer, Lang picked up his iPhone, preparing to say his goodbyes.
He called his line coach, James Campen. He called right tackle Bryan Bulaga, his offensive line running mate, as well as receiver Jordy Nelson and kicker Mason Crosby, two of his longtime teammates. He called team president/CEO Mark Murphy. He would've called coach Mike McCarthy, but he knew McCarthy was on vacation with his family in Turks and Caicos.
Mags FTW wrote:I was a little shocked to find out MM hasn't even been in the country for a good part of the FA period.GREEN BAY, Wis. -- He had to text. Calling everyone else was hard enough. He wasn't about to get all sappy and weepy with a two-time NFL MVP on the other end of the line.
T.J. Lang made a lot of difficult phone calls after deciding last Sunday to leave the Green Bay Packers for the Detroit Lions in free agency. The 29-year-old Pro Bowl guard had hoped -- and publicly said so, over and over -- that he would stay with the only NFL team he had ever known. So after his hometown Lions gave him an offer he couldn't refuse -- a three-year, $28.5 million deal that included $19 million in guaranteed money -- and the Packers told him they had already made their final offer, Lang picked up his iPhone, preparing to say his goodbyes.
He called his line coach, James Campen. He called right tackle Bryan Bulaga, his offensive line running mate, as well as receiver Jordy Nelson and kicker Mason Crosby, two of his longtime teammates. He called team president/CEO Mark Murphy. He would've called coach Mike McCarthy, but he knew McCarthy was on vacation with his family in Turks and Caicos.
http://www.espn.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/233964/after-saying-goodbye-to-aaron-rodgers-t-j-lang-ready-to-embrace-lions
weezybaby856 wrote:Profound23 wrote:https://www.totalpackers.com/2017/03/josh-hill-packers-signing-ever/
Zero surprise Ted is interested in a street free agent like him. I've honestly never heard of him. He must've interviewed well at the combine 6yrs ago and doesn't slouch when he sits down. Seems like that's the credentials nowadays for a "Packer"; sit up straight and talk as if your college education worked and you can play for the Pack.
Reminds me of the movie The Little Giants. Do you like football? No. Do you want to play football? No. Good, you can be on our team.
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bdpecore wrote:Mags FTW wrote:I was a little shocked to find out MM hasn't even been in the country for a good part of the FA period.GREEN BAY, Wis. -- He had to text. Calling everyone else was hard enough. He wasn't about to get all sappy and weepy with a two-time NFL MVP on the other end of the line.
T.J. Lang made a lot of difficult phone calls after deciding last Sunday to leave the Green Bay Packers for the Detroit Lions in free agency. The 29-year-old Pro Bowl guard had hoped -- and publicly said so, over and over -- that he would stay with the only NFL team he had ever known. So after his hometown Lions gave him an offer he couldn't refuse -- a three-year, $28.5 million deal that included $19 million in guaranteed money -- and the Packers told him they had already made their final offer, Lang picked up his iPhone, preparing to say his goodbyes.
He called his line coach, James Campen. He called right tackle Bryan Bulaga, his offensive line running mate, as well as receiver Jordy Nelson and kicker Mason Crosby, two of his longtime teammates. He called team president/CEO Mark Murphy. He would've called coach Mike McCarthy, but he knew McCarthy was on vacation with his family in Turks and Caicos.
http://www.espn.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/233964/after-saying-goodbye-to-aaron-rodgers-t-j-lang-ready-to-embrace-lions
So our coach took a family vacation in the offseason. So what! It's not like he fell of the grid completely. There are things called cell phones and email which allow one to stay
In contact when away. Heck, there are times that I don't even take vacation days when my family goes o vacation because I can work remotely and still keep on top of my work and sales team.
IrishRainbow wrote:bdpecore wrote:Mags FTW wrote:I was a little shocked to find out MM hasn't even been in the country for a good part of the FA period.
http://www.espn.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/233964/after-saying-goodbye-to-aaron-rodgers-t-j-lang-ready-to-embrace-lions
So our coach took a family vacation in the offseason. So what! It's not like he fell of the grid completely. There are things called cell phones and email which allow one to stay
In contact when away. Heck, there are times that I don't even take vacation days when my family goes o vacation because I can work remotely and still keep on top of my work and sales team.
Not that hard lined either way, but there is plenty of other off season time before FA begins...it's kind of an important time. Wouldn't it be advantageous to be able to have your coach meet with potential outside FAs? It's kind of a fluid situation and should be addressed with a little bit of urgency.
Mags FTW wrote:IrishRainbow wrote:bdpecore wrote:So our coach took a family vacation in the offseason. So what! It's not like he fell of the grid completely. There are things called cell phones and email which allow one to stay
In contact when away. Heck, there are times that I don't even take vacation days when my family goes o vacation because I can work remotely and still keep on top of my work and sales team.
Not that hard lined either way, but there is plenty of other off season time before FA begins...it's kind of an important time. Wouldn't it be advantageous to be able to have your coach meet with potential outside FAs? It's kind of a fluid situation and should be addressed with a little bit of urgency.
This.
Retail employees usually aren't allowed to take vacation between Black Friday and Christmas. Tax accountants between March and April. Etc.
There was over a month between the NFC Championship and the beginning of FA when it would have been a good time to take a vacation.
And my post was more of an observation of how FA decisions must fall almost exclusively on TT if MM isn't even in the country during peak signing season.
MickeyDavis wrote:This isn't college recruiting. Face to face with the coach is a non factor. I've never heard any player say "I was going to sign with a this team but I couldn't meet with the coach so I signed with a different team".
jakecronus8 wrote:Really? I mean...
BucksPackers wrote:MickeyDavis wrote:This isn't college recruiting. Face to face with the coach is a non factor. I've never heard any player say "I was going to sign with a this team but I couldn't meet with the coach so I signed with a different team".
Exactly. I'm sure Bennett was upset signing here when he didn't get to talk to McCarthy.
IrishRainbow wrote:BucksPackers wrote:MickeyDavis wrote:This isn't college recruiting. Face to face with the coach is a non factor. I've never heard any player say "I was going to sign with a this team but I couldn't meet with the coach so I signed with a different team".
Exactly. I'm sure Bennett was upset signing here when he didn't get to talk to McCarthy.
I dont really have a horse in this race and wont soapbox so I won't comment further than this. Would it NOT be advantageous to have the coach of the team available in a FA war room so to speak as the FA list changes? Not that I don't think they didn't go over a tier set of available FAs or cost ceilings, I'm sure they drew up preliminary tables or had their coffee and chalk talked the headliners, but just seems to me that an organization/business that has such high stakes an 'all hands on deck' approach would be beneficial. No I don't think Bennett had any feeling(s) one way or the other regarding a Kohlesque dinner date with MM. Maybe the advantage lever isn't swayed heavily based on MM being available to a particular FA, and maybe the same can be said for his direct availability to TT during such period, but together maybe it does...maybe not. To say that it (his direct participation), as negligible as it may be, has no affect is a bit shrouded. We've seen how much 'fit' can play into a players ability to adapt to a scheme. We've also seen how adequate depth is paramount. Whether were talking 1-11 on either side of the ball or were talking #53, if nothing else it's asset management.
Guess I do have a horse...but I've said my peace and can understand the counter if it is of the opinion that the negligible variables that having a coach there carries no weight whatsoever.