Yesterday, the Green Bay Packers signed cornerback Sam Shields to a four-year, $39 million contract to help solidify their secondary. It may seem like an overpay based on what Shields has done so far, but it was necessary, and the contract was designed very nicely by general manager Ted Thompson. Shields, 26, is still an…
ESPN’s Adam Schefter created buzz on the Packers Twittersphere yesterday when he tweeted that Green Bay and Seattle should give up two first round picks to acquire New Orleans Saints tight end Jimmy Graham. I am stunned that I am even writing about this, but apparently a lot of people agree with Schefter. Most of…
Ted Thompson’s philosophy as Packers general manager–draft all of your good players and re-sign them to second contracts–has been rather simple. Thompson has rarely signed any outside free agents to big money deals. He has only been interested in his own guys. It has worked with some players like Jordy Nelson, Josh Sitton and T.J…
According to Bob McGinn of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the Packers are unlikely to offer unrestricted free agent wide receiver James Jones a contract. We have been down this road before with Jones during the offseason of 2010. It looked as though the Packers were prepared to let Jones walk, but he did not find…
The biggest Packers related news to break from Indianapolis this week was that Mike McCarthy was optimistic about the return of tight end Jermichael Finley. It was widely assumed that Finely’s playing days with the Packers would be over after he underwent spinal fusion surgery in November. Finely’s fusion surgery was to the C3/C4 vertebrae,…
Last week, I wrote an article about the five most overpaid players on the Green Bay Packers roster. I will now turn that around and take a look at the five most underpaid players on the roster. The majority of these guys are young and ascending players who have not been paid yet, but there…
NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport created a buzz in Packer nation last week when he reported that Ted Thompson will be active in free agency and sign up to five free agents from other teams. Who knows whether that is true, as it is impossible to get inside Thompson’s head. Five seems like an extreme amount,…