This is not a drill–the Packers have signed a big name free agent! In a move that made me spit out my coffee this morning, the Packers signed Julius Peppers to a three-year contract worth up to $30 million, as first reported by ESPN’s Josina Anderson. Peppers will only receive $7 million guaranteed, so this…
As first reported by Tom Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the Green Bay Packers have signed defensive lineman B.J. Raji to a one-year, $4 million contract. Raji accepted this offer after turning down a contract from Green Bay worth $8 million during the season and after not finding a long term deal from another…
This is the time of year when many Green Bay Packers fans get out their pitchforks for general manager Ted Thompson. If and when Thompson doesn’t sign an expensive free agent later today you will hear all the Thompson haters come out of their caves. The annual cries that he is cheap, arrogant and does…
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…
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…