It is no secret that the Green Bay Packers need to cut salary. The team does not know what the cap will be next season, but they do know that it will be lower than what it was this season. The teams needs to free up about $28 million in cap space. This weekend, Ian…
Packers Running Thin On Cash
The Green Bay Packers are running out of cash to spend in free agency. As of Monday morning, the Packers had the sixth-fewest cap space remaining in the NFL, according to Albert Breer. So far this offseason, Green Bay has done everything they can to preserve spending. Instead of resigning Blake Martinez and Bryan Bulaga,…
Packers Free Agency and a Trade: Yes and No’s.
The soon-to-be month of March is a terrific time of the year for sports. You have March Madness, baseball season starts, NBA/NHL seasons upgraded and…the NFL free agency begins. Already there are rumors swirling around to who should be in green and gold in 2019. The criteria will be one to two players in a…
Rodgers New Contract Not Totally Different Than Old Contract
Alas, Aaron Rodgers’ contract extension is complete, after months of negotiations between the Packers and Rodgers as well as much discussion amongst Packer fans. Soon after Jimmy Garappolo signed a 5 Year 125,000,000 contract with the 49ers, I surmised a Rodgers contract would land in $32-33M per year range. In the end that was a slight…
Rodgers is Going to Get Paid – Deal With It
As soon as the news broke of Jimmy Garrapolo’s 5 year $127,000,000 contract, speculation has ensued regarding the imminent contract extension of Aaron Rodgers. This has created some angst amongst Packers fans ab the implications of such a gawdy contact, will have on the Packers’ ability to field a team that will be able to…
Packers Offseason Decisions Not That Difficult
All season long Packers fans have voiced differing levels of concern over the impending free agency of wide receiver Randall Cobb. There are certainly fans that are freaking out, and then there are fans that are convinced a deal is going to get done. I’m kind of a cross between the two. There isn’t really…
Sam Shields’ Contract is OK: Why Money is Different Now
When it came out that Sam Shields was seeking a deal similar to the one that Tim Jennings got from the Bears (4/$22.4) I was one of many telling the Packers to run to Drew Rosenhaus and draw up the papers. That kind of contract and the guaranteed money that comes with it was more…