Last Games in a Packer Uniform?

[skibrett15]

I would be ok with doing something similar to what the Carolina Panthers did with Josh Norman. Tag him, see if you can't work out a reasonable deal, then let him hit the market and walk if he wants 15 mil/year and take your comp pick.

[4to87jim]

[CWood21]

[4to87jim]

[CWood21]

[4to87jim]

Ouch. Hope it doesn't come to that. If we do that, chances of signing another FA goes down considerably.

[skibrett15]

[4to87jim]

[NCPackFan]

The OP here pretty much hit the nail on the head with each of the five guys they listed. If it weren't for Bustin Harrell, I would say that Jones was the biggest bust TT ever drafted without question. You could argue Sherrod but I have a hard time labeling him a bust when he suffered a freak injury that just about nobody could probably recover from. We drafted Jones to be a 3-4 DE because of his length. He then got a nagging injury. We then expected him to bulk up a bit and play as a 3-4 DE in the mold of Justin Smith. When that failed we moved him to OLB a la Mike Neal. That too has failed. He's a bust and should be playing as a rotational DE for someone like Carolina. He is the poster child for our failure in trying to convert guys to fit our system. Given our last two drafts, I'm hopeful we have learned our lesson here.

Sam Shields has played his last snap for the Packers. He's got his money, he's got a ring, no sense making $10 million to troll for another concussion. Even if he DID come back, we'd still be looking at CB rather high in the draft anyway.

I'd like to see Peppers come back as a good lockerroom presence if anything else, but he'll have to restructure or renegotiate his contract down big time.

Starks should have been done last season and will probably be done after this season if not before then. He's had some personal issues off-the-field that have to be weighing him down mentally. I too would at least bring him to camp, but cut him quickly if he doesn't perform. Same with Christine Michael. I'd bring back Lacy on a prove-it deal and see if he and Monty could be a one-two punch similar to what New England has with Blount and Lewis. I'd still draft a back somewhere in this draft though given the depth at the position this year. I don't think Crockett or Jackson are worth bringing back. Let them have a shot elsewhere.

I think Lang is gone. Too many injuries stacking up, play is starting to decline, someone will throw a little more money at him over a longer contract than what we will offer him if we offer and after seeing what happened to Sitton, I think that will weigh on his decision. I think you have to keep Tretter at this point and plug him in at RG if only for the short term. I could see Bulaga possibly getting cut after 2018 as his cap number is around 4 mil. but the hit would only be 1.6.

I really wish some people would give our back half of the secondary some more credit. Kentrell Brice fought his way in for playing time as a rookie and generally played quite well as did Marwin Evans to a lesser extent. Perhaps we can afford to let Burnett walk if one of those younger guys can fill his shoes. Perhaps one of them has already made Hyde expendable as well.

[AlexGreen#20]

[Pugger]

[DavidatMIZZOU]

[AlexGreen#20]

[skibrett15]

Moving away from Sitton tells you all you need to know about Lang. Sitton was a damn fine LG but the org just went younger due to injury risk and salary. They went about it in about the worst way possible, but I think it speaks to the philosophy.

[CentralFC]