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  1. Not wanting to miss out on the fad, my dog is also writing a "Pay Rodgers" article, which also talks about how Rodgers likes the Flacco deal. He did more investigating and will include a twitter quote from Rodgers' brother. But like all of his football articles, it eventually turns into a rant about Dan Devine's dog and the lack of justice.
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  2. There is a good chance they will extend Rodgers next year

    I think it will be next year Silverstein, this is fun bucking your predictions Tom.


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    • If they don't resign Rodgers soon, it is going to become like the Favre retirement saga. It will seemingly go on forever until it finally happens. Gosh, they were talking about this all last off-season already. Even people that don't know football know it will happen at some point. Beyond that, no one outside of the team knows anything, so I am not sure why the media feels the need to constantly talk about it as though it were some sort of new and interesting thing.
    • Ya I know that's why I give them a hard time about it.

      We all agree it will happen, it's just a matter of when.

      Plenty of other things to write about....................they take more research.

      Editor: I want some stories guys!

      Staff: OK we will rewrite the old ones 6 times to shut this guy up.

      Editor: You guys are Keeping this paper afloat so I'll let you get away with it,but next year I want some real effort by GOD!!!!!!!!!!!
  3. Nyet!

    Pay him. Pay him his money.
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  4. I just hope he signs for less money like Tom Brady did.
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  5. Nice... like the "Rounders" reference Pman. TT & Ball & others over the years have been proactive in signing the key figures. Sure they'll pony up. I think we can cut Finley and cover the minimal margins of whatever he brings to the field. Think we can cut AJ Hawk and cover the minimal margins of whatever it is that he does (which is certainly not making plays). Use their money for other possibilities. Tired of watching Hawk 5 yards behind the TE. Tired of watching Hawk tackle the guard and NOT the running back. Tired of watching Finley underachieve. (yes, I know he had an average second half this year).

    And I thought coming off of our Super Bowl season that Finley would rule the league.
  6. I wish they wrote about the average guy like this.

    " Packer Blood is doing awesome at his current position as_____________ He has 10 years in and should be soon expecting a good pay raise hes contributed so much to the company and needs to negotiate a huge pay raise or he will walk many job many jobs have offered him a position etc..etc..."

    Me personally on these articles is Rodgers is the best player on the team who makes stuff happen there is no way possible that the Packers will allow him to walk. He won't sign this year but the next due to this years tight cap space.

    Rodgers is a modest guy I think he will come to terms for a Brady like contract that will benefit the team and himself the only differance is he will get more years and won't effect the team when he retires.

    Flacco in my opinion really does not deserve such a HUGE raise he is not an elite QB. He had one great year and won one super bowl. Most of his previous years were just above average nothing spectacular.

    My last question is where was Trent Dilfer's pay raise after he won a super bowl in 2000?
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  7. Has anybody considered that maybe history repeats itself? What if TT decides to have Rodgers play out his existing contract and not extend/re-structure him?

    A scenario to consider: TT drafts Landry Jones in the 3rd or 4th this year and signs Jordan Rodgers out of Vandy as a UFA - yup, AR's little bro'. They both make the team, MM does his QB Jedi mind stuff on those two and they compete for the back up spot, with one of them eventually emerging and being groomed to become the starter. In 2015, TT uses the franchise tag on AR and buys him for one more year. AR plays for the Pack until he's 32.5 yrs. old. By that time, is the trajectory of his career significantly falling?

    Instead of re-structuring him, taking the monster cap hit and having to pay about $60MM guaranteed real dollars, TT could get Rodgers for the next three years at about $14.5MM per year($9.5 and $10.5MM in '13 and '14, then $22MM(??) in the tag year) as opposed to $22MM per year starting in 2013 under an extension.

    The Packers save roughly $22MM in real dollars over those three years and have some cap room/money to sign/pay other players. Then in 2016, they'd have cleared a huge QB number from their payroll and cap.

    I know this will seem like blasphemy or heresy to a lot of folks here, but TT let an iconic QB walk once before. Does he let another one walk because he feels it just doesn't make economic sense to keep him? We'd certainly find out for sure if AR feels as committed to the Packers as he says and doesn't hold out.

    Hold up, those weren't pigs flying past the window...


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