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I feel for Dak. I know he’s battled depression recently following his brother’s death. I worry this injury will put him in a bad place.
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Honestly, Andy Dalton might be the best quarterback in the NFC East right now.
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McCarthy was 0-3 in games Rodgers was knocked out of (Lions ‘10, Bears ‘13, Vikings ‘17). I suppose having Andy Dalton helps.
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[sarcasm]Thankfully, McCarthy has a good track record with backup QBs.[/sarcasm]
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Against Dak and Big Mac
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Apparently, NCAA football players can now wear the jersey number zero. I’m watching Texas vs. Oklahoma right now and had to Google it after seeing multiple players wearing #0. It looks strange.
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Was that the uncapped year? That sounds right, now that you mention it. As I recall, the Cowboys and one other team (Washington?) were later fined by the NFL for going hog wild and violating the spirit of the uncapped year. Basically, an uncapped 2021 season would give teams some flexibility in dealing with the current uncertainty, but I don’t think they would be permitted to load up on free agents using bloated 1-year contracts or extending players with front-loaded deals.
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Reggie Begelton cleared waivers and is back on the practice squad.
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Though true, this is easier than it initially appears, I believe. The franchise number is actually surprisingly low for RBs (I believe it was ~$10 mil for 2020). The draft class won't count against the cap until they're signed in May, well after the league season starts, so the Packers enter the new league year as of now with about half of what they'd need. I'm uber-confident they'd just open up the rest by cutting Kirksey or some equivalent. Ah ... thank you. The cap guy used David Bakhtiari as an example with a potential $17 million tag value. I assumed (perhaps incorrectly) that the RB tag would be around $15 million.
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Regarding using the franchise tag on Aaron Jones in a tag-and-trade scenario, a Packers cap junkie on Twitter mentioned it would be exceptionally difficult to use the tag on any current player because teams have to have enough initial cap space to absorb the tag amount at the beginning of the league year.
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That’s a really bad look for Tennessee.
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One Super Bowl win the the last 24 years has caused me to take a very measured approach to every season. I love this team and enjoy watching every week, but I won’t allow myself to dream about another title until they win an NFC Championship. That being said, there are some very likable guys on this team and I still find myself hoping this is the year they break through again.
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Honestly, today is the first time since he signed that I actually looked at the structure of his contract. It's actually apparent now that the Packers only intended it to be a 2-year deal even when it was signed. I see very, very little way they keep him on the roster with a $16 million cap hit in each of the next two seasons. He's either restructured or gone this off season. FWIW, Over The Cap says Preston Smith’s 2021 cap number is $16 million. If they cut him, there would be $8 million in dead money, but $8 million in savings. His 2022 cap number is $16.5 million with only $4 million in dead money and $12.5 million in potential savings.
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Packers tagged and traded Corey Williams to the Browns back in 2008 for a 2nd rounder. The last player to receive the franchise tag was Ryan Pickett in 2010, and that was only for a short period while they worked out a long-term deal. Honestly, tagging and trading Aaron Jones for a second round pick is probably the best possible scenario short of Jones signing an extremely team friendly deal.
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Thanks, I did not know that about Preston’s contract. It’s good to know the Packers have an out, if necessary. That’s the nature of free agency. You hit on some, but not others.
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No, I follow you. If we're assuming that the Smiths would be on board, you can conceivably free up ~$3 million more from Preston Smith and ~$4 million from Z. Combined, that's less than you'd save from just cutting Preston. Does Preston Smith have trade value? Assuming the Packers eat the amortized signing bonus at the time of trade, his contract becomes a bit more palatable to a team who potentially trades for him.
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A fan asked him on Twitter why Green Bay hasn’t inquired about his services and his response was basically that they had indeed inquired. I interpreted that to mean the Packers and Harrison were far apart on a contract.
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Kirksey- $6million savings Lowry- $3.3 million Wagner (keeping Turner)- $4.25 million savings = $13.5 million. Definitely enough to sign Bakh, but as you say, not much else via cuts. You also don't lose much by letting these guys go, assuming you can address LB/OT depth in the draft, and Lowry is just a d-line warm body. Restructures? Depends on what the Smiths would be willing to do. There's probably $15-18 million there if they restructure, but I'm less confident of that. I’m not suggesting they’d take a pay cut. By ‘restructuring,’ I’m saying they’ll convert future salary to a signing bonus, which allows the team to push the cap hit out because the signing bonus is amortized over the remaining life of the contract. What player would object to receiving a portion of next year’s salary today? For the team, it provides short-term cap relief, but eventually, it all comes due in-full.
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Assuming the cap stays flat (remember, it could go down) and they use the $4 million in available cap space next year to sign their draft class, realistically, how much cap space can they create through *magic* (strategically cutting and re-structuring)? Remember, cutting guys only relieves you of their non-guaranteed money. It also accelerates the remaining amortized portion of their signing bonus into the current year. Often times, the immediate net savings is not all that significant. Realistically, I think they can only re-sign Bakhtiari, which means Jones, Linsley, and King all walk. Best case scenario, they have to let Jones walk, but can scrounge up enough to keep Williams.
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Yeah, it’s bad. They can probably extend their competitive window another year by cutting (Kirksey, P. Smith, and either Wagner or Turner) and re-structuring (Adams, Amos, and Z. Smith), but those are short-term fixes. Eventually, there will have to be a salary cap repair year. You can’t argue with the results during during this 17-3 run, but there’s a trade off.
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The Packers don’t really have the cap space for a splashy trade. They have about $6 million in cap space this year and $4 million in cap space next year (assuming the salary cap stays the same). That means they have $4 million to sign all of their draft picks, plus Aaron Jones, David Bahktiari, Corey Linsley, and Kevin King. Sure, they’ll get some relief by cutting and re-structuring, but the money has been spent. The free agency splurge in 2019 (Z. Smith, P. Smith, Amos, and Turner) will cost the Packers a combined $54 million in 2021. Add Rodgers ($36mm) and Adams ($16mm) and you have 6 players taking up 58% of next year’s cap. It’s hard to argue with the results, but I wouldn’t count on a big trade due to the financial situation. I wouldn’t mind seeing the Packers use mid to late round picks to patch holes in the current roster, assuming they are contenders going into the trade deadline.
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Josiah Deguara is out for the year with a torn ACL.
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Common sense says BG has a long-term plan for Jordan Love and he’s therefore untouchable in trade talks. Hypothetically, if the Packers are 7-1 going into the trade deadline and a QB-needy team inquires about Love, would you move him? For what price?
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The Vikings basically received a 1st, 4th, and 5th for Diggs (after netting out a few late round picks).
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In case you were doubting the NFL’s popularity: Game 3 of the NBA Finals was played Sunday at the same time as SNF. It drew only 4.0 million viewers vs. 11.8 million for SNF.