PeaveyFury

Such a strange story.... I haven't heard much on the official 'motivation' for the actions, so that'll be interesting I'm sure.

This didn't age well either. I guess we'll disagree on that. They gave up over 500 yards to a middling ACC team with a .500 record. Yes, they made the big plays they needed to at the end. But I highly doubt you'll find anyone inside the Wisconsin program that would characterize the defense's performance as anything beyond disappointing. As noted, they've been really good this year, but the performance on Wednesday was poor overall relative to their typically high standard. I'm glad they won, undoubtedly. But, my comment wasn't only applicable to this particular game, it was a commentary on the season as a whole. This was a team that had high expectations and was a top 10 team throughout much of the early season, and it took a rescheduled game against Minnesota and a comeback vs. a middling ACC team to finish over .500. Yes, there are dozens of reason for why the season unfolded the way it did- injuries, COVID cancellations and players missing games, player opt-outs, a rough transition to Rudolph calling plays, etc. But in the end, the season was a disappointment, and in some cases, it was a bad product out on the field.

Is Wagner even good to go with his injury from last week?

Stepp was a pretty significant recruit in ‘18... if I’m reading it correctly, he’d have 3 years of eligibility left?

Most of the cap experts are now on board with assuming a $175 million salary cap. Yes, it's possible they're all wrong, but they're usually not. If they're right, your cuts above would give the Packers.... $800,000 in cap space. They're $21 million over a $175 million cap, and your cuts free up $21.8 million. Perhaps to your point, I probably should have used the qualifier of 'realistic'. I.E., it's not realistic to assume they'll cut both of their viable options at RT to rely presumably on a draft pick to start there in a year they want to be competitive. You could also technically cut Amos and Davante Adams and free up cap space, but again, that's not realistic. You'd have to have significant other movement to re-sign or tag Jones and still have room to sign your draft picks, and there's not much left there. Possible? Yes. Realistically possible? Probably not. Also potentially not realistic is another restructure of Rodgers. The Packers have managed to have a major out on his contract after next season, which logically corresponds with the time they presumably would look to move on from Rodgers and shift to Love. Could they push that out further? Sure. Would they, when things are already a bit dicey for them pending determination on the cap in 2022, and with your hand-picked guy likely ready to jump in at QB in that exact window? Possible, but I'm not sure it's realistic to think they want to do that with a 40-year old. This season may have completely changed their though process though, as I would bet he's surpassed even their expectations this season. In the end, we're likely debating semantics. Is it possible that Jones would sign a deal with a $1million base for 2021 with only a $20million signing bonus and thus less guaranteed money than Kamara or Cook? Yes, it's possible. Is it realistic? Probably not. So, if your point is that it shouldn't have been called "not even an option" by the initial poster, you're probably right. But calling it infeasible, or unwise, or simply 'not going to happen because of their cap situation and the way the front office runs the team', that's extremely accurate, IMO. And that doesn't even get into a debate about whether Jones is worth a 2nd contract or not.... Now watch them announce 9 restructures and an extension for Jones next week.

It's hard to know what to think yet. This guy spurned us multiple times. What was the reasoning? Just that Seattle was a better fit at the time, or he has no interest in being here? If its the former and he's excited to be a part of trying to win a championship, welcome to Green Bay. If it's the latter, I don't want him. You'd have to think that at his age there'd HAVE to be some desire to win one, right? Worth noting, per PFF, he graded VERY high in run defense in his limited Seattle time. He'd undeniably contribute here.

Even MORE in line with my feelings about the prestige of the trophy....

Certainly falls in-line with my opinion on how important that is for the trophy case.

This has the potential to be a nothingburger move or a really nice get. Not sure which.

Agreed. IMO Turang is going to be a bust and we should sell while we still can. I'm higher on Feliciano, but you have to give something to get something. I'm not concerned about the low possibility of either one of these guys being a stud for the Cubs in 5 to 7 years enough to outweigh passing on 2 years of an All-Star catcher. I think being an average major league starter is on the higher end of where I expect either of these prospects to be in a few years. I agree with this 100%. You can't automatically assume that a guy like Turang is future perennial all-star. You weigh that possibility and your own talent evaluation and decide whether that's worth giving up for the player you get in return. Stearns and co. have rarely if ever given up a guy that really haunts us in the way you fear.

Good call on Burks- as that unfolded I though he'd have been better off slowing up a bit to let the d-lineman that was slightly in front of him actually make a block.

Using timeouts here is pretty craptastic by WF....

I started recording just in case. Somehow if a coach is going to get a Mayo bath it should be Bielema. He just calls that 'Saturday.'

Good lord do I hope they actually do douse Chryst with that vat of mayo.

That's an ejection, right?

Might need one more to win. Welp....

That's how quickly the wheels can come off for a QB. He was shredding us.

Uncharacteristically poor defense from UW today.

Based on his very brief time on the field, Wolf looks like a guy that looks to his first read and throws it there whether the guy is open or not.

Kendrick Prior (59 catches 2017-19) only played in 3 games all season. Danny Davis (96 catches 2017-19) played in 2. That production just can't be replaced by Jack Dunn (6 catches 2017-19) and the occasional flashes from a pair of freshmen in Chimere Dike and Devin Chandler, which allows opposing defenses to key on stopping Jake Ferguson. Though all true, that doesn't account for Mertz' wild inaccuracies on a lot of his short/mid-range passes.

How much prep did this announce crew actually do for this game? Mertz has LITERALLY been going over to the sideline for plays most of the year.... this isn't something new or shocking.

Great performance vs. a bad team, then unrealistic expectations reared their ugly head.... I don't think they even met the expectations of those who kept their expectations modest after that game. Very fair point...

Great performance vs. a bad team, then unrealistic expectations reared their ugly head....

Yeah, I consider myself a Badger die-hard, and I'm mighty close to shutting this off.

Weird season and all, but it really is remarkable how bad this team ended up being.