Datone Jones, Where Art Thou?

MintBaconDrivel
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10 years ago

As Wisconsin spring turns into Wisconsin fall (why bother with summer it just gets in the way of football season) I starting getting geared up for the Packers. For me, it begins with the annual shareholders meeting where I get to spend some quality time at Lambeau with the gang as we hang out with [...]

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texaspackerbacker
Veteran Member

10 years ago

The way the system is now, all the number one picks come in last, and their rookie contract is pretty much a done deal before any negotiations. I would be interested in knowing the contract status of the OTHER number one picks around the league. This Datone Jones situation thing is only a problem if he is somehow standing alone as unsigned.

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Mucky Tundra
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10 years ago

Nothing to panic about at the moment. He's at the OTA and participating so that's the important thing for now. Maybe the situation with Shields held things up a little bit.

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beast
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10 years ago

Shouldn’t he be up in Green Bay with the rest of the team?

Article wrote:

I am shocked and amazed that hardly anything has been said about this.

The prioirty would have been to get Jones into camp from day one and prepare him to start. Why is that not happening?

At what point does the lack of Jones being in Green Bay become newsworthy?

Question: At what point does the lack of Jones being in Green Bay become newsworthy?

Answer: At the point where it's a true statement. Jones has been in Green Bay just as long as all the other rookies and has been practicing just like the others. Draft picks don't need to be signed until training camp and can practice in OTAs. This (false, scary tactic) story is a non-issue as long as he's sign before training camp. Also the new CBA basically takes more than 95% of the reasons to hold out away.

Question: Why isn't Datone signed yet?

Answer: That is a good question, but I'm guessing it's some borin reason. Such as the Packers money people are followers and non-leaders. In other words, they wait and see what the other NFL teams are doing about that less than 5% the CBA doesn't take care of and just waits and copies the other teams like they have been doing for years if not decades. It's the way the Packers have been doing it for years. Wait until other teams sign their guys and look at the contracts just below and just above where their draft pick was taken and sign them to something in between the two.

wpr
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10 years ago

Originally Posted by: texaspackerbacker

Pk 	Player 	   Pos. 	Team 	Status 	Contract
1 	Eric Fisher 	OT 	Kansas City Chiefs 	Unsigned 	 
2 	Luke Joeckel  OT 	Jacksonville Jaguars 	Unsigned 	 
3 	Dion Jordan 	DE 	Miami Dolphins 	Unsigned 	 
4 	Lane Johnson OT 	Philadelphia Eagles 	Unsigned 	 
5 	Ziggy Ansah 	DE 	Detroit Lions 	Signed 	Five years, terms undisclosed
6 	Barkevious Mingo 	DE 	Cleveland Browns 	Unsigned 	 
7 	Jonathan Cooper 	G 	Arizona Cardinals 	Unsigned 	 
8 	Tavon Austin 	WR 	St. Louis Rams 	Unsigned 	 
9 	Dee Milliner 	CB 	New York Jets 	Unsigned 	 
10 	Chance Warmack 	G 	Tennessee Titans 	Unsigned 	 
11 	D.J. Fluker 	OT 	San Diego Chargers 	Unsigned 	 
12 	D.J. Hayden 	CB 	Oakland Raiders 	Unsigned 	 
13 	Sheldon Richardson 	DT 	New York Jets 	Unsigned 	 
14 	Star Lotulelei 	DT 	Carolina Panthers 	Signed 	Terms undisclosed
15 	Kenny Vaccaro 	SS 	New Orleans Saints 	Signed 	Four years, terms undisclosed
16 	EJ Manuel 	QB 	Buffalo Bills 	Unsigned 	 
17 	Jarvis Jones 	OLB 	Pittsburgh Steelers 	Signed 	Four years, $8.705 million
18 	Eric Reid 	FS 	San Francisco 49ers 	Unsigned 	 
19 	Justin Pugh 	OT 	New York Giants 	Unsigned 	 
20 	Kyle Long 	G 	Chicago Bears 	Agreed 	Four years, terms undisclosed
21 	Tyler Eifert 	TE 	Cincinnati Bengals 	Unsigned 	 
22 	Desmond Trufant 	CB 	Atlanta Falcons 	Unsigned 	 
23 	Sharrif Floyd 	DT 	Minnesota Vikings 	Unsigned 	 
24 	Bjoern Werner 	DE 	Indianapolis Colts 	Unsigned 	 
25 	Xavier Rhodes 	CB 	Minnesota Vikings 	Unsigned 	 
26 	Datone Jones 	DE 	Green Bay Packers 	Unsigned 	 
27 	DeAndre Hopkins 	WR 	Houston Texans 	Unsigned 	 
28 	Sylvester Williams 	DT 	Denver Broncos 	Unsigned 	 
29 	Cordarrelle Patterson 	WR 	Minnesota Vikings 	Unsigned 	 
30 	Alec Ogletree 	ILB 	St. Louis Rams 	Unsigned 	 
31 	Travis Frederick 	C 	Dallas Cowboys 	Unsigned 	 
32 	Matt Elam 	FS 	Baltimore Ravens 	Unsigned

texaspackerbacker
Veteran Member

10 years ago

Pk 	Player 	   Pos. 	Team 	Status 	Contract
1 	Eric Fisher 	OT 	Kansas City Chiefs 	Unsigned 	 
2 	Luke Joeckel  OT 	Jacksonville Jaguars 	Unsigned 	 
3 	Dion Jordan 	DE 	Miami Dolphins 	Unsigned 	 
4 	Lane Johnson OT 	Philadelphia Eagles 	Unsigned 	 
5 	Ziggy Ansah 	DE 	Detroit Lions 	Signed 	Five years, terms undisclosed
6 	Barkevious Mingo 	DE 	Cleveland Browns 	Unsigned 	 
7 	Jonathan Cooper 	G 	Arizona Cardinals 	Unsigned 	 
8 	Tavon Austin 	WR 	St. Louis Rams 	Unsigned 	 
9 	Dee Milliner 	CB 	New York Jets 	Unsigned 	 
10 	Chance Warmack 	G 	Tennessee Titans 	Unsigned 	 
11 	D.J. Fluker 	OT 	San Diego Chargers 	Unsigned 	 
12 	D.J. Hayden 	CB 	Oakland Raiders 	Unsigned 	 
13 	Sheldon Richardson 	DT 	New York Jets 	Unsigned 	 
14 	Star Lotulelei 	DT 	Carolina Panthers 	Signed 	Terms undisclosed
15 	Kenny Vaccaro 	SS 	New Orleans Saints 	Signed 	Four years, terms undisclosed
16 	EJ Manuel 	QB 	Buffalo Bills 	Unsigned 	 
17 	Jarvis Jones 	OLB 	Pittsburgh Steelers 	Signed 	Four years, $8.705 million
18 	Eric Reid 	FS 	San Francisco 49ers 	Unsigned 	 
19 	Justin Pugh 	OT 	New York Giants 	Unsigned 	 
20 	Kyle Long 	G 	Chicago Bears 	Agreed 	Four years, terms undisclosed
21 	Tyler Eifert 	TE 	Cincinnati Bengals 	Unsigned 	 
22 	Desmond Trufant 	CB 	Atlanta Falcons 	Unsigned 	 
23 	Sharrif Floyd 	DT 	Minnesota Vikings 	Unsigned 	 
24 	Bjoern Werner 	DE 	Indianapolis Colts 	Unsigned 	 
25 	Xavier Rhodes 	CB 	Minnesota Vikings 	Unsigned 	 
26 	Datone Jones 	DE 	Green Bay Packers 	Unsigned 	 
27 	DeAndre Hopkins 	WR 	Houston Texans 	Unsigned 	 
28 	Sylvester Williams 	DT 	Denver Broncos 	Unsigned 	 
29 	Cordarrelle Patterson 	WR 	Minnesota Vikings 	Unsigned 	 
30 	Alec Ogletree 	ILB 	St. Louis Rams 	Unsigned 	 
31 	Travis Frederick 	C 	Dallas Cowboys 	Unsigned 	 
32 	Matt Elam 	FS 	Baltimore Ravens 	Unsigned

Originally Posted by: wpr

Thank You ....... I kinda suspected it was like that.

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DoddPower
Veteran Member

10 years ago

VERY poor article, in basically every way.

wpr
Preferred Member

10 years ago

VERY poor article, in basically every way.

Originally Posted by: doddpower

that is what we get in the off season when they try to make NFL a year round event.

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