If Rodgers gets him a SB ring he almost certainly gets in.

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Totally. One of the best pass blocking LTs in the league for years. There's no way he doesn't get in.

This should put all those Ted Thompson haters to rest, look, Ted went out and signed the #1 FA left tackle on the market!

=D

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I still look at LT in the first-round. I haven't seen the structure of this deal yet, but it could basically just be a one year ten million dollar deal and then ten million more over the course of two years. If that's the case, then this is basically a one year deal with Clifton probably out of the picture next year.

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I agree.

The OT who's most likely there for us is Brown. He's somewhat raw. Not someone who you could just plug in. Especially in this division. Clifton is nothing more than a band-aid at this point off his career.

The only thing that I can see happening is that we go after a LT later now, instead of reaching in the first. If Brandon Graham is there (Sorry Foster), we won't have to trade back or reach horribly on someone right now.

This does raise one question, though. They resigned Clifton to play LT, obviously. They want Lang to play RT. What on earth are we still doing with Giacomini? I figured that the plan was to groom him into a right tackle. And if that's the case, he should be there by year 3. What on earth is the plan with him?

Yeah if a LT falls that's worth the pick then take them... we need a LT for future...

Though I think their will be a run on the OTs and one worth the pick won't fall... Thompson will pass a big named LT (that isn't worth it in his opinion) at #23 and fans that dislike Thompson will be complaining about it for a while...

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Not a big fan of the $$$ amount, but it will allow the team to draft a developmental LT early in the draft and won't have to thrust him into duty right off the bat.

Lang can now safely be kept at RT where they ideally want him to develop. Now just the big question remains if they bring Tauscher back or hope TJ can take over the role in camp this Summer.

Hopefully now Green Bay can get a deal done with Collins or maybe start looking at some of these second tier free agents and patch a couple of holes or improve the depth in other areas where it's needed.

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You can take one in round-two and develop him as a player behind Clifton too. I wouldn't be shocked to see GB trade back for Charles Brown either. There are plenty of ways to find a LT in the draft. It depends on whether or not the Packers feel that guy is capable of doing it in a specific amount of time.

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this made my day!

heres to a healthy year Cliffy! :thumbright:

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I'm not sure why this excellent signing would stop us from drafting a Left Tackle in the first round. I'm thinking we always take the best player available regardless, right?

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