beast
10 years ago

I'm excited to hear we're getting Bulaga back. I know some of you will gripe about the price tag but you're living in the past, look at the contracts that are being handed out this off-season and compared to them Bulaga's deal is fine. House getting over 6 mil a year? Maclin 11+? Its a new age with the new cap #s.

Originally Posted by: isocleas2 



Yeah with the Cap numbers expected to keep going up teams are over paying more for FAs it seems.
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musccy
10 years ago

Its not like Bulaga's deal is gonna prevent the Packers from signing whoever they are targeting. The Packers rarely spend big money on free agents. Even if they want to, the Packers came into the off season with over $33 mill in cap space. Now just under $17 mill of that is accounted for. Complain all you want, but this deal doesn't end the world as you you are making it seem.

Originally Posted by: Bigbyfan 



I actually think Cobb's cap # is only 5.3 this year, and we don't know what BB's contract looks like yet, so I don't think we know what this or subsequent caps are like yet.

Cobb is not very friendly for the Packers in 2 years, same with Jordy, Clay, Aaron, and others - we may not see the hit now, but this starts to add up down the line when these contracts play catch up....and Sitton, Daniels, Lacy, etc. will need to be paid.

Based on what I read, I think the Packers were looking at 5-6 for Bulaga, 8-9 for Cobb, so if true, they're "only" over about 3-4 mil, but again, that will hurt down the line.

I don't want to bitch too much - ultimately I'm happy the core is here and relatively close to what the Packers wanted to keep them at...just would have preferred at those 5 range for BB, and 9 for RC.

steveishere
10 years ago
At the very least the highest scoring offense in the NFL last year is now locked up until after the 2016 season.
DarkaneRules
10 years ago
Keeping our o-line in tact is huge. They were a big part of our success.
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all_about_da_packers
10 years ago

I'm excited to hear we're getting Bulaga back. I know some of you will gripe about the price tag but you're living in the past, look at the contracts that are being handed out this off-season and compared to them Bulaga's deal is fine. House getting over 6 mil a year? Maclin 11+? Its a new age with the new cap #s.

Originally Posted by: isocleas2 



I wonder how much of the money thrown around is actually just the start of free-agency madness. Technically, both Cobb and Bulaga were free agents and re-signed with the Packers.
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The_Green_Ninja
10 years ago
What a lot of people here are failing to recognize is that the Pack had one of the best offensive lines in the game last year. This was mainly due to little injuries, but in any case, the brains of our offensive is Rodgers and the offensive line is the heartbeat. The brain can still function if the heart is weak, but a healthy heart can lead to a very functioning brain.

It's much like the Cowboys (who had the healthiest heart out of all teams last year). The Cowboys could not be stopped in many games because, while Romo is no brain like Rodgers, the QB had plenty of time to think things out. And I'm sure Muarry didn't mind running behind them either.
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porky88
10 years ago
Bulaga is one of the best right tackles in football. Barclay was a borderline disaster in 2013. He receives too much praise, in my opinion. Tretter is more of an inside guy. Failing to lock Bulaga up would've forced Green Bay to draft his replacement early in the draft. So much could’ve gone wrong had they failed to retain him. He's the second best offensive lineman on the team, and he's being paid like it. I love the continuity part of this, as well. Last year's offensive line was the best in about 10 years. They're all coming back, and young enough to make an impact for the next two or three seasons. This is good news.
mi_keys
10 years ago

Tretter can play...was very good at C in the pre-season or have you forgotten that?

Originally Posted by: uffda udfa 



...because playing center is a perfect translation for playing tackle...
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RainX
10 years ago
I think Barclay is a solid backup and I'm not surprised the Packers tendered him. That being said, had we gone into training camp with him as the default starter would not have been an ideal option given he's still very unproven and coming off a major injury.

Signing Bulaga was a risk given his injury history, but when healthy he's easily worth his new contract. Letting Bulaga walk was probably meaning spending a high draft pick on a tackle come April and breaking up the best line since we've had since the Sherman era. We had the cap space and his contact was very reasonable given he probably could have gotten more on the open market. Now the draft can be used to fill in holes on defense given the offense is being brought back more or less intact.
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uffda udfa
10 years ago

Just wondering... when aren't you disappointed with the Packers?

Originally Posted by: beast 



Hilarious. Apparently, you missed the Randall Cobb thread.

I never came close to implying signing BB was the end of the world. I stated I would not have offered him more than 5 after stretching from 4 due to injury concern. 7 is a ridiculous number for Bulaga with the other options available. I stand by that.

Nothing here surprised me... I wrote that if he was going to stay it would be on a Randall Cobb hometown discount and if he was to leave it would be for a midwestern team. The teams that were interested weren't midwest teams. He got over 6.5 mil per. I think that's too high. That is my opinion. I am glad it wasn't 7 which is even higher. I think everyone knew what the deal with BB was going to be. It was just hard figuring if he was going to take more or stay. If it had been another midwest team I'm going to guess he bolts.

Why do you like BB so much? Guy has missed nearly two full years on his rookie deal and doesn't give me anything but an uneasy feeling when he lines up vs. speed rushers and his durability has me looking away from the TV a lot. That doesn't sound like a 7 million dollar a year RT to me.




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