MintBaconDrivel
9 years ago
Does this make you feel better about the signings?

GREEN BAY — Not only did the Green Bay Packers get both of their veteran free-agent nose tackles — B.J. Raji and Letroy Guion — back in the fold with 1-year deals, but they did so on the relative cheap.

As a result, the team still has more than $18 million in salary-cap space.

According to a source with access to the NFL Players Association contract database, Cuion's one-year, $2.75 million contract includes a $1.5 million base salary and $1.15 million in roster bonus money that will pay him $71.875 for every game he is active. He also received a $100,000 workout bonus.

He did not receive a signing bonus or any guaranteed money, meaning the Packers are protected if NFL commissioner Roger Goodell suspends Guion in the wake of his Feb. 3 arrest for felony drug and gun possession in his hometown of Starke, Fla. Guion avoided prosecution by agreeing to pay a $5,000 fine but is still subject to NFL discipline.

Filling in for an injured Raji, the 27-year-old Guion registered 32 tackles and 3.5 sacks while starting all 18 games (including playoffs) last season. He and the Packers were in talks for a long-term deal late in the season, so his arrest appears to have cost him the security and guaranteed money a long-term deal would have provided.

Raji, who missed the season with a ruptured biceps tendon suffered in the third preseason game in August, also got a one-year deal but received some guaranteed money.

Raji's deal includes a $1.15 million base salary, a $500,000 signing bonus and $100,000 workout bonus. Multiple reports said Raji's deal could be worth as much as $3.5 million with incentives, but those incentives are considered in the unlikely-to-be-earned category because he's coming off an injury.

Jason Wilde  wrote:


sschind
9 years ago
I say getting these two guys back was huge. The fact that they will not cost much is a bonus. If you looked at NT, ILB and CB as the three biggest needs on the Packers defense and you figured they wouldn't be addressed in outside FA (still could get a guy like Spikes to help out at ILB I suppose) you were looking at the draft to not only bolster 3 positions but to find solid contributors at them. Even with TTs recent success I would find that hard to rely on. Now the NT position is taken care of IMO. I'm not saying he shouldn't adress NT in the draft but the pressure is off him to do so. Its one of those things where Raji and Guion may not be superstars but I think they have shown enough to at least not feel the position is a major hole. It may not turn out that way but at least we can have confidence that the position won't suck (depending on your opinions of Raji and Guion of course)

Putting superstars at every position is not the key to being a successful GM mainly because it is not possible. Of more importance is putting enough talented players in the right positions to give yourself the most options during the draft. Resigning Raji and Guion gives Ted Thompson more more options in the draft. It frees up a position. He can focus on getting the best ILB or CB if that is what is available or even if the BPA is a NT he can still take him. If a talented TE drops in the 2nd round it won't feel like the NT position is being ignored.

I like the signings and like I said the cost is a bonus.
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