Consensus? So, what? Demovsky talked to who exactly? Who is defined within "consensus"?
You do realize that if a team extends their players BEFORE they hit their contract year they pay SIGNIFICANTLY less, right? Cobb is the perfect example. Cobb gambled on himself and won, huge. Both of these players could've been had for half of what they ended up with but we paid double and get praised? Ok.
As for the draft? I recall the Vikings Troy Williamson draft. Praised as an "A"...go look it up. Then look at the regrade... 3 years later...F. What someone says about your draft right now is irrelevant and that shouldn't be confusing to anyone who has followed the NFL at all.
Originally Posted by: uffda udfa
"Y so negative all the time? Laugh" (I say this as maybe one of your biggest supporters hahahaha)
Signing players early/Signing players late/Not signing them at all: It's kinda a crapshoot in a lot of cases. Cobb and Bulaga both IMO needed to show they could stay healthy before getting signed - and in the case of Cobb, I think the wait time was more his doing than the team's.
I agree with pretty much all of your analysis of the previous draft; This one not so much, though. The picking of the 2 DBs was a great combination of need and athletic potential, and I expect in 3 years to see the draft praised and graded high.
The big point of controversy of this and every off-season was avoiding like the plague the market for other teams' free agents, and this is one area where I generally support Ted Thompson.
Positive and thankful as I am for this Packer team in general, though, I will say this: if the Packers really did better than anybody else in the NFL this off-season, then nobody musta done very damn good. I see the Packers as doing what one of the most talented teams should do, not getting any worse and drafting for potential. That, to me, makes it about a C+/B- off-season.
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