Twas the night before free agency, when all through the forums;
Not a creature wasnt stirring, not even thy trolls;
The FA checks were hung by the front door with care;
In hopes that a new savior would soon be there
Ahhh screw it..

Free Agency is a crap shoot, blind odds that they truly impact the team the way they are envisioned to. But regardless it is a quality tool to help build a contending team.

There is a happy medium of excess of some and the silence of the Packers in the past two years. But the stars need to align for true fits to take place, and with the record growth in cap the past two to three years, teams didnt have to purge themselves of quality players that often, thus contracting the pool of worthy players and making their compensation soar beyond value.

This year, the cap growth and heavy spending is catching up with those that cant manage the cap, thus the pool of quality players will be greater and compensation will be a little more reasonable.

So supply is up, meaning more value will be in those wandering the FA pool, thus it makes sense to strike if player fits are there. In other words, it is more of a buyers market this year than the past two (see baseball), making it more likely that we become active in shades of the 2006 offseason..

But back to point, we slaves of the forums will pick our favorites and become emotionally tied to that thinking.. logical or not. How does one truly free themselves from the chains of obsessed fan hood?

To me, this is the marked year for this group of Green Bay Packers, are they above or below the NFL curve? I have flamed my fires of frustration right after the season ended, made my evaluation and am coasting through this offseason hoping for little to no franchise drama.. the rest is just a bonus.

So say coined by our friend, Trom, sit back, relax and enjoy the free agency ride this season.

Now damn it, I want... :ramboface:

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Tromadz sure has efficiently disappeared. He was always a great one to talk Packers with. Hopefully he finds his way back here on a more consistent basis.

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Free agency certainly is a crapshoot, but less of one than the draft.

My philosophy is that you build your team through the draft and then, when you're almost "there", you use free agency to plug one or two remaining holes.

My philosophy may not apply this year, though. We've changed coaches and schemes, and it seems to me we may need to change players, too. I'm sure we can count on Thompson not to overdo it, but i think this year we may need to pick up 4, maybe 5, FAs.

DE, DT and OLB would be nice. And maybe an OT and Punter...

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The more I think about it, the less I want Peppers. Seems like too big of a risk, but I'm too lazy to change my avatar.

FA Wishlist
1. DE - Olshansky or Canty
2. RT - Jon Stinchcomb
3. OG - Jason Brown
4. New Punter

I'll take whoever will make a positive difference. 🙂

Had to go out on a limb there.

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that one's gonna come back to bite ya, zero.

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I thought Trom was banned from this site?

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Nope.. he posts once in a while.. last week even..


Speaking of wants.. Derek Brooks hit the open wire.. one his last legs but cat can still play, would bring a level of experience and poise to the backers.

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Derrick Brooks? Man, I dont know, hes kinda old. But a class act.

I think free agency is to help put your team over. I always said you build through the draft and then you strike in free agency when you need that little push in the final direction. I felt Ron Wolf really put the 96 team over the top because of free agency.

I think GB has built via the draft the best you can do. Now would be the time to make a big move in my opinion.

With that said I'd be shocked to see Ted Thompson sign more than one mid tier guy. I'd be shocked to see Thompson sign someone in the first week. Nothing against Thompson yet, but his philosophy is very conservative when it comes to the off season.

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