Now maybe you people will understand why i say we sign players this year from the free agent market and not worry about Jennings and Collins. Actually ironic that they have Jennings pictured for the story.





here is the rest of the story:

http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d5d808736ba&template=with-video&confirm=true 

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I read that a couple days ago. It would help us re-sign those guys, but a lack of salary cap would end up hurting the packers in the long run.

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Well i was just bringing up this because alot of posters are making the comments of not being able to resign Jennings and Collins. We will get killed if they go a few years without a cap, we just don't have the money of the Jones and Synder and Davis's of the league.

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yup.

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I just hope there will be a cap in place again soon. As much as this may help us, I still don't like it.

I love the parity (Got it right this time) in the NFL and I would hate for anything to change it. Now I don't know excactly how this works, but I don't want to look like the soccer leagues.

soccer leagues will be what it looks like if owners/players can't negotiate a cap.

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I hope and believe there will be no uncapped year. A reasonable, CBA agreement is best for both the teams/Owners and the players.

That being, Packers have a discretionary fund. That can be used if it comes down to an uncapped year. Last I heard that was about 250 million. While the Packers would not go on a spending spree, they would use it to keep players that the organization deems important.

If Jennings and Colins are not locked up prior, the team would have the means to retain them.

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well yes, pfwt. but the point of the thread is that if 2010 is uncapped, Jennings and Collins won't be able to sign anywhere else, because in an uncapped year, a player cannot become an unrestricted free agent until after 6 years in the league. If next season is uncapped, they would become exclusive rights free agents, like Ryan Grant last year. He needed a new contract but it had to be with the packers.

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True, but the biggest worry facing uncapped years is can the Packers afford to keep up with the Joneses, or the Joneses and Snyders. If teams start paying their WR 20 million, Jennings is going to want that.

If it comes to that and the Packers need to tender Jennings, the result is going to make it that much more difficult to do a long term deal with him. Disgruntled players is not a good thing.

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Bad for the NFL, bad for the owner's... Salary cap saved the NHL ... it could kill the NFL. I hate leagues with no salary cap, it's just not fair ... richest owner always have advantage.

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