Brown goes to Raiders for a 3rd and fifth and:

NEVILLE E. GUARD, USA TODAY SPORTS
Per NFL Network, Brown will receive a reworked contract that covers three years and pays $50.1 million (with a maximum value of $54.1 million) with $30.1 million of it guaranteed.

Good luck.

Packers can spend that 54mil on players they need .

Originally Posted by: buckeyepackfan 

Or we can just sit on that money and not spend a dime of it and continue to hope Rodgers carries us all the way. Oh wait, we don’t have Ted Thompson anymore. At least, I hope BG is going to be different.

Originally Posted by: go.pack.go. 

Or we can just sit on that money and not spend a dime of it and continue to hope Rodgers carries us all the way. Oh wait, we don’t have Ted Thompson anymore. At least, I hope BG is going to be different.

Originally Posted by: go.pack.go. 

I think the only way he can prove he is different is to make some free agent moves that shows he will do what it takes to win titles.
Not just wait for the other teams to take the best players, and then pick from the left over garbage pile.
To try to get by on draft picks that might take years to develop, won’t get a championship with the few years our future HOF QB has left.
If they are not smart enough to realize that, then get ready for a replay of the 1970’s and 1980’s.

Originally Posted by: Cheesey 

History has shown that throwing a bunch of money at top FA's doesn't create championship teams.
Ted didn't jump into FA much, other than to sign The Packers FA's, which he never got credit for, but when he did jump in, he usually made a big splash.
Woodson, Peppers, the 1st 2 to come to mind, DL played at Ohio State, and more.
The thing with signing top tier FA's, you better hit, if you don't, it could take several years to recuperate your losses.

Originally Posted by: buckeyepackfan 

I think Gute is smart enough not to spend 54mil on a malcontent diva wr who quit on his team last year in week 17 when they needed to win to make the playoffs.

You can only hope Ted taught Gute well and can have the success Thompson had as The Packers GM.

(Cue the let's compare The Packers to The Patriots bullshit argument).

How about Compare The Packers to the other 30 teams in the NFL while Ted Thompson was GM.

2nd in win totals.
Playoffs 9 times, including 8 straight.
4 NFC Championship games.
1 Super Bowl(only The Giants had 2)

Now quit crying about Ted Thompson and hope Gute has learned well.

Originally Posted by: buckeyepackfan