3. He signed for $4mm less, clearly he was overpaid.

Originally Posted by: KRK 

Daniels and the Detroit Lions agreed to a one-year, $9.1 million contract with $7.8 million guaranteed, sources told NFL Network's Mike Garafolo and Ian Rapoport. The team confirmed the news Saturday.

Daniels was slated to make $8.1 million in 2019, so his move to the Lions essentially comes with a $1 million raise.

NFL.com  wrote:

Lions snagged him up and cut Packers killer Theo Riddick in the process! Hell yeh!!

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool 

If someone signs for less, that doesn't automatically mean they were overpaid, especially if they were released outside of the hot FA period which is where FAs get the top dollar.

Also NFL.com is reporting Daniels got more money!

Originally Posted by: beast 

Depends how you look at it I guess. But that is probably right. It saved us 10+M to cut him. His base salary was 8.1 and everything after that we probably already paid him as a signing bonus. So if he is getting 9.1 from the lions then he probably is getting away with 1 million more than he would have got here. But the lions cap hit is 1+M less than what GB's was.

Originally Posted by: gbguy20 

I've got to side with go.pack.go on this.

That's a lot of bad karma, the Packers throwing a Nun to the Lions...

Originally Posted by: macbob 

How so? The guy talked a better game than he played.

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool 

His play has not fallen off like Clay’s did the last few years. He’s been an excellent player for us, and in many instances our best pass rusher.

Originally Posted by: go.pack.go. 

Oh.....my.......I LOVE the response!!!!
You get the “Cheesey post of the day” award!!!😂

Originally Posted by: Cheesey 

The veteran defensive interior had a down year last season by his standards, producing an overall grade of 71.3 and playing just 419 snaps after sustaining a season-ending foot injury against the Seattle Seahawks in Week 11. While Daniels was lackluster in some respects, finishing five of his 10 games with a run-defense grade under 60.0, he was still one of the league’s best pass-rushers last season. He finished with a 78.5 pass-rush grade and pass-rushing productivity of 7.3, which rank ninth and sixth among qualifying interior defensive linemen, respectively. His 17.4% pass-rush win rate when shaded or head up on the guards ranked sixth among qualifiers, as well.

Daniels was also one of the league’s best when the pressure was at its highest, utterly dominating as a pass-rusher in the fourth quarter. His pass-rush win percentage of 21.2% in the fourth quarter was the third-highest among DIs with at least 30 pass-rush attempts in the fourth quarter last year. Daniels also produced a pass-rush grade of 76.6 in the fourth quarter, which was the 12th-highest mark among qualifiers at his position.

The veteran defensive tackle has consistently anchored the defensive line at a high level for multiple seasons, generating the eighth-best pass-rush grade either head up or shaded on the guards in the last four seasons at 86.3. His pass-rush win rate of 14.4% from that alignment ranks sixth among qualifiers, as well. Daniels has been a model of consistency, producing an overall grade of 70.0 or higher in six of his seven seasons and a pass-rush grade of 70.0 or higher in his last four seasons. He has also been a plus run-defender, grading at 75.0 or above in five of his seven seasons.

PFF.com  wrote:

Daniels was like Lang, when healthy, they can still play at the elite level.... they're just not staying healthy as often as they've gotten older... and I still think this is more about creating cap room and opportunities for the young talented players with potential that Gute thinks will be able to step up if given the room to step into a larger role.

Originally Posted by: beast 

But another factor is that not only do you have Lowry, Adams and Keke potential ready to step up and help at the 3 tech (and Lancaster at NT to maybe free up Clark for the 3 tech spot as well),

But also OLBers Za’Darius Smith and Rashan Gary both have the size to line up at the 3 tech in pass rush situations as well.

That's a lot of freaking potential talent that might be able to step up if given the opportunity. As some have suggested, potential talent could tank, but with that much potential the law of averages suggest at least one of them should be able to step up.

Originally Posted by: beast 

I don’t disagree with you. However, I’m more concerned with winning right now. Daniels was a constant, we knew what we would get with him. A good leader, somebody who wasn’t going to cause trouble in the locker room or off the field, and a damn good player on the field. All of those other names? We have no idea what they will do except for Clark and maybe Lowry.

By cutting Daniels, we freed up some cap space. For who? A RB that nobody else wanted and a DL who may or may not pan out? Sorry, I just don’t stand behind this move.

Originally Posted by: go.pack.go. 

Just because you don't know what we'll get from those other names doesn't mean Gute doesn't know either... and it's his call.

They don't need the money for the RB and young DL whom are on cheap rookie contracts, so suggesting it's for them is a clear red herring.

You actually answered your own question before asking the question, it frees up money for resigning Clark and Lowry.

Originally Posted by: beast 

So what happens when Clark and/or Lowry get hurt?

Originally Posted by: go.pack.go. 

Then we’re down to players who haven’t played enough to know much of anything about them.

Originally Posted by: go.pack.go. 

I’m a Gutekunst fan, but I don’t agree with this move (or letting Cobb go).

Originally Posted by: go.pack.go. 

Once again just because you don't know much about them doesn't mean others (especially Packers officials) don't as well...

Originally Posted by: beast 

This will be a great move if Lowry, Keke, Gary and the rest of the young guys step up and help Clark lock down the run.

The Packers don't improve, then this will become a terrible move.

Time will tell.

Gutey's 1st year FA moves didn't pan out well, lets hope this years class of FA's show a lot better.

Originally Posted by: buckeyepackfan