Not that it will matter much unless Ted does something with it, but he will not be hindered by any free agency restrictions in the uncapped year had we won this game and moved onto the final eight in the NFL.

Yeah I know, Ted does nothing in free agency. But I figured it was worth mentioning.

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Great point, I was wondering how many people on here realized that.

At least, if I'm not mistaken we get a top 20 pick.

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Is it pretty safe to say Kampman will be gone? I think Ted Thompson is probably happy with the way the D played without him (besides todays embarassing game) and would rather save that money and NOT sign anyone with the money he saves.

I really have a bad attitude right now. I'll get over it.

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this just proved we are a few players away and if does nothing with this he will continue to put this team on the outside looking in. Waiver pickups only get you so far!!!!

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The Packers will be drafting either 23 or 24 depending on the SOS tiebreaker they have with the Eagles since they both finished 11-5 and lost in the WC round. Bengals and Patriots will be picking ahead of us at 21 and 22 due to finishing the year 10-6.

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No way - Kampman is too good of a rusher (still out best as 3-4 LB) to simply let go off.

Brad Jones came on good, but he is no Kampman. People will say Kampman is a liability in coverage, but I can't recall a single play all year when Kampman got beat because he had to go out and cover.

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I would strongly consider replacing Kampman. He simply doesn't fit the system and he didn't really buy into it all that much either. His best rushes this year still came from being a DE in the nickel package.

Right now, Green Bay could use another corner, a strong safety, and another pass rusher.

Offensively, they need to get their tackles. I think they have the interior guys.

Also worth noting, Minnesota will be restricted this year and they have contract problems of their own with DE Ray Edwards.

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The improvement of Kampy over Jones is not that much. We'd be much better off trading someone we need for Kampy and keeping Jones.

I love Kampy and wish the guy the utmost respect, but just thinking about the system we have. That is, unless we go back to the 4-3 next year. If we do that, we definitely have to keep Kampy.

The silver lining is now it's certain our O is elite. The flip side, our D is not elite.

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I don't understand how you can say his best rushes were as a DE. I'm more miffed about you saying he didn't buy into the system. Kampy stated that he slimmed down to around 265 to be LB, and even stated that he has been as heavy as 290 just so he could play DE in college (on D. Colledge's show @ Packers.com).... Kevin Green has said that after getting hired Aaron was the first person to talk to him and asked questions wanting to know what the 3-4 was like.

Before he got injured, he was our team leader in hurries and QB hits. He spent the vast majority of the time as a 3-4 LB. Bedard mentioned on a couple of occasions the week Kampy got injured that he had double the QB hurries of the next player on the Packers.

Kampman's sacks were down - yes. But the fact is that he was still producing a rush - until Mathews came on really strong at the end, Kampy was the main rusher.

Again, he never once said he didn't want to go out and cover TEs or drop into zone coverage. Kampman is a beast pass-rusher, and it's fair to say he had to make adjustments as a 3-4 LB... but to say he isn't suited is simply wrong.

After the bye week, Kampman was rushing with a hand down a handful of times a game... exactly the same as he had been before the bye week.


Kampman provides the pass rushing tenacity you need at OLB in Capers 3-4. I find it really hard to think of a reason why the Packers would want to get rid of him.

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There will be no good free agents to pick up.

CBA means all the good ones will either be RFAs or tagged.

The draft position is useful though.

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