Ted Thompson WILL NOT offer A.J. Hawk a contract.

He will let him go to FA's hoping A.J. will not get offered a lucrative contract.

When Hawk gets that offer, Ted will explain that it just wasn't in the budget to match the offer.

Ted will be Ted, he will sign the bench guys hoping as he always does they wll somehow step up and play at a pro-bowl level.

Enjoy this Lb'r crew for the rest of the year, IMHO Barnett and Hawk will both be gone next year.

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Hawk has one of those contracts that reaches a ridiculous amount next year, so he will have to be cut. Perhaps Ted will try to re-sign him, but I agree with you that if Hawk hits the open market he will likely go elsewhere. I think Barnett has a reasonable contract, though, so if Hawk leaves, I would expect Barnett to stay, especially considering that his injury (to his wrist) is not the kind that is likely to affect his play once it heals--unlike, say, a leg or back injury.

I have no problem with Ted's methods. The Steelers have had a lot of success in recent years with a similar approach.

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I agree that the last combo (Bishop-Hawk-Chillar) is the best. I kinda doubt that Hawk will be back next year though. Hope I'm wrong.

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I still can't get over the ol' "Uncle Teddy is such a cheapskate" line. You make it sound like

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You do realize it's not his personal money that gets paid to the players right? Ted's doing the shopping but he's not paying for the groceries. (Yes I did just watch the Parcells thing on NFLN last night.)

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Not re-signing your own solid players is not TT's way. But neither is overpaying them. Hawk for 10 million will not be kept. His deal needs to be restructured or he's gone.

It's a different subject when you start bashing Ted Thompson for not signing enough big name FAs.

And I can't envision a situation where both Hawk and Barnett are gone after this season. I'm sure we'll keep at least one of them.

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I am hopeful that the entire staff of the Green Bay Packers will realize how much better both Hawk and Bishop play together. It's unfortunate that the huge increase in Hawk's contract will most likely cause a problem with his time here.

I am all for Desmond Bishop > Nick Barnett. I like to think about this similar to Tramon Williams > Al Harris, except Al Harris was actually a great player for the Packers. In the few games that Desmond Bishop has started this season, he has proven to be a starter for the GBP. Anytime this guy makes a hit he brings the boom.

Just to add to it, he makes the players around him better. The ultimate MLB package would be Hawk-Bishop-Chillar and I am hopping onto this bandwagon before it takes off.

Thanks for this thread.

Btw, maybe Barnett knows his time is up...lol, he is selling Big Ugly Red on Ebay...time to make some extra $$$ Nick Barnett's truck for sale. 

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I hope we keep Bishop over Barnett. The defense seems to play better as a whole and has more toughness with Bishop then Barnett. It is it a coincidence the defense started to really become an elite unit once Barnett got injured?

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Am I he only one who thinks there is a good chance that Hawk signs an extension that renegotiates the final year of his current deal down to a manageable number?

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Probably heavily front loaded and incentive laden.

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