Oh... and to answer the OP question.. depends on the contract that Jenkins would want if he becomes free.
Did we miss him on the line.. absolutely.
Have the associated risks with Jenkins changed.. injury prone, no.. so it would have to be a fair contract, incentive based, for both parties.
Nothing has changed in that regard.. except that we will bid farewell to Clifton this off season and may have an opening in which to gamble a couple million upon.
Ted does gamble at times on players with high dollars and injury concerns... see Harrell and Clifton as lead examples.
That said.. we have two more players that might be entering that range.. Woodson and Driver.
So it really is cost verse availability verse production verse the next guy in line.
Originally Posted by: Pack93z
Jenkins played all 16 games this year, for the record.
Now going back to your previous comment, that's what I've been saying all season. You either pressure the QB, or you pay the price. It has become a passing league because of rule changes. I know you don't like it. I'm not anti-RB, as my wife can tell you I was a big fan of Wallie Payton and am currently a big fan of Adrian Peterson. She got me an Adrian Peterson action figure for X-Mas that's on my home Linux box.
But rule changes are rule changes. We can either complain about them or exploit them.
We gotta pressure the QB or else we're not going all the way. We made Eli look good when he had literally 5 or 6 seconds back there.
Jenkins provides the push up the middle that none of our current Packers provide. Simply put. Without the push up the middle, opposing Os can focus squarely on CM3 because they know nobody else is gonna get through.
Look at our sack total this year. It was pathetic.
And Jenkins aside, Dom needs to stop rushing 3. If he continues to rush 3 next year, I'll once again call for his resignation.
I don't know college. You all know college better than I do. IF there's nobody in college we can pickup to replace Jenkins, then let's sign Jenkins.
My man Donald Driver
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