Murphy defends Packers' lack of activity in free agency· Page 5

wpr
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12 years ago

Over the course of the years there have been others.. Julius Peppers comes to mind.. has that put a ring on the Bears fingers? Nnamdi Asomugha was supposed to be a game changer.. in less that a couple years he is a budget value player.

The Packers do dip into the Free Agent market.. last season for example they signed Jeff Saturday to fill a hole.. at a market salary. It didn't work out.. they pursued the center from the Texans, were in it till he decided to return there. Cedric Benson was another player.. neither really worked out they way we hoped..

We are only a month into new league year, we have two or three high dollar contracts in play yet, the draft to play out and a free agent market that still have a abundance of talent available.

I get the angst, especially with the track record overall being less than what fans want, but patience. The grocery cart still has a plenty of room to add players.. unfortunately the Packers are still working on the budget left after locking up Matthews and Rodgers.. maybe Raji as well.

Originally Posted by: Pack93z

Pack I really do respect your opinion but i will say that these two signings were vintage Uncle teddy. Over the hill, injury prone and zero risk players. They were not quality FAs that will a specific hole on the team. Plenty of people inside the football world knew Saturday was done. GB signed him because there were no other options out there. At least no one they wanted to spend money on. They blew it big time on that one. Ceddy on the other hand only played in 16 games once in his career. He played in 15 only 2 other years. He did have over 1000 yards the prior 3 years but those numbers were decreasing. His fumbles were up. There were indicators that he could be an issue.

I am not saying I was totally against either signing as I trusted Ted to do his due diligence and find quality players. He did not. He bargain shopped like he likes to do and as often happens when you rummage through the bargain bin, he and we got bit in the butt.

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