I have gone back and forth on this, but Husker makes some valid points that may have swung me his way.
Harvin has talent, but seems to be a brain problem where ever he goes.
IF I was to sign him, there would HAVE to be clauses in the contract that if he cause ANY problems, he's gone with no compensation.
That would be the ONLY way I would consider him.

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If the Packers didn't sign Cobb, I'd say yes. However, with Cobb locked up I don't believe he's worth the risk. He'd be valuable on returns, but he plays pretty much the same role as Cobb.

You have to take the injury/character concerns into consideration too.

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First off with Nelson and Cobb back, I can't see the Packers under Thompson signing Harvin at this time.
But the question was about want...


One side of me says if he's cheap then yes I would want someone with his talent (of course what are the chances he'd be cheap?)

The other (maybe smarter) side of me says, the Seahawks seem to be willing to put up with a lot more BS than the Packers... and have a much bigger need at WR than the Packers have... and the Seahawks were reportedly about to kick Harvin off the team by cutting him if they couldn't find a trade partner because he was such a pain in the butt somehow....

If Harvin is such a pain in the butt to get kicked off the Seahawks team... he's probably enough of a pain in the butt the Packers don't want him around their team.

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I feel the Seahawks comments are missing something important here. Athletes want to be coached. The expression, give an inch, take a mile comes to mind here. The Packers run a tight ship and that will bode well for someone like Percy Harvin. You keep him on a short leash (for lack of better words) and he won't be able to bite as many people. If he pushes the cusp, you cut the cord.

The Packers are operated much more like the Patriots than the Seahawks. The Seahawks most likely gave Harvin a lot of rope to hang himself and he did just that. So, give the guy less rope.

I would jump at a one year incentive based contract with a per game bonus to which the Packers can cut the cord at any time with little to no financial consequences.

Look what the Vikings and Seahawks were able to do with Harvin (when available). Imagine what Mike McCarthy with AARON RODGERS could do!

The only problem here is I think McCarthy gets too cute at times and having a toy like Harvin might make him borderline absurd on the cutsie stuff.

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I absolutely want the talent of Percy Harvin. If nothing else, he would by a dynamic returner, which is something the Packers need. But given his emotional issues, I can see why Ted Thompson would pass. I wouldn't be disappointed to see it happen though.

I think someone solid to replace Bulaga, or keeping Bulaga would be much more beneficial to the offense as a whole. Currently a point of weakness which gets a lot worse if we suffer an injury (not that ANYBODY on our OL would EVER get injured). Would be nice but I'd rather protect Rodgers from another injury.

Of course a Bulaga deal would be trash if he gets hurt again which is a real possibility.

He will end up in Oakland.

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The guy is nothing but a headache.. why would you want to introduce that issue to Green Bay?

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Harvin is a very flashy returner... but the Packers already have one of the best punt returned in Micah Hyde who averaged 15.8 yards per punt return last year. And have a couple great candidates for kick return next year especially with MM noting that he'll allow the STs to use starters more.

But KR candidates next year include

WR Randall Cobb
DB Micah Hyde
WR Jared Abbrederis
WR Jeff Janis

If Janis improves enough at WR then he might be the KR guy as last preseason he seemed to catch all the kicks and clearly had enough speed to make things interesting.


No need for a return only guy unless these guys all are very bad at it.

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No I dont want percy harvin

seriously ... just paid 10 mil for cobb a year and hes about the same thing if not a better wr but not as good scatt back ... either way no.