Packers release James Starks· Page 5

beast
Select Member

7 years ago

I don't see what there is to complain about.

Originally Posted by: musccy

Is he complaining... or is he bragging? That he was right that something negative would happen, and everyone else is wrong.

The complaint is simple, it's the same with all of his post... he's complaining that people view the Packers leadership as leaders and don't view him as a leader for the correct way things should be done.

uffda udfa
Veteran Member Topic Starter

7 years ago

#42

Originally Posted by: beast

Wpr... I think beast is hoping you'll lock this down as he, again, is more interested in me than football discussion.

The nonsense is tiring.

Ted Thompson sits on his hands per former GM: "because they’ve had 25 fricking years of great quarterbacks. Of course it works. Try it without a special quarterback."

TheKanataThrilla
Veteran Member

7 years ago

#43

I swear that some of these threads are like political discussions where if one person says something then others have to choose the opposite side just to disagree and troll people. It's fucking annoying.

Starks should have been cut during the season before he had his car accident. He was absolutely terrible. He got his nice contract because Ted overpaid and Lacy is totally unreliable to keep his weight in check.

Thanks for the great games during our Super Bowl run, but really it was time to move on.

nerdmann
Premier Member

7 years ago

#44

Originally Posted by: TheKanataThrilla

He had lost a step, but was solid in pass pro.

Mike likes his RBs big and slow.

“Winning is not a sometime thing, it is an all the time thing. You don't do things right once in a while…you do them right all the time.”

musccy
Veteran Member

7 years ago

#45

4.1 ypc? The definition of average?
I'm not crazy not alone on this.
Because nobody will actually look, I'll make it easy. Here's the comments on Rodney's tweet to the overpay of Starks:

Originally Posted by: uffda udfa

I feel like you're treating this as some earth-shattering deal. I think the cap hit was 2.75M last year from him and it was coming off a fairly productive 2015. 1.5% of the cap, that's it. I get it, Starks sucked horribly last year, but I just don't see why it was all that bad of a signing at the time. It really didn't handicap the organization in any appreciable way. You want to bring up Hawk or CM3's contracts, fine but this particular contract IMO wasn't that big of a deal.

beast
Select Member

7 years ago

#46

Wpr... I think beast is hoping you'll lock this down as he, again, is more interested in me than football discussion.

The nonsense is tiring.

Originally Posted by: uffda udfa

Awe, he's crying to daddy... isn't that cute.

But I made these post well before I read WPR comment about lock down... but no I don't want this post locked down... it shows how far you're willing to go to bitch... taking a very minor contract and making sound like we gave him 10 million or something.

It also shows how you're a hypocrite... as you bitch when Thompson does something, just as you bitch when Thompson does nothing.... fact is, no matter what happens, you're going to bitch about Thompson.

You want change... but are you going to be happy with the change you get? For a honeymoon period yes... but then you'll go back to being the same... and wanting more change... because they don't do what you want.

beast
Select Member

7 years ago

#47

Starks should have been cut during the season before he had his car accident. He was absolutely terrible. He got his nice contract because Ted overpaid and Lacy is totally unreliable to keep his weight in check.

Originally Posted by: TheKanataThrilla

Also because Starks had a decent year last year.

He had lost a step, but was solid in pass pro.

Originally Posted by: nerdmann

Yeah I think that's the only reason they hung onto Starks this season was because they didn't fully trust anyone else in pass protection... and knew Starks could be trusted in pass protection if he could get healthy.

Originally Posted by: musccy

Exactly, this thread was simply a troll setting his bait from the start...
Which is why it was pointless to talk about it.

Stark's low value contract isn't that big of a deal either way...

TheKanataThrilla
Veteran Member

7 years ago

#48

Also because Starks had a decent year last year.

Originally Posted by: beast

He was the 21st highest paid RB.

http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/rankings/2016/average/running-back/

PackFanWithTwins
Veteran Member

7 years ago

#49

Some people are just going to whine. Had Ted not signed Starks when Lacy got hurt all we would have been hearing from the resident arm chair GMs is how could Ted not have a proven backup behind Lacy. Basically the exact same thing they are saying about Hayward.

The world needs ditch diggers too Danny!!!

beast
Select Member

7 years ago

#50

Originally Posted by: PackFanWithTwins

Exactly... no matter what happens the troll will whine...

If a player gets resigned: Ted paid too much
If a player doesn't resign: Ted couldn't sign him

As of last season, Starks got 993 combined (rushing/catching) yards, knew the system, could pass protect well and was versatile. For a team that didn't know if they could trust their #1 guy to be in shape, that seemed like some protection at the time.

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