Fans have been talking about how good the Packers WR corps is for years now but once again I think it could be a major question mark. Especially if we don't resign Adams. I get the whole concussion issue worries but that won't stop some team from offering him a lot of money. More the Alshon Jeffery got? Maybe, maybe not but it will be somewhere in that range. Is he worth it, again, maybe maybe not but IMO he is currently the best WR the Packers have and if they do not resign him they will go into 2018 with some major questions not unlike the past 4 or 5 seasons.
Originally Posted by: sschind
I agree, I have felt like the Packers WRs are over rated due to hype... and the Packers starting OTs (when healthy) have been underrated. Packers have gotten by more with good quantity (and pick the match-up you like) more than great quality, anyone surely gonna win.
Though I really dislike the Jeffery comparisons... he got $13 million per year. I'm thinking Adams needs to be around $11.5 million per year (or less)... if there demand is around $12 million per year (or higher), then the Packers need to look into other options (and there are some other interesting young WR options that might be getting to FA).
Also I believe it was rumored the Dolphins (with the Philbin as head coach at the time) offered Cobb about $12 million per year (at least for the first 3 years or something) and he decided to stay with the Packers even though they only would offer $10 million per year.
Montgomery could be a wildcard at the position but after going through all the trouble to switch him to RB I don't know if they would switch him back.
Contrary to popular belief I do think we could resign Adams and keep Nelson and Cobb. Adams 2018 cap hit could be limited by giving him a low salary. It happens all the time with big 2nd contracts because of the signing bonus. Extend Jordy and convert some of his 2018 salary to a signing bonus which would lower his cap hit in 2018.
Originally Posted by: sschind
I think they keep Montgomery at RB, because Mike McCarthy has some tricks to use him as a receiver getting a LB or S on him for a favorite match-up, if they keep him at RB. It was harder to do that this year, because the OL injuries early in the season, and then Monty and Rodgers got injured.
I think they could keep all 3 too... I just think it might be hard on the salary cap... though I read something about the Packers could potentially be with the 6th most salary cap space? .... though I think that was implying if they cut their over prices vets.
Yes Adam's cap hit of all players is towards the end if you're just talking about a normal contract... if your talking about purposely doing more so even more than normal is on the end, sorta like you're talking about with Nelson, then I don't like those cap tricks. While they're great for opening cap space now... they're horrible for cap space later and lots of teams (including the Packers under Sherman) have gotten into tight cap problems doing things like that.