No where has it been reported that beyond Bigby, the Packers were dropping their tenders.. speculation at best here.
That said.. IMO, I would think the Packers may drop Jolly's in light of his issues.. boggles my brain that he didn't sign that as soon as it was offered.. post haste.
"pack93z" wrote:
That's true, but I wouldn't be surprised if it did happen. At least with two of the three guys. Jolly and Bigby.
Bigby wouldn't get hit that hard, but Jolly would.
The real question is, what is there to win for these guys?
Bigby's salary will go down just a little, but all the time he's missing right now is time that Burnett is getting. Playing 2nd string for a year because of this ridiculous holdout will mean a worse contract next year. And he has a very little amount of leverage. Yes, we're thin at safety, but with Morgan looking pretty strong in OTAs, the starting spots could be filled easily.
Jolly is being a total idiot. His salary will go down bigtime, he was quite overrated last year, we drafted 2 3-4 DEs, still have Neal on the roster who should be better and he's up to his head in legal troubles. He's out of the starting line-up, already, with Pickett at LDE, Raji at NT and Jenkins at RDE. He might want to sign that thing before 00:00.
Lastly we have Tramon, who can actually hold us hostage quite badly. If Harris will go on the PUP list, Lee, Bell or Underwood will have to start. Now I have faith in Lee and Underwood, but going from 5th string or so to a starting spot is quite a leap.
But still, holding out an entire year (or 10 games, which is more likely) won't help Tramon. It wouldn't do his next contract any good.