Jennings a Viking

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/s...greg-jennings-031513

5 years? Excellent. Means there was a large signing bonus.

@AdamSchefter
Greg Jennings reached agreement with...the Vikings.

Adam Schefter ‏@AdamSchefter Vikings are giving Greg Jennings a five-year deal.

Have the tweets been removed yet?

I think that Pack is going to miss # 85 a LOT more than they think. We have a lot to do before we can say we've gotten better this off season.

The Superbowl isn't won in March

What we can say is that the Vikings have gotten better.

good luck with the queens and Sr. Christian


I anticipate Jennings will be a 50-60 900 guy

Adam Schefter ‏@AdamSchefter Greg Jennings reached agreement with...the Vikings.

mike freeman‏@realfreemancbs
Packers player in text to me: "I don't blame Greg at all. I just think he made a mistake. He went from prime rib to Burger King."

Sums it up pretty well. Greg wanted to be wanted, and paid. Got both.

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Originally posted by PackerRuss:
What we can say is that the Vikings have gotten better.

Better then what. They lost Harvin who was their 2nd best player.

Jennings at this stage in his career is no Harvin

They're still lacking at the most important position: Quarterback. Ponder is Jeff Garcia, good but not good enough. The window has closed on that D with Allen and Williams.

****

I can't wait to see his sister's drunken rants about Christian Ponder, if she thinks Rodgers sucks.

Jennings is one of my all time favorite Packers. I wish him and his family the best.

Sorry, but Ponder couldn't carry Garcia's jock. Garcia was around the top half of starting QBs during his prime. Ponder is in the bottom 5.

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Originally posted by Grave Digger:
They're still lacking at the most important position: Quarterback. Ponder is Jeff Garcia, good but not good enough. The window has closed on that D with Allen and Williams.

Jeff Garcia at his best was ten times the QB Ponder is now.

Well, at least Greg got his SB ring before ending up there

gonna suck to have to boo him but thems be the breaks

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Originally posted by Iowacheese:

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Originally posted by PackerRuss:
What we can say is that the Vikings have gotten better.

Better then what. They lost Harvin who was their 2nd best player.

Jennings at this stage in his career is no Harvin

They have a good WR, who won't create problems in the locker room. Moreover, they have a competition at QB, and one of the best RB. Let's not be stupid and think that GJ doesn't make the Vikings a better team.

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Originally posted by PackerRuss:
What we can say is that the Vikings have gotten better.

Not sure I agree with that. Lost Percy (although he may have checked out long ago) and Winfield. Picked up a really good 30yr old WR with a history of injuries and no QB to get him the ball.

I'm no more or less concerned with MN than I was a week ago.

Pack should get a good comp pick next year if Greg can stay healthy for Minny

Despite the alleged 10 mil per year offer GB made "a while ago", I just got the feeling GJ really didn't want to be the Prodigal Son returning with his tail between his legs.

JJ did it very well and was very humble about the whole thing. Jennings? didn't sense that was him.

He will soon find out Ponder is no Rodgers. And without talent around him like Jordy, JJ and Cobb, he will be doubled all day.

no Jennigns, no Driver , no Woodson


those are some prominent PAckers


boys gotta step up next fall

No....the vikings are better...the packers would be wise to do things the viking way

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Originally posted by packerboi:

He will soon find out Ponder is no Rodgers. And without talent around him like Jordy, JJ and Cobb, he will be doubled all day.

I agree with everything you said, but one thing we'll have to see how it plays out, is him being double teamed? Lots of teams put 8 in the box to stop AP, and if you do that, pretty hard to double team?

The thing Jennings does have for him is the best RB in the league will command much attention from opposing defenses, giving him opportunities. Unfortunately, it does all come back to the guy chucking him the rock, however. Not good.

That's a good point PR but teams can also play him safety high to take away the deep ball OR opposite and force Ponder to air it out. We're so used to the safety high thing because Rodgers is so damn good downfield.

Ponder? Not so much.

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RobDemovsky
Jennings to the Vikings probably means Jermichael Finley stays with the #Packers. Was told today it was probably an either/or situation.

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Originally posted by WolfPack:
no Jennigns, no Driver , no Woodson


those are some prominent PAckers


boys gotta step up next fall

Jennings loss would hurt, if we didn't have a player on the verge of being a superstar WR waiting in the wings.

Driver was done before he won the mirror ball.

Woodson's veteran presence will be missed, but let's be honest, he's lost a step.

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Ponder is Jeff Garcia, good but not good enough

Uh, no

Jennings has always wanted to be courted. It didn't happen in college (he wanted to go to Michigan) and it didn't happen in the pros (he was taken 2nd round by Green Bay).

He got his ring so now he wants to get paid. Good luck to him - I mean that sincerely and with some sarcasm.

The part I will comment on are all the rubes that think free agency is some silver bullet. When has it ever worked in the NFL? Rarely if at all.

People are ripping the Packers for standing pat and I say let them gripe and complain and criticize. We have TT and they don't so **** em.

Favre taught me a valuable lesson. Hero worship is for chumps and suckers. I hope Jennings has a great time in Minny. Penthouse to outhouse. Later Greg.

What people need to realize is there's a reason that feature RB's don't last long in the pros. As good as Peterson is at some point he's going to break down. It happens to the best of them.

Once that happens the Vikings are completely ****ed

I agree with your point about hero worship regarding Favre, but this is really a different situation. Jennings didn't orchestrate his way out of GB to sign with the Vikings, in an attempt to screw the Packers. He was a free agent who wanted more money than the Packers were willing to pay, and it so happened the Vikings had a desperate need at WR.

I have no ill will towards Jennings at all. I'll root like hell against him on Sundays, but this is a business.

Look at Rodgers 2011 season. AP's 2012.

Both were so ridiculous is it realistic to expect either to equal or better it again?

Rodgers, while a great season overall in 2012, didn't repeat his 2011 one.

And I suspect AP won't either.

Agreed Pboi, well see how it plays out. He'll have his opportunities, if the QB can get him the ball, or the OC can design plays?

Has his sister tweeted anything yet?

Agree with Fond Du, No hard feelings with Greg at all. I think he chose poorly. But he worked his ass off and earned a chance to get a big payday.

Well go Fuk urself Greg and good luck with that scum franchise and subpar qb. In TT I trust

Again, think of all the feature backs over the last decade or so

Shaun Alexander, Larry Johnson, Edgerrin James, Clinton Portis, Brian Westbrook, Curtis Martin, Tomlinson.

Of those guys only a couple played about 10 years at a high level

Peterson already has 6 years under his belt and with his running style I doubt he'll last even that long.

Now, take a look at Rodgers. What are the odds he'll play another 5+ years? Pretty good I think. Those are things that Jennings should be thinking about but maybe not. It's truly about the $$ and that's his call I guess.