Mike Vandermause asked MM why Green Bay decided to let James Jones walk away in free agency.
MM took the opportunity to fit Mike with a pair of big boy pants.
“I don’t agree with the content of your question. I think any time you get into these free agent situations, especially with your own players, what they’ve made in the past, really the philosophy of paying forward, I would think that’s mostly what everybody does.
So unfortunately it didn’t work out with James. James was a player that I always felt was one of our core players. I think his opportunity to go back home in a sense is a good thing for him personally"
“I wouldn’t say we were looking to move on from him. It’s the business part of it. There’s going to be one or two individuals every year if you’re doing your job right, your roster is built the right way, you’re bringing a young class in, there are players that are going to move on. Unfortunately Evan (Dietrich-Smith) and James were the two this year.”
