And there are fans who don't like Thompson?
Ted Thompson on free agency: “Just because we don’t sign somebody doesn’t mean we don’t consider people. We did a lot of considering."
— Rob Demovsky (@RobDemovsky) March 21, 2016
Sounds like they did a considerable amount of considering
Damn ewe TT!
Philly & 1 other team (forget who....Miami?) tried to offer Eliot a position but Uncle Ted promoted him so he wouldn't go away.
I'm good with that
@WesHod: This may be one of my favorite TT quotes, though. On Cook: "I wouldn’t care to comment on it other than … I wouldn’t care to comment on it"
Packers showing no interest in re-signing WR James Jones
Not a surprise. Best of luck to JJ and hopefully he lands with another team.
Ted Thompson is the last, best hope for mankind.
Hungry5 posted:And there are fans who don't like Thompson?
Ted Thompson on free agency: “Just because we don’t sign somebody doesn’t mean we don’t consider people. We did a lot of considering."
— Rob Demovsky (@RobDemovsky) March 21, 2016
And all this time I thought he preferred to cogitate. Who knew?
2 guys still available at free agency that I'd consider considering (if I was TT):
Nick Fairley: He had some attitude issues early in his career and more recently has had injury issues. Last year, he was very productive in St Louis as a part time player (about 400-500 snaps). I think the red flags are preventing him from getting big money, long-term deal but if he can be had for $3-4m per year for 1-2 years and little to no guaranteed money, I'd love to see him in the DL rotation. He's never played in a 3-4 though, so maybe that's an issue. But he can be very disruptive in limited snaps. FWIW, Fairley hasn't had any run-ins with the law since 2012.....
Brandon Boykin: Was one of the best slot CBs in football in Philly but he didn't fit Chip Kelly's system/personality/whatever, so was traded to Pittsburgh in the middle of training camp. Hard for a defender to come in that late and fit right in, so he didn't play much early in the season. Love our CB depth with Shields, Randall and Rollins but Goodwin and Gunter are pretty raw still and with Hayward gone, I think we need a legit slot CB (I have no faith in Hyde) and I think Boykin would be cheap. You can never have too many solid DBs......
Thoughts?
It would not surprise me that after no one meets his price, Cook meets Ted's price.
I sent Ted a text, he said "Maybe"
Wow, that's more definitive than just about any answer he's ever given. Gebins!
michiganjoe posted:Packers showing no interest in re-signing WR James Jones
Not a surprise. Best of luck to JJ and hopefully he lands with another team.
Bold move by TT, not re-signing his best WR from a year ago.
What are the odds of rolling snake eyes twice in a row?
Disagree.
It's already rolled once, so the odds are now back to 1/36. Prior to the first snake eyes, the odds of doing it twice are 1/36 x 1/36 or 1/1296.
RushRunner posted:michiganjoe posted:Packers showing no interest in re-signing WR James Jones
Not a surprise. Best of luck to JJ and hopefully he lands with another team.
Bold move by TT,
Welp...
Apparently, the visit at least went well...
Cook, who was released by the Rams before free agency began, has had a month to find a team. The fact he hasn't found one means that he is holding out for more money than teams are offering or teams are just no longer interested.
McCarthy made it seem like the Packers still had interest.
"Spent a lot of time with Jared Cook," McCarthy said. "Fine young man. I was impressed with him. We'll see what happens. It's in the business phase of it. That's about where it stands."
Asked if there was definite interest, McCarthy said that was up to Thompson.
"I couldn't even tell you," he said. "I haven't even asked for an update."
Thompson wouldn't comment on Cook when asked about him Monday.
McCarthy did say that he hoped that the Packers could re-sign free agent outside linebacker Mike Neal.
TT: How bad do you want me?
Cook: I want you, TT....I want you.
Btw, I find it comical "I haven't even asked" for an update from Uncle Ted. Ya ok, Mike. I'm sure MM is well aware of the dollar amount necessary to bring Cook in.
Pistol GB posted:Disagree.
It's already rolled once, so the odds are now back to 1/36. Prior to the first snake eyes, the odds of doing it twice are 1/36 x 1/36 or 1/1296.
You asked the odds of doing it 2x in a row.
Pretty slim at his age
Boris posted:TT: How bad do you want me?
Cook: I want you, TT....I want you.
Ted said it Must BE Jared...
He might know something about the position...
Somebody please give packers db coach Joe Whitt some love.
Incredible coach and friend. Reading this article I know exactly why that position is playing so well.. Way to get the best out of your guys Joe....http://www.packersnews.com/…/packers-keep-churnin…/82112854/
We know it. We give him love
Charles must have been a bitch to coach. His football IQ was a generational thing. He was almost uncoachable given his understanding of how to disrupt an offense.
So this isn't hollow praise.
Sorry if this is posted elsewhere, but MM confirmed Datone will be making the full-time move to Elephant End.
Here's a good blog post from just a few days ago on why Datone might be in the mix at OLB, and why that might be a good thing. TLDR: He matched Neal's production in half the snaps at the position.
Datone will be a wonderful OLB. Ted should sign him up to a 10-year deal right now. Will be awesome to see Clay back playing OLB now that Carl Bradford is fully developed and ready to take that starting ILB spot.
I give you credit joe, being the "draft guru" didn't get you much love on this site, so you are trying something new.
Maybe some more college basketball commentary?
Rule change
@TomSilverstein: Interesting NFL bylaw change. You can now designate IR-designated to return retroactively. So any one IR person can come back after 6 weeks.
@WesHod: This is big. IR Designated to return no longer initial designation. So you can pull a guy off IR after 6 weeks now (then 2 weeks practice).
That makes to much sense not to have happened from the start
I like that, smart change.
Now they need to expand the practice squad, active squad, and game day actives.
Peppers, Neal, Perry and now Jones........how many elephant ends can be on the field at once?? The elephant end didn't even exist until 2014 and now we have 4 of them. Why can't we just draft and develop normal 3-4 OLBs and DEs??
IL_Pack_Fan posted:Sorry if this is posted elsewhere, but MM confirmed Datone will be making the full-time move to Elephant End.
Here's a good blog post from just a few days ago on why Datone might be in the mix at OLB, and why that might be a good thing. TLDR: He matched Neal's production in half the snaps at the position.
The first sip of Punch tasted pretty good, but alas...there's the floating turd I was worried about.
When you consider starting outside linebacker Mike Neal only had 36 tackles and four sacks in over 800 snaps, Jones doesn’t look so bad.
Hungry5 posted:Pistol GB posted:Disagree.
It's already rolled once, so the odds are now back to 1/36. Prior to the first snake eyes, the odds of doing it twice are 1/36 x 1/36 or 1/1296.
You asked the odds of doing it 2x in a row.
I think the PROBABILITY would be: 1:1296 (which would be cool if it was actually 1:1265 but I digress)
I think the ODDs would be: 1:1295 for or 1295:1 against rolling "snake-eyes" twice in a row
I thought KGB used to play the Elephant End in GB? Man I hadn't thought about KGB in a while, great Packer and a really good pass rusher! I never understood that massive padded collar thing he would wear though, it was like his neck was in traction.