Packers Re-Sign Randall Cobb, Bryan Bulaga

Thanks for posting that cuqui. Cobb is such a logical guy. Hope he lights up the league....

I read that WaPo piece yesterdayand was thankful McStupidface gave up playcalling. Basically, Cobb was least utilized running screens yet had a 100% success rates when running them.

Posted this early yesterday.

 

Put it in the wrong thread

Thought it would take a lot of upfront money.

@PeteDougherty: Source confirms @TomPelissero report on Cobb contract $15.1 million in 1st yr. Very important Number: $21M in 1st 2 yrs, big number.

Don't blame him for getting it upfront. As Cobb says in the article, he's seen what happened to Collins, Finley and had a taste of it himself with the broken leg. One hit is sometimes all it takes to start looking for a new career. It also shows some humility on his part to not think he's invincible and going to play forever. Thank you, TT!!!

Demovsky with more details on Cobb's contract.

 

http://espn.go.com/blog/green-...l-cobbs-new-contract

Boom.

 

BBB.

 

Bryan Bulaga's back. Deal's done, confirmed by Chris Mortensen.

@mortreport: Packers taking care of their own again - OT Bryan Bulaga staying in Green Bay, per sources.

 

@AdamSchefter: Bryan Bulaga has told select teammates he plans to sign a new contract with the Packers, per @mortreport.

 The boys are back in town.

 

Cobb and Bulaga re-signed, Hawk and Jones and Bostick cut. Dream from heaven

I have always believed that it is true that you win football games with the big uglies up front protecting the franchise.  There is something to having them back and more cohesive than ever!

Thank you ROTTT from Packers fans everywhere.

Rapoport on NFLN says five year deal for Bulaga, averaging just under $7 mil/year.

 

In this market that is phenomenal. Ted and Russ Ball are simply the best at this.

For #Packers OT Bryan Bulaga, it’s a 5-year deal worth an average of just under $7M per year, source said.

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) March 10, 2015

 

The Green Bay Packers are going to be a tough out for the foreseeable future. 

So yeah, pretty safe to say that giving Bulaga slightly over $6 million is better than giving House slightly over $6 million

Difference between winners and losers.

@adbrandt: Longstanding strategy: draft, develop, extend. 

 

@adbrandt: Fallacy among many that high spending = active in free agency. GB has usually been a high spending team, rarely active in FA.

This.

 

Also helps to have a GM who knows how to draft in the 1st place. 2 prime examples of players TT found outside the 1st round who are definitely 1st round talent.

 

ROTT.

@Rand_Getlin: One thing for #Packers fans to keep in mind about Bryan Bulaga: He could've gotten more elsewhere. Loves Green Bay, though. Wanted to stay.

Sounds very familiar, yes? Thompson and McCarthy have built one hell of a program.

@TomSilverstein: #Packers were dead set against paying $7 million per year at the start of negotiations. Appears they were able to hold the line vs. Condon.

JSO guys are a little touchy these days given that both Cobb and Bulaga are coming back, but they appear to have gotten this detail right.

@TomSilverstein: Here's a guess on Bulaga's yearly average: $6.8 M. That's the same as LG Josh Sitton, their best O-linemen. Kept salary structure in place.

Agree with your point but wasn't Bulaga a 1st rounder?

My bad, you're right FS. Late 1st rounder indeed.

Great news. That offensive line was awesome towards the end of the season. Good to keep them together.

One less hole to fill.

The core of the offense is now set for the next two seasons. Get another TE in the draft.

Get a NT, a CB, and go heavy on D again in the draft.

 

Has TT ever let a truly core player in his mid-20's go after their first contract?

 

Very heavy on D. Need to augment the draft with a veteran ILB.

My kingdom for Ray Nitschke reincarnated....

 

Please jeezus....please

 

Not done yet though.....Let's get Tramon back too.

THIS. Grow your own and then pay to keep the good ones. Pay them a fair amount, give them a chance to win, treat them right, and they'll want to stay in Green Bay with a slight hometown discount, giving the team a chance to win every year. You think other players don't notice? This is how it should be done in today's NFL, folks. We fans are soooo lucky.  

I'm in tears right now thinking where we'd be without TT.

 

MM deserves credit too.

Ah, you're right, Boris. Without MM winning games, players wouldn't want to come to GB. 

@TomSilverstein

Cobb has a 1st-year cap # of $5.35M. Added w/Tolzien's $1.35M and minus 2 guys knocked off top 51, #Packers at $25.9 under (pre-Bulaga)

PFF on Bulaga

Let's face it though, without Favre then Rodgers it's all moot also. As Buddy Nix said 'the difference between a genius and idiot GM is finding a franchise QB'. I do think development time (and protection) is sorely needed for many QBs who simply don't get it. I do think Alex Smith, the elder Carr and a number of others could have been pretty good QBs had they not been thrown to the wolves. Guys like Manning and Luck are the exceptions, not the rule, and guys like Roethlisberger and Russell Wilson, who were pretty well-developed on the college level, didn't have to carry the show early on. 

 

Now, they can maintain stability and work their plan to its fullest while having a bit of leeway. How many teams could get away with a Marshall Newhouse at LT for even a year?

 

 

So, if Silverstein's #'s are right, after Bulaga they are still near $20mm under the cap? That's room for some (non-Packers) FAs.

 

 

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Looks like the joke's on Linsley. 

signing the top WR available and top tackle available probably means Ted will keep the rest available for things that happen during hte year. It has worked well for him the past few years.  That is ok. Just have a good draft and get ready for a championship run. 

I still say TT signs 2 mid-tier free agents later this week or next week (3 if Tramon doesn't sign).  Likely a d-lineman, ILB and CB.  Guess we'll find out.  

Remember the days before Ron Wolf/TT when other teams used to threaten players that they would be traded to Green Bay as PUNISHMENT?

 

Look at your avatar.

This dredged up memories of the Bruce Clark fiasco. The guy fled to Canada like a draft dodger rather than sign with the Pack. And Ted Hendricks forced his way out of Green Bay after an All-Pro season.

And then Clark came back to the Saints and pretty much sucked anyways. How about the John Hadl trade, Mossy Cade trade, Brent Fullwood pick, Barty Smith pick...oh the humanity!!!

In today's NFL, I think I would take Luke Kuechly over a reincarnated Ray Nitschke.

Cobb and/or his agent can play up the "took less money" aspect of the deal but when looking at the "likely to be earned" money this was a pretty sweet deal from the player's perspective.  Only the signing bonus is guaranteed but after the first season he will have collected 15.1 million.  His cap number in year two is 9.15 million but the remaining pro-rated portion of his signing bonus is a bigger number (9.75 million) which firmly puts year #2 in the "likely to be earned" category.  If he is cut after season #2 he still would have pocketed 21 million (or near it, 50k subtractions for games not active) so at worst this deal would be close to a 2 year, 21 million dollar deal...10.5 million per season (virtually) guaranteed.

 

I'm glad to see Randall get this type of deal.  IMO Ted really stepped up and I'm a bit surprised that he allowed it to be structured as it is.  If Cobb suffers a serious injury in year one or two the Packers could get stuck with anywhere from 6.5 to 9.75 million in dead cap space, which seems to be way more than I figured Ted would be comfortable with. 

So Boss, do the Packers win another SB before you kick the bucket?