Scott Wells signs with Rams.

Must not care for wins or rings.

Rams will suck for a long time. Nice end to your career, Scott...

Kroenke is probably going to be operating the Rams on autopilot for the next 3 seasons while they wait for their chance to go back to Los Angeles. He's already raised a big middle finger at the St. Louis fans and politicians by playing 3 games in London and not taking any interest in renovating their dome.

Thanks for the memories, Scott. Onward with TT's plan. No panicking, no attempt to win the Super Bowl THIS YEAR as if it were the only chance we would get, developing young talent and wining multiple Super Bowls.

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Originally posted by YATittle:
Must not care for wins or rings.

Rams will suck for a long time. Nice end to your career, Scott...

Rams will get better pretty quickly and Wells already has a ring. He was all about the $$$ and he apparently got plenty of it.

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Originally posted by YATittle:
Must not care for wins or rings.

Rams will suck for a long time. Nice end to your career, Scott...

Why so bitter?

Pack wanted to get rid of him a few years ago, why should he bend over backwards (or forwards) for them?

Oh, and didn't he get a ring with the Packers?

Also, besides the money, some of these professional athletes take pride in the challenge of maybe helping another team get better.

Hauser,

I should have said FUTURE Super Bowl rings.

If he went with the Titans, I could see it (good team, home, etc.)

St. Louis, no one cares about the Rams anymore. They've been bad for so long...

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Originally posted by YATittle:
Must not care for wins or rings.

Rams will suck for a long time. Nice end to your career, Scott...

Rams have Jeff Fischer, and a crapload of extra picks thanks to Washington.

Rams have Steven Jackson, still one of the top 10 running backs in the game, and he's not yet 30 (will be 29 this season). Sam Bradford is a great young QB. He just needs somebody to throw to. He's got his tight end in Lance Kendricks from Wisconsin. Watch the Rams go out and get Justin Blackmon from Oklahoma State. Bradford just got his center. Rams can go out and draft a left tackle with their additional second round pick. In the next two years, the Rams can use those two additional first rounders to draft a running back to replace Jackson, and another offensive weapon, or a pass rusher.

Three years from now, Wells will still be there, and the Rams will not suck imo.

For a guy who was on the PS for half of his rookie year, and wasn't sure if he'd be at guard or center, than got benched in favor of Spitz, he hasn't a bad time in GB at all. Thanks Scott.

Nope, Scott wasn't bad at all. Had a nice career for the Packers, and I wish him well in St. Louis.

While I would like to see Ted do something in free agency just to break up the monotony/boredom, I know that Ted has his plan, and is sticking to it. The initial free agency feeding frenzy goes hand in hand with absurd contracts, and we have to manage our cap room, especially with huge contract needs on the horizon (Rodgers, Matthews, Jennings). Once things settle down, Ted will add a few solid pieces to plug in the holes. D line and center will be addressed. A pass rushing outside linebacker, safety help and more d line help will come from the draft.

Trust Darth Va....er Ted.

@jthom1: Scott Wells' contract with the Rams: 4 years, $24 million, $13 million guaranteed. W/incentives it can max out to $25.5 million.

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Originally posted by pablopackerfan:
YaYa gettin' beat down!

Take your meds, dick.

What kind of blocking scheme does the Ram's Run?
Wells will be a Ram for 2 years. If the Rams aare not a zone blocking team this will get ugly.

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Originally posted by cuqui:
@jthom1: Scott Wells' contract with the Rams: 4 years, $24 million, $13 million guaranteed. W/incentives it can max out to $25.5 million.

If he maxes it out, looking at about 6.3 mil a year. GB was offering as much as 4.5 mil and reports were the max they wanted was a 3 year deal and little doubt much less in guaranteed money.

Cant blame Wells at all. At this stage of his career with a ring, take the money.

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Originally posted by cuqui:
@jthom1: Scott Wells' contract with the Rams: 4 years, $24 million, $13 million guaranteed. W/incentives it can max out to $25.5 million.

Is this crazy dough compared to what the Pack has to spend?

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Originally posted by YATittle:
Must not care for wins or rings.

Rams will suck for a long time. Nice end to your career, Scott...

Good for Wells and a good deal for him. Players are one play away from never playing again. To sign a nice contract like this is what a small percentage of football players from high school on are able to do.

It's a business on both sides of the ball.

Sounds like Myers is staying put and being resigned. Now, TT is looking at other options a lot harder. Doubt he would want to go with a rookie center. Let's hope not.

Congrats to a 7th round pick ( # 251) who made it work and beat the odds

10 guards and 7 centers were drafted before him in 2004 and I think he's the only one with a ring

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Originally posted by YATittle:

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YaYa gettin' beat down!

Take your meds, dick.

Good luck to Wells. He was a great Packer. Onto a comp pick in 2013, the EDS reign, and moving toward another Super Bowl run. Good contract for him to capitalize on.

I think the team would be willing to move up a couple spots to get Konz. He's everything Mike has wanted at center since he took over in 2006. If the Pack can get a big guy in there at center, swap Bulaga over to the LT spot and get Newhouse or Sherrod over at RT they will have a line built with guys that have power-blocker bodies and skill sets. Running the ball more effectively is just one small thing that can be done to give our (presently) crap defense a break.

Man, I just can't see three #1 picks in a row being used on offensive linemen, especially with the needs we have on defense. We need a pass rushing linebacker, d line help, and a safety.

I'm just wondering how Ted will do it. Will be interesting to see.

Rams really starting to look like they are getting their act together

Fisher hiring, trade #2 pick to accumulate more picks, sign Wells and Finnegan. Not a bad start.

They still have Bradford and Jackson and a few other solid players on the roster to build around.

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Originally posted by lambeausouth:
...can't see three #1 picks in a row being used on offensive linemen...

I wouldn't have a problem with it. Although they have many other needs, the bottom line is that they will go as far as Rodgers takes them. A better job by the OL might have won them the game vs the giants just as surely as a better defense. Protect AR and you have a contender every year.

$6+ million a year for Wells? Wow.

While it wouldn't be a "bad" pick, I'd be surprised to see TT go C in rd 1.

Given the deep FA class at C, I expect TT will sign a FA who will be the near term starter. Someone will be drafted in rd 3+ who will be projected to start at C within the next year or three.

TT appears to be of the view that interior linemen can be had in the middle and later rounds and don't see him spending a first there. Business is business and congratulations to Wells. That's just another hole that TT will have to fill in the off-season.

Is Uncle Ted merely ringing the bell with us when these leaks about him showing interest in some FA pop up?

Adam Timmerman left the Pack for the Rams. Worked out well for him. Good luck to Scott Wells except when he is playing our Packers. He was a good player and a good guy in Green Bay. He may take a pounding with San Fran in that division and I am not sold on Bradford but like I said...good luck.

Off the top of my head, I think this ends the Mike Sherman era in GB. I think all his acquisitions are gone now.

Some Ron Wolf guys remain, but no more Shermanites.

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Originally posted by YATittle:
Must not care for wins or rings.

Rams will suck for a long time. Nice end to your career, Scott...

You assuming the lack of a bounty will hurt them?

One win from the playoffs two years ago. A very good new head coach with a good young QB in a bad division. Seems fine to me...

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Originally posted by fightphoe93:
Some Ron Wolf guys remain...

who?

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Originally posted by Hungry5:

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Originally posted by YATittle:

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YaYa gettin' beat down!

Take your meds, dick.

So, Pablo is funny now or he's only funny as the object of YA's scorn?

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Originally posted by chickenboy:

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Originally posted by fightphoe93:
Some Ron Wolf guys remain...

who?

Driver.

Driver and Clifton are all that are left. Like it or not, this is Ted Thompson's team. I can't say I'm too disappointed with the results.

Clifton

dat's a lot of coin for Mr. Wells - nice job playing the market, enjoy St. Louis.

Jamaal Jackson anyone? that's my FA leaning altho I'll admit I don't really know jack crap about him.

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Originally posted by Goalline:

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Originally posted by YATittle:
Take your meds, dick.

So, Pablo is funny now or he's only funny as the object of YA's scorn?

Funny part...

Your outlaw ways bore me.

Where's Pablo?

If this McGinn article from Feb is accurate, Wells got close to what he was asking the Pack for and about $2M more per than Ted wanted to pay.

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Sources at the NFL combine with knowledge of negotiations said Friday that Wells' latest proposal to the Packers requested a deal averaging about $7.5 million.

The Packers, on the other hand, are believed to be offering somewhere between $4 million and $5 million.

This isn't about fit. If it was Wells would have re-signed with Green Bay. Its all about the benjamins.