No room on roster for driver

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  1. Wood Chipper Fantasy Football Guru

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    Don't anger DD. He could pull a Favre and go to the Bears or Lions :( (Vikings are not a legitimate threat)
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    And we would have AJ Hawk covering him lol
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    ...and DD would probably have a career-best game!
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      I hope not! I think I would die a little inside. I love DD! :(
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        His agent tweeted this last night. Congrats to Donald Driver winning DWTS!! Now it is time to get ready for another season with the Packers!"
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          Too much talent on the roster. Driver is past his prime
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            I can't see Driver being cut, especially after MM, Rodgers and Matthews came to DWTS to support him. That'd be cold
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              He will be back this season...dancing is over, football is on. DD will end his packers career with 2 superbowl rings.
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                1. Too much talent on the roster: True
                2. Driver is past is prime: True
                But I disagree with what you are saying.

                Driver is the best 5th receiver a team could really ask for. Gurley or anyone else we have would not produce as well. When Driver did get a chance to make a play, he made it. The last 2 years, almost every catch/touchdown was well earned on his part.
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                Wonder if he will be active or not today...

                More or less a wasted roster spot as far as production on the field this year.
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                Driver is a great guy and one of the best Packer players ever. But uncharacteristically I think Thompson let sentiment get in the way of a business decision.
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                Then Brett would have stayed..

                I think Driver was an insurance policy over others and that is all he was going to be..
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                I think pr had something to do with it. Could be locker room influence too. No idea.
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                No Thompson held tight to his beliefs in that instance and let Brett go. He said hit the road jack. See the difference?

                I would have rather seen an Offensive lineman as our insurance policy.
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                At this point I'll be very surprised if Driver is active tonight. I hope and expect Jennings, Nelson, Cobb, Jones, and Ross to be active. Driver has been a healthy inactive at least a few times this season, even when Jennings and Nelson were out - and last week when Cobb was inactive.

                Drivers contract of more than $2M does look like a reward for past performance. He was surpassed by Jones last season and came into this one as the #5 WR. That's a lot of money to pay the #5 WR and that's why many of us were against his retention - and the #5 WR should be a special teamer as Boykin was and now Ross is. Driver'scontract reminds me of Wolf trading picks for "past considerations" - a practice now outlawed by the league. It wouldn't have surprised me for Wolf to have done Driver's deal but it is very 'un-Thompson-like'. Perhaps he just wanted to prove he's human?
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                  Boykin actually jumped DD
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                  Oops, not one of your best predictions, eh? No worries, I had predicted the Vikings to only get 3 wins. Doh!
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                  Driver is inactive tonight.

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