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<blockquote data-quote="Thirteen Below" data-source="post: 1058349" data-attributes="member: 18006"><p>I think a lot of us are very disappointed in Clark this year. He sure got awfully quiet as soon as he cashed that check, and I'm sure Gutekunst is not happy that a proven vet suddenly has the worst year of his career as soon as he gets his big contract.</p><p></p><p>Thankfully, his cap hit this year is only about 10M, and we have a fairly painless out next year. The following 2 years, it's just over 20m each season. So he's certainly going to have incentive to do well this year. If last year was a case of a player phoning it in after a jackpot contract, he's going to be motivated to show up for work this season. If he doesn't, then Gute is probably going to assume it's a waste of money to stick with him.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yeah; it's not like they have hours of game film to study. I don't think he even played a singe regular season snap, did he? To be fair to him, it's not like there was a need for him; other than Morgan our O-line was unusually healthy all season long. Most years, he could have expected to see action in at least a few games, maybe even a start or two.</p><p></p><p>I know the staff was very high on him going into the season, and I thought he played quite well in the pre-season. And maybe they still have good reason to be. But to us fans, he's a complete question mark.</p><p></p><p></p><p>But then on the other hand... maybe the team is not as enthusiastic about Monk anymore as they seemed last year....</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The Watson injury really moves someone like Adams further up the "wish list". Davante kills 2 birds with one stone - he fills the game-day void left by Watson, and (at least as importantly) he brings a lot of leadership. Last year, when the Jets signed him, his very first week in the locker room he was calling out his teammates and telling them they needed to show up, play with more pride and more fire, basically get their ***** in gear.</p><p></p><p>There were a lot of times last season when we could have used some of that, and given his history and impressive career, our players will listen to him. The receivers especially will learn a <em>ton </em>from him.</p><p></p><p>And he might not want all that much money - he wants a ring, and he knows he may have only one or two more seasons to get one. He had a pretty good year last year for a WR in his 13th season, and I think he'd be a solid contributor.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Rob Demovsky says the word he's getting on the downlow from people in the know is that Green Bay is unlikely yo bring him back this year. Says they'd rather spend that money on players who actually... well.... play.</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.acmepackingcompany.com/2025/2/16/24366957/green-bay-packers-news-report-jaire-alexander-team-frustrated-rob-demovsky-espn[/URL]</p><p></p><p></p><p>According to ESPN, from a "dead money" salary cap perspective, kicking Jaire off the island this year would be very close to one of 20 most expensive cuts in the history of the NFL. $19,000,000 in dead cap. Fortunately, so many of our key players are still on rookie contracts we can absorb that without putting ourselves in salary cap hell, but I'll bet Gute is really second-guessing that contract the last year or so.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Thirteen Below, post: 1058349, member: 18006"] I think a lot of us are very disappointed in Clark this year. He sure got awfully quiet as soon as he cashed that check, and I'm sure Gutekunst is not happy that a proven vet suddenly has the worst year of his career as soon as he gets his big contract. Thankfully, his cap hit this year is only about 10M, and we have a fairly painless out next year. The following 2 years, it's just over 20m each season. So he's certainly going to have incentive to do well this year. If last year was a case of a player phoning it in after a jackpot contract, he's going to be motivated to show up for work this season. If he doesn't, then Gute is probably going to assume it's a waste of money to stick with him. Yeah; it's not like they have hours of game film to study. I don't think he even played a singe regular season snap, did he? To be fair to him, it's not like there was a need for him; other than Morgan our O-line was unusually healthy all season long. Most years, he could have expected to see action in at least a few games, maybe even a start or two. I know the staff was very high on him going into the season, and I thought he played quite well in the pre-season. And maybe they still have good reason to be. But to us fans, he's a complete question mark. But then on the other hand... maybe the team is not as enthusiastic about Monk anymore as they seemed last year.... The Watson injury really moves someone like Adams further up the "wish list". Davante kills 2 birds with one stone - he fills the game-day void left by Watson, and (at least as importantly) he brings a lot of leadership. Last year, when the Jets signed him, his very first week in the locker room he was calling out his teammates and telling them they needed to show up, play with more pride and more fire, basically get their ***** in gear. There were a lot of times last season when we could have used some of that, and given his history and impressive career, our players will listen to him. The receivers especially will learn a [I]ton [/I]from him. And he might not want all that much money - he wants a ring, and he knows he may have only one or two more seasons to get one. He had a pretty good year last year for a WR in his 13th season, and I think he'd be a solid contributor. Rob Demovsky says the word he's getting on the downlow from people in the know is that Green Bay is unlikely yo bring him back this year. Says they'd rather spend that money on players who actually... well.... play. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.acmepackingcompany.com/2025/2/16/24366957/green-bay-packers-news-report-jaire-alexander-team-frustrated-rob-demovsky-espn[/URL] According to ESPN, from a "dead money" salary cap perspective, kicking Jaire off the island this year would be very close to one of 20 most expensive cuts in the history of the NFL. $19,000,000 in dead cap. Fortunately, so many of our key players are still on rookie contracts we can absorb that without putting ourselves in salary cap hell, but I'll bet Gute is really second-guessing that contract the last year or so. [/QUOTE]
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