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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mradtke66" data-source="post: 1099373" data-attributes="member: 4199">I feel like there are 2 or 3 different points circling around in there that while related, are not the same thing.On the day the Roster bonus was paid out, McManus was presumably the best kicker the Packers had on the roster.  Paying the bonus, while some thing of a luxury, ensured we had a baseline level of kicking performance.  It is possible the team was preparing to move on, but didn't know how the draft was going to fall.  This is the risk with how the contract was structured.  As far as Smack not doing well...TC hasn't even started yes.  We have 3 weeks if I am mathing correctly.  For OTAs, there has been good, some bad.  It gives me pause, but I'm not going to panic yet.  I don't know if the choice to go into TC with only Smack and Hav as the only kickers is a good idea or not and neither do the Packers.  Regarding the money management, the scale of it all is just broken.  To you and me, 1 million would be pretty sweet deal.  That presumably pays of a mortgage and lets us retire 10 years earlier.  Against the salary cap, its a mere 0.33% of the cap (1/301.2).  Cheap insurance.</blockquote>

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