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<blockquote data-quote="Sunshinepacker" data-source="post: 550929" data-attributes="member: 9033"><p>Nelson is the kind of WR that should be good well past the age of 34. He's a very good route runner and he doesn't rely overmuch on deep speed...plus he's got a terrific QB that doesn't need massive holes to complete passes. There's no reason that Jordy's deal can't be front loaded. According to Over The Cap the Packers are currently about $22m under the projected 2015 salary cap. A conservative estimate would put the rookie pool that year at $2.0m...That's $20m to work with and fit salaries into.</p><p> </p><p>The only guys entering free agency in 2015 that, as of right now, I would think the Packers would be interested in keeping at other than minimum deals, would be Nelson, Cobb, Raji, Williams, Bulaga, Sherrod and maybe Tolzein. Of those, I could only see Nelson and Cobb really getting large deals. You could just as easily model Nelson's deal after Mike Wallace if you needed to. Wallace is paid most of his guaranteed money in the first few years and, while Wallace's cap numbers in the final two years are $13.7m each year, the dead money is only $4.4m in 2016 and $2.2m in 2017. If you apply this kind of deal to Nelson then he gets his guaranteed money when he's 30-33 and the team doesn't face much of a hit if he declines after that.</p><p> </p><p>If you actually look at the potential free agents coming up over the next couple years with some honesty, there aren't really a TON of guys that we have to re-sign. In 2015 you have Nelson, Bulaga (hopefully he plays like he did two years ago), maybe Williams (but cheap), Sherrod (hopefully also cheap and if he shows himself recovered) and then in 2015 you have Daniels, Perry, Worthy (maybe) and Hayward. Right now the team only has $87m spent on the 2016 cap, well below the projected $150m cap for that season. No reason that nelson can't get a substantial amount of his guaranteed money early and alleviate fears of dead money later in his contract.</p><p> </p><p>The New England analogy still holds. Brady likes big plays as well, the difference is that his team has had a successful running game in the past. We can't just look at recent seasons as the model for the Packers' offense going forward because we haven't had a running game that looked this good since 2009. That year saw Greg Jennings lead the team in receiving yards with 1,113 and Driver just over a 1,000 yards. I'd be perfectly willing to say that a combo of Nelson and Boykin can accomplish that in a couple seasons.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sunshinepacker, post: 550929, member: 9033"] Nelson is the kind of WR that should be good well past the age of 34. He's a very good route runner and he doesn't rely overmuch on deep speed...plus he's got a terrific QB that doesn't need massive holes to complete passes. There's no reason that Jordy's deal can't be front loaded. According to Over The Cap the Packers are currently about $22m under the projected 2015 salary cap. A conservative estimate would put the rookie pool that year at $2.0m...That's $20m to work with and fit salaries into. The only guys entering free agency in 2015 that, as of right now, I would think the Packers would be interested in keeping at other than minimum deals, would be Nelson, Cobb, Raji, Williams, Bulaga, Sherrod and maybe Tolzein. Of those, I could only see Nelson and Cobb really getting large deals. You could just as easily model Nelson's deal after Mike Wallace if you needed to. Wallace is paid most of his guaranteed money in the first few years and, while Wallace's cap numbers in the final two years are $13.7m each year, the dead money is only $4.4m in 2016 and $2.2m in 2017. If you apply this kind of deal to Nelson then he gets his guaranteed money when he's 30-33 and the team doesn't face much of a hit if he declines after that. If you actually look at the potential free agents coming up over the next couple years with some honesty, there aren't really a TON of guys that we have to re-sign. In 2015 you have Nelson, Bulaga (hopefully he plays like he did two years ago), maybe Williams (but cheap), Sherrod (hopefully also cheap and if he shows himself recovered) and then in 2015 you have Daniels, Perry, Worthy (maybe) and Hayward. Right now the team only has $87m spent on the 2016 cap, well below the projected $150m cap for that season. No reason that nelson can't get a substantial amount of his guaranteed money early and alleviate fears of dead money later in his contract. The New England analogy still holds. Brady likes big plays as well, the difference is that his team has had a successful running game in the past. We can't just look at recent seasons as the model for the Packers' offense going forward because we haven't had a running game that looked this good since 2009. That year saw Greg Jennings lead the team in receiving yards with 1,113 and Driver just over a 1,000 yards. I'd be perfectly willing to say that a combo of Nelson and Boykin can accomplish that in a couple seasons. [/QUOTE]
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