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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TJV" data-source="post: 486774" data-attributes="member: 4300">Count me among those who think Driver played one too many years for the Packers and what they paid him for this season was anything but "well worth it". Before last season keeping him on the roster was understandable but after Jones surpassed him in 2011, it was time for Driver to retire or go. I love his contributions to the Packers but in return for the $2.3M they paid Driver this season they received 8 receptions for 77 yards and 2 TDs. IMO DD got paid well for his previous years in Green Bay, keeping him around before the 2012 season didn't make any sense. The proof of that is how often he was a healthy inactive and with Jennings and Nelson missing time, how little he played when he was active. - - - - - - - - - - - -Jennings deal is up so I don't blame him - or any player - for getting as much as he can in a contract. If he's been paying attention to how Thompson does his job, he knows if Thompson thought he was indispensible and affordable, the Packers and GJ's agent would have been negotiating for quite some time now. (The rare exception is Jones, who went into the UFA market and came back to Green Bay because he wasn't worth what he thought on the open market.) So GJ's feelings are probably hurt because the Packers don't view him as indispensible. That's understandable but feelings aside, he knows it's a business both for him and the Packers.  I don't think it matters if he wants to be tagged or not: If the Packers tag him it will be in his best interests to play as well as he possibly can to maximize his value after the season. I don't think they can afford to tag him so it's a moot point. But if he is tagged, he'll play for the tagged amount.  BTW, when NFL players donate money to charities they save their marginal state (if any) and federal tax bracket percentage. For example, if a Wisconsin state resident earns $10M in 2013 and gives $1M to a charity, he saves $1M times 39.6% on his federal and 7.75% on his state return. If he gives nothing to charity he pays $473,500 in taxes on that $1M and keeps $526,500 of it after taxes. If he gives $1M it "only" costs him $526,500 (because he pays $473,500 less in income taxes). </blockquote>

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