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<blockquote data-quote="TJV" data-source="post: 478953" data-attributes="member: 4300"><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">I don’t blame Jennings for wanting to cash in and I don’t blame him for not wanting to be tagged. I just wish he’d shut up about it. And I would have thought Jennings would be media savvy enough to avoid calling the tag a “slap in the face”. The vast majority of the Packers fan base would welcome that “slap” and retire comfortably.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">It looks to me like Thompson will do the same thing with Jennings as he did with Jones, only this time there will be teams interested in signing Jennings at a price the Packers won’t be willing to match (if Jennings gives them the chance). That means he’s very likely gone, just as Jones would have been if another team was smart enough to go after him. I hope Thompson isn’t thinking along the lines of Leroy - $13M/year with $26.5M guaranteed is too much for a team as loaded as the Packers are at WR. And for one with contracts for Rodgers and Matthews coming up (maybe Raji too). Not only that but Thompson and his personnel department excel at finding WRs in the draft. Even though I consider a healthy Jennings their best WR, I don’t think paying that much makes sense to keep him. </span></span></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">I too was hoping the Packers would get more than a comp pick for Flynn but all of us thinking that way over-valued Flynn. Thank goodness Thompson didn’t or the Packers would be paying Flynn a fortune to man a clipboard. Of course Thompson has made mistakes but just like the situation with Lynch in 2010, he has been vindicated regarding Flynn’s situation last off season. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Here’s the problem with franchising a player with the intention of trading him: The player has all the leverage in that situation. In order to complete a trade the player has to cooperate with the team interested in acquiring him by agreeing to a contract with that team. Jennings could refuse to do so - or threaten to refuse – and the Packers would be stuck paying him the guaranteed tag amount and have that entire amount go to that season’s cap. So IMO it only makes sense to tag a player if you want to keep him for the tag amount or use it as leverage to work out an extension. I don’t think either makes sense for the Packers with Jennings. Obviously the player doesn’t want to be restricted to teams interested in giving something up for him in a trade and then being restricted to negotiating with just that one team. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Regarding Driver, Wilde said he was a healthy inactive last game, even with Jordy out. That’s why I (and many of you) thought it was a bad idea to pay him $2.3M as the fifth or sixth WR who doesn’t play STs. </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TJV, post: 478953, member: 4300"] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Tahoma]I don’t blame Jennings for wanting to cash in and I don’t blame him for not wanting to be tagged. I just wish he’d shut up about it. And I would have thought Jennings would be media savvy enough to avoid calling the tag a “slap in the face”. The vast majority of the Packers fan base would welcome that “slap” and retire comfortably.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Tahoma]It looks to me like Thompson will do the same thing with Jennings as he did with Jones, only this time there will be teams interested in signing Jennings at a price the Packers won’t be willing to match (if Jennings gives them the chance). That means he’s very likely gone, just as Jones would have been if another team was smart enough to go after him. I hope Thompson isn’t thinking along the lines of Leroy - $13M/year with $26.5M guaranteed is too much for a team as loaded as the Packers are at WR. And for one with contracts for Rodgers and Matthews coming up (maybe Raji too). Not only that but Thompson and his personnel department excel at finding WRs in the draft. Even though I consider a healthy Jennings their best WR, I don’t think paying that much makes sense to keep him. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#141414][FONT=Georgia][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Tahoma]I too was hoping the Packers would get more than a comp pick for Flynn but all of us thinking that way over-valued Flynn. Thank goodness Thompson didn’t or the Packers would be paying Flynn a fortune to man a clipboard. Of course Thompson has made mistakes but just like the situation with Lynch in 2010, he has been vindicated regarding Flynn’s situation last off season. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Tahoma]Here’s the problem with franchising a player with the intention of trading him: The player has all the leverage in that situation. In order to complete a trade the player has to cooperate with the team interested in acquiring him by agreeing to a contract with that team. Jennings could refuse to do so - or threaten to refuse – and the Packers would be stuck paying him the guaranteed tag amount and have that entire amount go to that season’s cap. So IMO it only makes sense to tag a player if you want to keep him for the tag amount or use it as leverage to work out an extension. I don’t think either makes sense for the Packers with Jennings. Obviously the player doesn’t want to be restricted to teams interested in giving something up for him in a trade and then being restricted to negotiating with just that one team. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Tahoma]Regarding Driver, Wilde said he was a healthy inactive last game, even with Jordy out. That’s why I (and many of you) thought it was a bad idea to pay him $2.3M as the fifth or sixth WR who doesn’t play STs. [/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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