I have no confidence in TT finding draft picks to fix the defense, hasn't hit on squat since Clay Matthews. His in drafted picks turn out better then the guys he drafts anyways and that's a fact so what's the point of wasting another first round pick? If he's really trying to help the defense he would ask Not only Tramon to restructure but Clay Matthews and Morgan Burnett to and bring I'm Byrd to help sure up the back end that hasn't been good since Collins. As for graham? Maybe not but he could see about trading up and trying to get Barr or the fella from Buffalo even it it means giving up a high pick next yr. then you have your stud safety and possibly another stud pass rusher and your defense immediately has upgraded without spending a ton of money. We all know Clay as good as he is has now become a guarantee not to play a full season and he genuinely sounds like he wants to see a better effort made towards defense so why not? Aaron Rodgers lobbied for James jones and he got resigned so why not do the same for your best player on defense ? There are things that can be done to fix this defense without breaking the bank like some of you TT supporters claim.
I don't mean to be rude, but this is the most asinine comment. This is the fantasy football crap that is so agitating to read in these forums.
1. Why do you think it's so easy to get Tramon to restructure? There's no leverage for the Pack to do it. Tramon was our best CB the last half of last season. He earned his salary by his play.
2. Do you really think Clay and Burnett would restructure merely
ONE year after signing their deals?! Come on, Man! Again, little leverage for the Packers in doing that for either player. Burnett may have been terrible, but he's the best option. So, we aren't going to cut him. Since that is the case, restructuring doesn't happen just for the sake of restructuring.
3. Here we go with the fantasy football part. Sign the most expensive free agent safety who's been the "leader" of one of the worst defenses in the league for the last several seasons. Then, let's trade several first round picks to take fliers on a kid from Buffalo or a kid from UCLA, neither of whom are guarantees - because it's the draft!!!
4. Signing Byrd and moving up into the draft would require a lot of money. And signing Byrd would hamper our ability to resign key players in the future like Jordy, Cobb, Bulaga, etc. Signing Byrd also means Shields is gone too. So maybe it's an addition (assuming a FA signing works out) and a subtraction.