Packers sign Preston Smith as well

[bigbubbatd]

I posted this in the other thread, but let's post again for more convos.

Gentleman at work said Preston is a special talent but only shows it about 30% of the time. Said there will be games that it looks absolutely unstoppable and he will disappear for 3-4 games.

Well he did play for the Redskins which would be make me want to disappear a lot of the time

 

[Stanger37]

Well he did play for the Redskins which would be make me want to disappear a lot of the time

You wouldn't get that from the guy at work. You can be talking about anything and he will somehow tie it back to being a Redskins fan. It's almost more impressive than annoying at this point.

 

[Pokerbrat2000]

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The #Packers are signing LB Preston Smith to a 4-year deal worth a base value of $52M, source said. He gets $16M to sign. He gets $27.5M over the first two years.

 

[AmishMafia]

With what money?

We have to be in for $42M for Amos and Smith2

 

[bigbubbatd]

According to this list the Packers have signed 3 of the top 19 free agents and 5 of the 19 were actually franchised so 3 of the top 14. Obviously just one person's opinion but they are definitely making a splash

http://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/...n-tracking-signings/i6brxq6i36yd1jdqikshec5gj

 

[Sunshinepacker]

Woohoo!!! Packers defense should be much more fun to watch now! Packers signed 8th and 9th best edge defenders entering free agency according to PFF. Both of them were noted as up-and-coming young players with upside.

https://www.profootballfocus.com/ne...-edge-defenders-expected-to-enter-free-agency

 

[Dantés]

Per Mike Renner:

Total pressures for all Packers edge players in 2018: 87

Total pressures of Z. Smith and P. Smith in 2018: 118

 

[tynimiller]

I'll go on record EVEN if both are studs, I fiscally am unsure of this personally now that we are throwing that kinda money at Preston as well....man.

This does remove any MUST draft positions IMO...but sadly this also means Breeland signing is less and less likely, if not impossible now.

 

[Pokerbrat2000]

Per Mike Renner:

Total pressures for all Packers edge players in 2018: 87

Total pressures of Z. Smith and P. Smith in 2018: 118

An intriguing part about Z. Smith is his upside and efficiency. He hit the quarterback on 25 of his 485 pass-rush snaps (5.2 percent), which is more than Kansas City Chiefs pass-rusher Dee Ford (4.7 percent).

 

[Curly Calhoun]

Holy cough-drops Batman!

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[gbgary]

pff rating...76.9: above average

 

[longtimefan]

Holy cough-drops Batman!

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Photshop experts fix this

Put their faces in it, then 2019 as date

 

[sschind]

Somewhere, Ted Thompson just had a heart attack!

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Ted was heard to comment "Interesting concept...I never thought of that."

 

[gbgary]

Ted was heard to comment "Interesting concept...I never thought of that."

he's here in texas thinking about breakfast.

 

[sschind]

According to this list the Packers have signed 3 of the top 19 free agents and 5 of the 19 were actually franchised so 3 of the top 14. Obviously just one person's opinion but they are definitely making a splash

http://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/...n-tracking-signings/i6brxq6i36yd1jdqikshec5gj

It will be very interesting to see what those franchised players eventually sign for. They have to be licking their chops to be seeing these numbers flying about

 

[longtimefan]

he's here in texas thinking about breakfast.

It cost to much.. He will eat generic fruit loops

 

[Pokerbrat2000]

It will be very interesting to see what those franchised players eventually sign for. They have to be licking their chops to be seeing these numbers flying about

Well they may not be able to do much, except take the franchise tag amount or pull a La'Veon Bell and sit out the year.

 

[Pokerbrat2000]

Another reason I like the Preston Smith signing. New Packers ILB coach Kirk Olivadotti won't coach Preston Smith directly, but he worked with him the last four years in Washington and will have good knowledge of his skills and help Mike Pettine fit him into the defense.

 

[gopkrs]

I'll be honest that I don't really know these two players well. But man do I like that we got bookends. And I am gonna have faith in Gute. Now we can use the 12th on a great OT prospect and then do some filling.

 

[Curly Calhoun]

I'll be honest that I don't really know these two players well. But man do I like that we got bookends. And I am gonna have faith in Gute. Now we can use the 12th on a great OT prospect and then do some filling.

You might want to check out Profootballtalk's list of top 100 free agents to see where these guys are ranked:

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2019/02/19/pfts-free-agent-top-100-2/

 

[longtimefan]

You might want to check out Profootballtalk's list of top 100 free agents to see where these guys are ranked:

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2019/02/19/pfts-free-agent-top-100-2/

Top 20

 

[gbgary]

$52/4

 

[tynimiller]

Let's not forget the drive this put inside Fackrell for the year....I guarantee you that man has a fire lit in him to say neither Smith is coming in here with the sack title holder...I love the motivation of this to him.

 

[Curly Calhoun]

It's easy to get carried away.....Like being a kid on Christmas morning, and all the toys are shiny and new.

I'm trying to temper my enthusiasm, but there's a lot here to be excited about. This looks like it could be on of the most productive off-season days in a long time for the Pack.

We'll see how it translates starting in September....

 

[sschind]

Well they may not be able to do much, except take the franchise tag amount or pull a La'Veon Bell and sit out the year.

That's entirely possible but I'm sure some of them will negotiate longer term deals. It will also be interesting to see if Bell's sitting out the entire year will influence anyone else to do the same.

Let's not forget the drive this put inside Fackrell for the year....I guarantee you that man has a fire lit in him to say neither Smith is coming in here with the sack title holder...I love the motivation of this to him.

Fackerell was a surprise last season but I honestly don't expect him to be much competition for a starting spot next year.