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The Packers receive an undisclosed 2018 draft pick in return.
The Packers receive a 2018 draft pick in return.
In 2017 the Bills have (2) 5ths, (1) 6th and no 7th round draft picks... so I'm guessing the 2018 draft pick is their 7th. Would've been nice to trade our 6th for one of their 5ths in 2017, but that would've been a much better deal for GB.
This must mean that the Packers really like rookies Blake Martinez and Kyler Fackrell, Datone Jones' move to the outside, and Carl Bradford's development.
I would suppose the pick has contingencies, such as McCray making the Bills roster and/or other considerations.Good move. McCray was going to be cut anyway I bet. So getting a late round pick is a good thing. Probably going to be a 6th or 7th rounder. So we basically get a free pick for nothing since we were probably cutting him. But Buffalo didn't want to compete for him, so they probably called Ted.
With Ragland done for the season, it doesn't surprise me either.
Or is it Reggie Gilbert?McCray's trade possibly bodes well for Jayrone Elliott.....
"undisclosed 2018 draft pick"...and now we wait on pins and needles
FIFYI know I won't be sleeping well for the next 20monthsminutes or so.
The Packers used McCray solely on the edge. Therefore the move doesn't indicate anything about how comfortable the team feels about the inside linebackers.
Could end up being nothing more then a Pizza. But if its a 7th rounder, we can finally afford to use a pick on a punter!I would suppose the pick has contingencies, such as McCray making the Bills roster and/or other considerations.
The Packers used McCray solely on the edge. Therefore the move doesn't indicate anything about how comfortable the team feels about the inside linebackers.
I just saw that the Bills cut Alameda Ta'amu, 6'-3" 348 lb. NT. Arians cut him in '14 (after returning from a torn ACL in '13) saying that "he ate himself out of the league". If the guy had anything left in him McCray for Ta'amu trade would've helped both teams . Even short term apparently Price is the better NT until Pennel returns from suspension.
It can if they feel their last inside linebackers are better players than their last OLB players. It's possible they were making room for Bradford and Thomas.
Or they were making room for another WR or Callahan.
Yes and no. The team feels comfortable about the inside linebackers which alleviates the need to move Matthews inside, thus adding a full-time outside linebacker to the roster. The quality of inside linebackers directly affected the depth at outside linebacker.
Or is it Reggie Gilbert?
Agree. It's great to have the Buffalo's of the world around. A little help here, a little help there. Would be great if they could swing one or two of those every year.I liked what McCray was doing in the preseason. I don't think he was ahead of Peppers, Matthews, Perry or Datone. So far this offseason Elliot hasn't done much, but I didn't see McCray getting on the field much either. Elliot probably wasn't going to bring anything, so they traded the one that had a little value. Getting something for guys at the back of your rotation is cool, i'm not going to think too much about it though.
Possibly. But I expected the Packers to keep six outside linebackers all training camp long with either Elliott or McCray being released.
The coaching staff planned all offseason to move Matthews back to the outside. I don't think adding Martinez played a major role in that decision.