I applaud your fanhood but you are one of the only people in the world that would turn down at least $15m for doing the exact same job in a different state.
Aaron Kampman signed with the Jags for money we weren't willing to spend on him, and I don't think there's a soul in the world who judged him as being a greed bag for taking a deal that paid him substantively more than we were offering after playing for modest values with us for several years. It's not like Cobb is posting instagram shots of himself tossing dollar bills like Beyonce in the offseason. While I'd like him to stay and feel like paying him similarly to Jordy is a sound approach, I'm certainly in no position to assess what's in his best interest or the interests of the people he loves and supports...LOL, If Cobb signs with the Jags then we all know its all about the Money to him.
McGinn nailed it.McGinn´s take on Cobb possibly leaving:
http://www.jsonline.com/sports/pack...andall-cobb-leaves-b99455123z1-294947891.html
Aaron Kampman signed with the Jags for money we weren't willing to spend on him, and I don't think there's a soul in the world who judged him as being a greed bag for taking a deal that paid him substantively more than we were offering after playing for modest values with us for several years. It's not like Cobb is posting instagram shots of himself tossing dollar bills like Beyonce in the offseason. While I'd like him to stay and feel like paying him similarly to Jordy is a sound approach, I'm certainly in no position to assess what's in his best interest or the interests of the people he loves and supports...
Well then he better not say it's about winning championships when he signs elsewhere because it's crap. Jax isn't winning a damn thing anytime soon. I don't blame him, hell get paid son, life of a football player is short but be real about it and say it was ALL about the money
Who exactly saw the Giants winning twice as many Super Bowls as the Packers have recently? Nobody can say what teams might do in the future. Nobody can say that the Jaguars will not contend for a title in four years because a lot can change.
Packers have been one of the better teams in the NFL and still haven't won a title in the past few years. That's not a shot at anyone on the team, just proof that going somewhere to "win titles" is no certainty. Players can say all they want about coming back to Green Bay to win a title but the reality is that Green Bay actually has a very slight chance to win it all; yeah, that slight chance is better than most, but it's still far more likely that the Packers don't win it all.
So you're telling me that the Jaguars will be in the SB in the next 4 years? I would bet everything I have that they won't.
Again, I don't blame him one bit for taking the money but don't tell me it's about winning championships if that's what ends up happening.
The Seahawks were a combined 23-41 from 2008-11, did you see them making it to two consecutive Super Bowls in 2013 and '14 at that point???
And play in front of a stadium that's 60% filled with Blake Bortles throwing you the ball? Nah I'll take the 2 time MVP and income taxes. But hey, just one man's opinion
And again, an opinion you might feel differently about if it was actually your life and future and wasn't just a fantasy scenario to us, and you actually had to consider a hundred other real life variables other than who the QB is and how good the team is.
If you had a nice job in Wisconsin, but a competitor offered to pay you 33% over what your current employer was offering to move down to sunny Florida and pay no state income taxes, is this something that you might have to consider?
The Packers would have to improve the TE position as well though to compensate for the loss of Cobb.
True that- he played a year for us in the 3-4 and he definitely wasn't elated. I also recall us not wanting to fork out nearly the coin Jacksonville was offering him. His exit wasn't about not liking Green Bay or being ungrateful or greedy- he got better money to play in a system he felt offered him a greater chance to excel. He had made his name as a 4-3 end for sure.A huge reason why Kampman left was because he didn't want to play in and wasn't a great fit for a 3-4.
According to a Yahoo! report the Packers balked at paying Cobb $10 million per season and he´ll hit free agency.
Going by latest news, Raiders are ready with offer at 11m and possible Jaguars to match/beat that. But then, neither can get him into Playoff's.
I hope a combo of us offering him 10m and him wanting to play in post season with Rodgers swings it for us.
Going by latest news, Raiders are ready with offer at 11m and possible Jaguars to match/beat that. But then, neither can get him into Playoff's.
I hope a combo of us offering him 10m and him wanting to play in post season with Rodgers swings it for us.
Well, according to the report the Packers don´t want to pay him $10 million per season.