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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 840353">Let's revisit for a minute the FA backup QB argument.One name tossed around was Fitzgerald, a guy who might be able to win a game or two in relief if Rodgers went out for a brief period of games.  You know, like Flynn going 2-2-1 to keep the season alive.Fitzgerald signed with Miami for 2 years / $5.5 mil per year.  Gutekunst is now sitting on $15 mil in cap space.  Should he have signed Fitzgerald?My contention was less a matter of "should" than "could".  Even if Green Bay offered more than Miami, would Fitzgerald have taken it?  I'd say no, given the opportunity to compete for the starting job in Miami, an opprotunity to start (and get to the next contract), would have been compelling.  So, now we have Fitzgerald named Miami's Week 1 starter.Bridgewater was another name tossed around, one year in Dallas @ $7.25 mil followed by two voidable years @ $2 mil per year.  Stiffer price but worth it?  Bridgewater would not have taken a comparable deal from the Packers because the way NO handled the matter they were gesturing toward "QB of the near future" possibilities, something the Packers could not offer."Could" often makes "should" a moot point.</blockquote>

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