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<blockquote data-quote="El Guapo" data-source="post: 1010393" data-attributes="member: 5830"><p>The youth on our team isn't about Gutekunst ignoring a position in the draft, or being negligent in some other area.</p><p></p><p>It has everything to do with Rodgers and the very talented players that emerged around him. Back a few years ago, we paid top money contracts to Rodgers, Bahktiari, Kenny Clark, and Jaire (I think that I'm missing a fifth player). Having four players at the top of the pay scale in their respective positions kills your salary cap down the road. Well here we are. Everybody wanted the team to "go for it." Well we did and it didn't work. That's life. Now we have to deal with a bloated salary cap which will start to ease starting next year.</p><p></p><p>The tired line of the Packers not drafting a WR in the first round is the biggest load of garbage, spouted by tv announcers and repeated by everyone for no reason. Rodgers had some of the best receivers during his time in Green Bay. Who cares what round they came from. It's more a badge of honor that they found elite receivers in the second round and lower.</p><p></p><p>The best that a team can hope for, is that you draft and develop players that are good to very good without hitting the top-of-the-pay-scale level. This allows you to have more good players instead of the disparity of great players coupled with average to below-average players. With the salary cap, you can't pay top dollar in so many positions and expect to win beyond the 1st or 2nd year of those massive contracts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="El Guapo, post: 1010393, member: 5830"] The youth on our team isn't about Gutekunst ignoring a position in the draft, or being negligent in some other area. It has everything to do with Rodgers and the very talented players that emerged around him. Back a few years ago, we paid top money contracts to Rodgers, Bahktiari, Kenny Clark, and Jaire (I think that I'm missing a fifth player). Having four players at the top of the pay scale in their respective positions kills your salary cap down the road. Well here we are. Everybody wanted the team to "go for it." Well we did and it didn't work. That's life. Now we have to deal with a bloated salary cap which will start to ease starting next year. The tired line of the Packers not drafting a WR in the first round is the biggest load of garbage, spouted by tv announcers and repeated by everyone for no reason. Rodgers had some of the best receivers during his time in Green Bay. Who cares what round they came from. It's more a badge of honor that they found elite receivers in the second round and lower. The best that a team can hope for, is that you draft and develop players that are good to very good without hitting the top-of-the-pay-scale level. This allows you to have more good players instead of the disparity of great players coupled with average to below-average players. With the salary cap, you can't pay top dollar in so many positions and expect to win beyond the 1st or 2nd year of those massive contracts. [/QUOTE]
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