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<blockquote data-quote="TJV" data-source="post: 389597" data-attributes="member: 4300"><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: #141414">The Packers invested a third down pick in Jones so we'll need a second rounder in return. What'dya think? A 2012 second rounder straight up and he's yours. You would get a legit WR at a very reasonable price (salary this year: $1.3M, next year $2.5M and $3.15M in 2013). Seriously I don't think any team would pay a second rounder and I don't know why Thompson would be tempted to trade him for less. I don't think he's as critical as some of my fellow Packers fans - for example I have no idea what he has to do with the chemistry of the OL. He's only caught 9 passes in 4 games and the Packers are loaded with Jennings, Nelson, Driver, and Cobb. Today I'd prefer a 3-WR set of Jennings, Nelson, and Cobb over any other combination. And Finley is really a hybrid TE/WR. Don’t get me wrong, I like Jones, the Packers are just incredibly deep at WR. </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: #141414">I was amazed Jones didn't get an offer in free agency. He'd step in as the number two or three WR for most teams IMO and look at the Bears: He'd be their best WR. And look at those salary numbers. Yes, the Packers paid him about $2.45M in bonuses in addition to those numbers but for the caliber of WR he is that's a bargain in the NFL. </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TJV, post: 389597, member: 4300"] [FONT=Georgia][COLOR=#141414]The Packers invested a third down pick in Jones so we'll need a second rounder in return. What'dya think? A 2012 second rounder straight up and he's yours. You would get a legit WR at a very reasonable price (salary this year: $1.3M, next year $2.5M and $3.15M in 2013). Seriously I don't think any team would pay a second rounder and I don't know why Thompson would be tempted to trade him for less. I don't think he's as critical as some of my fellow Packers fans - for example I have no idea what he has to do with the chemistry of the OL. He's only caught 9 passes in 4 games and the Packers are loaded with Jennings, Nelson, Driver, and Cobb. Today I'd prefer a 3-WR set of Jennings, Nelson, and Cobb over any other combination. And Finley is really a hybrid TE/WR. Don’t get me wrong, I like Jones, the Packers are just incredibly deep at WR. [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Georgia][COLOR=#141414]I was amazed Jones didn't get an offer in free agency. He'd step in as the number two or three WR for most teams IMO and look at the Bears: He'd be their best WR. And look at those salary numbers. Yes, the Packers paid him about $2.45M in bonuses in addition to those numbers but for the caliber of WR he is that's a bargain in the NFL. [/COLOR][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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