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<blockquote data-quote="TJV" data-source="post: 462891" data-attributes="member: 4300"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">It would be a tough call trading Jennings before the deadline. I don't see Thompson doing it because it could be viewed as sending a bad signal regarding this season to the locker room. If he tags him next spring, they still have to fit the tagged amount under the cap - I don't know how constraining that would be particularly if they want to use cap space this season to extend Raji or Clay, for example. He may just settle for the comp pick but I'd prefer he find a way to get a 2nd rounder if he can - hopefully after tagging him. That would give us the advantage of having him this season and getting more than a comp pick. But Jennings is worth more this season than next off season and that may be the difference between a second and a third, and a third is close to a comp pick anyway. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">I understand the 'Jennings should retire a Packer' sentiment but that's what that is IMO: Sentiment. A GM can't be sentimental about the players, and he has to avoid paying for past performance as much as possible which may be the case if Jennings is now "injury prone". And it hurts Jennings not only that the Packers are deep at WR but also that Thompson and staff excel at drafting WRs. Here's a look at WRs picked in the first three rounds since Thompson became GM: </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Terrance Murphy 2nd round.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Greg Jennings 2nd round.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">James Jones 3rd round.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Jordy Nelson 2nd round.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Randall Cobb 2nd round.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">There's not a bad pick in the bunch. And if Thompson can get a 2nd rounder for him, he can use his first and one of his second rounders on other positions and still have a 2nd to bolster WR. BTW some Packers fans may not remember Murphy. Thompson's first three picks as GM were Rodgers, Collins, and Murphy. We know how the first two turned out and while I don't know if Murphy would have joined them in the pro bowl, IMO he showed all the signs of being damn good. Unfortunately he suffered from spinal stenosis (same as Tim Lewis, a great Packers CB) and that was it for his career. </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TJV, post: 462891, member: 4300"] [SIZE=3][FONT=Tahoma]It would be a tough call trading Jennings before the deadline. I don't see Thompson doing it because it could be viewed as sending a bad signal regarding this season to the locker room. If he tags him next spring, they still have to fit the tagged amount under the cap - I don't know how constraining that would be particularly if they want to use cap space this season to extend Raji or Clay, for example. He may just settle for the comp pick but I'd prefer he find a way to get a 2nd rounder if he can - hopefully after tagging him. That would give us the advantage of having him this season and getting more than a comp pick. But Jennings is worth more this season than next off season and that may be the difference between a second and a third, and a third is close to a comp pick anyway. [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Tahoma]I understand the 'Jennings should retire a Packer' sentiment but that's what that is IMO: Sentiment. A GM can't be sentimental about the players, and he has to avoid paying for past performance as much as possible which may be the case if Jennings is now "injury prone". And it hurts Jennings not only that the Packers are deep at WR but also that Thompson and staff excel at drafting WRs. Here's a look at WRs picked in the first three rounds since Thompson became GM: [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Tahoma]Terrance Murphy 2nd round.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Tahoma]Greg Jennings 2nd round.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Tahoma]James Jones 3rd round.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Tahoma]Jordy Nelson 2nd round.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Tahoma]Randall Cobb 2nd round.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Tahoma]There's not a bad pick in the bunch. And if Thompson can get a 2nd rounder for him, he can use his first and one of his second rounders on other positions and still have a 2nd to bolster WR. BTW some Packers fans may not remember Murphy. Thompson's first three picks as GM were Rodgers, Collins, and Murphy. We know how the first two turned out and while I don't know if Murphy would have joined them in the pro bowl, IMO he showed all the signs of being damn good. Unfortunately he suffered from spinal stenosis (same as Tim Lewis, a great Packers CB) and that was it for his career. [/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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