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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 566184">I'll try this one more time.  I cannot make it simpler than this:NFL players get discounted for uncertainties, be they performance or injury related.Significant uncertainties were introduced between the Packers $8 million per year offer and the $4 million one year deal.  Raji's 2013 season was one business decision snap after another.  NFL GMs and coaches don't like that.  I take that back...they hate it.2014 was to be a "do over" of his contract year...a second chance to prove he could play up to the second contract.That uncertainty persists.  Nobody pays big money for practice snaps and a handful of preseason downs.Now a second uncertainty has been introduced...a serious injury.So, the next one year "prove it" contract goes down from $4 million.  Multiple uncertainties compound.  I'll give you this much...somebody might offer $2 million for one year with a small signing bonus to bring the guy to camp to see what he can do.  If the young guys prove to be adequate to the task, that lower "prove it" offer will not come from the Packers; Thompson has not been shy about jettisoning players when some combination of age, injury, dead cap and bench strength argue for it.  If the young guys prove to be decent, that's a 3-fer.I believe that exhausts my current thoughts on the matter based on available information.</blockquote>

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