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Thursday, February 19, 2015
TED THOMPSON'S FREE AGENT RETENTIONS AND LOSSES, PART 1
Nothing of major importance has happened since yesterday, except the release of a brain dead tight end and an often-injured wide receiver, so I will go on with my analysis of General Manager Ted Thompson's foray into free agency, or as I like to call it "the black hole" part of the NFL off-season.
Yesterday I talked about the signing of free agents and I left someone out of the 2014 signee class of two. I had listed zero free agents signed and technically that was true. I added Julius Peppers, even though he really was a waiver wire pickup since he had been cut, but I forgot to add nose tackle Letroy Guion (another waiver wire acquisition). Both signings were a plus and should have been added to the positive side of Thompson's ledger.
Peppers signed a three-year deal with a high cap number for 2015 and 2016, so his contract has to be addressed this off-season. Guion signed a one-year deal and his status (he was a major plus last season) is up in the air because of his arrest on drug and gun charges. We'll have to see how that plays out and how righteous the Packers will be on players with legal problems.
So now to the topic at hand. Players retained, players lost through free agency or being cut. Did they start on their new teams or did they pull a General MacArthur and just fade away? Let's see how he's done over the years.
2006: The Packers lost six players to free agency.
1. RB Tony Fisher signed with St. Louis after four years with the Packers. He was an undrafted free agent and nothing more than a second-string backup (60g-5st; 235 rushes for 880 yards and 4 TDs. and he only spent one year with the Rams appearing in eight games with six rushes for nine yards...Serviceable backup, but no big loss.
Yesterday I talked about the signing of free agents and I left someone out of the 2014 signee class of two. I had listed zero free agents signed and technically that was true. I added Julius Peppers, even though he really was a waiver wire pickup since he had been cut, but I forgot to add nose tackle Letroy Guion (another waiver wire acquisition). Both signings were a plus and should have been added to the positive side of Thompson's ledger.
Peppers signed a three-year deal with a high cap number for 2015 and 2016, so his contract has to be addressed this off-season. Guion signed a one-year deal and his status (he was a major plus last season) is up in the air because of his arrest on drug and gun charges. We'll have to see how that plays out and how righteous the Packers will be on players with legal problems.
So now to the topic at hand. Players retained, players lost through free agency or being cut. Did they start on their new teams or did they pull a General MacArthur and just fade away? Let's see how he's done over the years.
2006: The Packers lost six players to free agency.
1. RB Tony Fisher signed with St. Louis after four years with the Packers. He was an undrafted free agent and nothing more than a second-string backup (60g-5st; 235 rushes for 880 yards and 4 TDs. and he only spent one year with the Rams appearing in eight games with six rushes for nine yards...Serviceable backup, but no big loss.
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