Comments on: Packers Have Finally Tendered Their Restricted Free Agents

By: Tom Crabtree Has Some Suitors « Total Packers Total Packers

Tom Crabtree Has Some Suitors « Total Packers Total Packers — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:01:53 +0000

[...] idea in not tendering Crabtree — one that we might call “stupid” — was to save money. Instead of having to [...]

By: Iltarion

Iltarion — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 18:17:50 +0000

I have to say I am a little surprised by these tenders.

This appears to be penny-pinching to the extreme.

Sam Shields is clearly worth a 2nd round pick. If I were a team with some cap space and needing a CB who can cover, I’d offer a 2nd round pick in a heartbeat.

The 1st round tender is a whole $800,000 more than the 2nd. Why take the risk over $800,000?

Are the Packers really thinking they are gonna get away with paying Shields less than $3 mil a year? Tramon makes $7 mil right now.

I am also surprised there is no right of refusal offer to Crabtree. That is like a slap in the face to a guy who has made a bunch of big plays for the Packers.

Obviously, TT is more aware of these guys’ value on the open market than I am. So, it appears that I am over-valuing these guys. Either that or the Packers are simply saving all the money they can.

By: TyKoSteamboat

TyKoSteamboat — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:22:08 +0000

In Teddy T we trust

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:03:36 +0000

^^ leave it to TT

By: packnutt

packnutt — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:49:41 +0000

Rodgers and Matthews alone will eat up the cap space. TT knows what he’s doing. You on the other hand do not.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:07:29 +0000

Is anyone else a little pissed with Thompson? Why would he even risk these guys being poached by other teams? Shields is clearly important to the defense. Not to mention, his tackling has improved. With Tramon Williams on the decline (Woodson gone although largely ineffective anyways) the defense is in a state of flux right now.

Also, Thompson has no qualms apparently with letting their only good center potentially getting grabbed by another team. Did we forget that nearly every player that fell off the packers practice squad last year was snatched up by other teams? To top it off, offering such low tenders was totally unnecessary with 20 million dollars in cap space.