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[Tom]

I think there were plenty of people there. I think the mood of the event is what Eisen was describing. A town like Cleveland would be celebrating someone with Watson’s talents choosing their city to play for. This will be interesting to watch going forward.

[Nick Pappageorgio]

Press conference in the middle of March with people on Spring Break, NCAA Tournament in full swing - who would show up?
Worst possible timing to announce a signing, let alone the circumstances surrounding him.

Or was it the best possible timing to announce this signing? Considering the circumstances of the signing…

[jaadam4]

Or was it the best possible timing to announce this signing? Considering the circumstances of the signing…

Ha. That’s a fair response

[Mainevent]

While they aren’t shopping them, apparently the Seahawks are taking calls from teams interested in Metcalf and Lockett.

[Futureshock]

I used to be ambivalent about them until their fans were all supportive of their player smashing an opposing player's head with his own helmet that I decided the heck with them.

Phish! You youngins... I tell ya. Look green horn look up Turkey Jones vs Terry Bradshaw. You know what's worse? Dumping said opposing player and his helmet. On his head.

[Futureshock]

Money matters. The cap matters. Teams can juggle and push it forward, but eventually you get in a position you have to let an Adams, or Suh walk:


Matt LaFleur on Davante Adams: Sometimes you have to make tough decisions

Posted by Charean Williams on March 27, 2022, 4:40 PM EDT

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Coach Matt LaFleur was “hopeful” the Packers could keep Davante Adams. As it turned out, the receiver’s contract demands made what LaFleur called a “tough decision” an easy one.

“Sometimes you’ve got to make some tough decisions,” LaFleur told Tom Pelissero of NFL Media. “Certainly appreciate everything Davante brought to our team. I mean, he is the best receiver in the National Football League, so that was a tough one for me personally and for our organization.”

The Packers used the franchise tag on Adams, but the two-time All-Pro informed them he wouldn’t play on the $20.145 million tag. With the sides far apart in contract talks, Green Bay dealt Adams to the Raiders for first-round (No. 22 overall) and second-round (No. 53) choices in the 2022 draft.

The Raiders signed Adams to a a five-year, $141.25 million deal, a yearly average of $28.25 million.

Now comes the hard for Green Bay: The Packers have to replace Adams’ production only months after Adams set the single-season franchise record for catches (123) and receiving yards (1,553). That will be harder than the decision to trade Adams was.

“Certainly he’s a guy that’s going to be tough to replace and so you never want to let great players like that walk away from your team,” LaFleur said. “But, like I said, it’s just one of those deals where some tough decisions have to be made. Unfortunately, in the National Football League, there’s a thing called the salary cap and you gotta get below that as well. So everything factored into those decisions.”

[Futureshock]

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[Futureshock]

Packers Made Late Push For Marquez Valdes-Scantling


March 27th, 2022 at 12:59pm CST by Rory Parks

The Packers, who entered the offseason with one of the worst salary cap situations in the league, were expecting to lose free agent WR Marquez Valdes-Scantling to another team. But after the Davante Adams trade opened up cap room and created a glaring need for receiving talent, Green Bay made a late push to re-sign MVS, as Tom Silverstein of of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel writes. This jibes with an earlier report that the Packers were hoping to convince the four-year pro to stay.



Ultimately, the Chiefs — who had a receiver need of their own after trading Tyreek Hill to the Dolphins — landed Valdes-Scantling on a three-year, $30MM contract ($18MM guaranteed). It’s unclear if that was a more lucrative deal than what Green Bay was offering, or if Valdes-Scantling simply decided that Kansas City represented a better opportunity.

One way or another, it seems that the 27-year-old deep threat fared better on the open market than he was expecting. Per Silverstein, MVS was aiming for a one-year pact worth between $7MM-$10MM when free agency opened, though he believed that such a contract would include void years for cap purposes. But in addition to the Chiefs and Packers, the Saints were also in the running, as Aaron Wilson of Pro Football Network tweets, and having a number of interested clubs helped to drive up the asking price.

Valdes-Scantling is obviously not a perfect replacement for Hill, one of the game’s most talented receivers. Still, MVS’ big-play abilities — he boasts a career 17.5 YPR average — should nicely complement the skill-sets of fellow wideout Mecole Hardman, TE Travis Kelce, and new slot receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster, and after dropping seven passes in 2020, he muffed just one in 2021.

The Packers and Saints, meanwhile, will continue to search for upgrades. Green Bay may be interested in free agents like Will Fuller and Odell Beckham, while New Orleans has been connected to Jarvis Landry. Both clubs could also turn to the draft, which is deep in WR talent.

[froot loops]

Money matters. The cap matters. Teams can juggle and push it forward, but eventually you get in a position you have to let an Adams, or Suh walk:


Matt LaFleur on Davante Adams: Sometimes you have to make tough decisions

Posted by Charean Williams on March 27, 2022, 4:40 PM EDT

Getty Images

Coach Matt LaFleur was “hopeful” the Packers could keep Davante Adams. As it turned out, the receiver’s contract demands made what LaFleur called a “tough decision” an easy one.

“Sometimes you’ve got to make some tough decisions,” LaFleur told Tom Pelissero of NFL Media. “Certainly appreciate everything Davante brought to our team. I mean, he is the best receiver in the National Football League, so that was a tough one for me personally and for our organization.”

The Packers used the franchise tag on Adams, but the two-time All-Pro informed them he wouldn’t play on the $20.145 million tag. With the sides far apart in contract talks, Green Bay dealt Adams to the Raiders for first-round (No. 22 overall) and second-round (No. 53) choices in the 2022 draft.

The Raiders signed Adams to a a five-year, $141.25 million deal, a yearly average of $28.25 million.

Now comes the hard for Green Bay: The Packers have to replace Adams’ production only months after Adams set the single-season franchise record for catches (123) and receiving yards (1,553). That will be harder than the decision to trade Adams was.

“Certainly he’s a guy that’s going to be tough to replace and so you never want to let great players like that walk away from your team,” LaFleur said. “But, like I said, it’s just one of those deals where some tough decisions have to be made. Unfortunately, in the National Football League, there’s a thing called the salary cap and you gotta get below that as well. So everything factored into those decisions.”

What really matters in the cases of Suh and Adams is that all of these salaries and projections are based on an increasing cap. When the cap goes down, things get fucked up. If the cap keeps increasing then a lot of this stuff is manageable.

Adams could have stayed for the same as what he got in LV.

[Futureshock]

What really matters in the cases of Suh and Adams is that all of these salaries and projections are based on an increasing cap. When the cap goes down, things get fucked up. If the cap keeps increasing then a lot of this stuff is manageable.

Adams could have stayed for the same as what he got in LV.

“Sometimes you’ve got to make some tough decisions,” LaFleur told Tom Pelissero of NFL Media. “Certainly appreciate everything Davante brought to our team. I mean, he is the best receiver in the National Football League, so that was a tough one for me personally and for our organization.”

“Certainly he’s a guy that’s going to be tough to replace and so you never want to let great players like that walk away from your team,” LaFleur said. “But, like I said, it’s just one of those deals where some tough decisions have to be made. Unfortunately, in the National Football League, there’s a thing called the salary cap and you gotta get below that as well. So everything factored into those decisions.”

That doesn't sound like it was just Adams' decision. That's a quote so I'm just gonna go out on a limb and say LaFleur wouldn't welcome unwarranted criticism.

[Mainevent]

I read a few reports that said at the end of the day the money was the same or very close for him to stay in GB and it Adams that wanted to leave.

[froot loops]

There is some wiggle room in that statement, but here are multiple reports that the Packers offered Adams a similar offer that he signed with the Raiders or the agents said GB offered a more lucrative. He could have stayed without having to take a discounted contract.

My point remains the same and this point is correct if the cap hadn't gone down from COVID they weren't going to be in this situation, it's not like the Packers are free spenders. There are two things people to understand about the NFL cap, the cap nearly always goes up and contracts are only semi guaranteed. If it goes down, some teams are bound to get squeezed as all these deals based on that assumption. If the salary cap was a static number that only changed infrequently, pushing money or restructuring would be a bigger deal, but as long as the good ship NFL keeps on growing most teams rarely get in some pickle they can't get out of.

[jaadam4]

Maybe Adams was sick of Aaron's off the field storyline , GB vs him and he sees the writing on the wall.

[froot loops]

I think he just wanted to reunite with Carr. Living in LV is big upgrade compared to living in northern Wisconsin.

[Futureshock]

“Sometimes you’ve got to make some tough decisions,” LaFleur told Tom Pelissero of NFL Media. “Certainly appreciate everything Davante brought to our team. I mean, he is the best receiver in the National Football League, so that was a tough one for me personally and for our organization.”

“Certainly he’s a guy that’s going to be tough to replace and so you never want to let great players like that walk away from your team,” LaFleur said. “But, like I said, it’s just one of those deals where some tough decisions have to be made. Unfortunately, in the National Football League, there’s a thing called the salary cap and you gotta get below that as well. So everything factored into those decisions.”

That doesn't sound like it was just Adams' decision. That's a quote so I'm just gonna go out on a limb and say LaFleur wouldn't welcome unwarranted criticism.

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