Packers 2022 Draft Thread

GBP4EVER said:
I see Titans maybe in same situation we are talking about. There is rumors they might not keep AJ Brown and trade him because of cap issues and not wanting to pay him top WR money
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You just answered the $64 question for yourself.
Because the contract landscape is changing teams will start to trade stars even as their rookie deals are coming due because they will want #1 money for their position group and teams will begin to trade away emerging stars rather than pay contracts that will hog-tie a team financially for years.
A teams might have a couple “stars” who get #1 money contracts for their position, but others will get traded as a result.
If hindsight is 20/20, do you think GB would still give Bak his contract if they could do it again?
The Packers problem is that they’ve ended up with top money contracts to too many players all hitting the books in a short period of time. A-Jones, Rodgers, Bak, Clark, Adams, and now Alexander and soon to be followed by Jenkins and Gary. You just can’t pay them all. But who to keep and who to lose becomes the puzzle.
I get the feeling teams will start to be selective as to who they want to hitch their wagon to, and other emerging stars will get traded a year before they get to FA, and let some other team deal with that contract conundrum
 
dannobanano said:
You just answered the $64 question for yourself.
Because the contract landscape is changing teams will start to trade stars even as their rookie deals are coming due because they will want #1 money for their position group and teams will begin to trade away emerging stars rather than pay contracts that will hog-tie a team financially for years.
A teams might have a couple “stars” who get #1 money contracts for their position, but others will get traded as a result.
If hindsight is 20/20, do you think GB would still give Bak his contract if they could do it again?
The Packers problem is that they’ve ended up with top money contracts to too many players all hitting the books in a short period of time. A-Jones, Rodgers, Bak, Clark, Adams, and now Alexander and soon to be followed by Jenkins and Gary. You just can’t pay them all. But who to keep and who to lose becomes the puzzle.
I get the feeling teams will start to be selective as to who they want to hitch their wagon to, and other emerging stars will get traded a year before they get to FA, and let some other team deal with that contract conundrum
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Thing is that's always going to be gamble never know when you pay a guy if he gets hurt right away
 
dannobanano said:
You just answered the $64 question for yourself.
Because the contract landscape is changing teams will start to trade stars even as their rookie deals are coming due because they will want #1 money for their position group and teams will begin to trade away emerging stars rather than pay contracts that will hog-tie a team financially for years.
A teams might have a couple “stars” who get #1 money contracts for their position, but others will get traded as a result.
If hindsight is 20/20, do you think GB would still give Bak his contract if they could do it again?
The Packers problem is that they’ve ended up with top money contracts to too many players all hitting the books in a short period of time. A-Jones, Rodgers, Bak, Clark, Adams, and now Alexander and soon to be followed by Jenkins and Gary. You just can’t pay them all. But who to keep and who to lose becomes the puzzle.
I get the feeling teams will start to be selective as to who they want to hitch their wagon to, and other emerging stars will get traded a year before they get to FA, and let some other team deal with that contract conundrum
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Good post. This in many ways is legal collusion. Cut ties, draft and get financial control for 3-4 years and balance the roster. About the only position that is immune is QB for multiple reasons
 
GBP4EVER said:
Thing is that's always going to be gamble never know when you pay a guy if he gets hurt right away
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Risk / reward. You can’t worry about injury unless there is some history, it’s part of the game and process
 
FlaPack said:
Risk / reward. You can’t worry about injury unless there is some history, it’s part of the game and process
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Yep and sometime have to take risk/reward on what players you might have to pay top dollar to
 
dannobanano said:
You just answered the $64 question for yourself.
Because the contract landscape is changing teams will start to trade stars even as their rookie deals are coming due because they will want #1 money for their position group and teams will begin to trade away emerging stars rather than pay contracts that will hog-tie a team financially for years.
A teams might have a couple “stars” who get #1 money contracts for their position, but others will get traded as a result.
If hindsight is 20/20, do you think GB would still give Bak his contract if they could do it again?
The Packers problem is that they’ve ended up with top money contracts to too many players all hitting the books in a short period of time. A-Jones, Rodgers, Bak, Clark, Adams, and now Alexander and soon to be followed by Jenkins and Gary. You just can’t pay them all. But who to keep and who to lose becomes the puzzle.
I get the feeling teams will start to be selective as to who they want to hitch their wagon to, and other emerging stars will get traded a year before they get to FA, and let some other team deal with that contract conundrum
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Interesting discussion. It'll be telling to watch how the next few off-seasons play out. This off-season-plus has been wild in terms of teams converting high-cost player assets into draft capital. With the rise of these big-buck guaranteed contracts I think we'll see more of this especially by teams that are good at drafting high value players. You can use your ability to find those players as a self-feeding system. Draft guys who become high value players and then convert them to more picks to find more good, low cost players. That way you can afford "some" high cost players while constantly moving on from some of them by trading them for draft picks before they become FA's, allowing you to find more cheap talent.

Alexander is a good example. Might be too expensive given all the other contractual issues. If they can get a first plus another pick for him, it might be best to move on now. While I don't have great faith in Gute's overall abilities in the draft or building a roster, he's done pretty damn well drafting in the first 2 rounds. They should play to that strength until it isn't a strength anymore. Use the one skill you seem to have to stay young and deep.
 
Toss up (for me) between LB’s Chad Muma and Troy Andersen.
Andersen’s 4.42 Forty vs Muma’s 4.63 is the difference, so far, but Andersen has his pro day today and since he did not participate in agility drills at the Combine, I want to see if he does so today and what that shows.

Both are nice prospects and would be immediate upgrades to ST’s right away.
 
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