Packers 2022 Thread

Boy Leo Chenal was sick-sick-sick at the UW Pro Day today.
I was a Quay Walker fan, but Chenal is other worldly
 
CBS Sports on if Packers would sign Adams long term.

($20.12 million franchise tag)

Contract package: $142.5 million, five years ($28.5 million per year)

Overall guarantees: $50 million (all signing bonus)

Fully guaranteed at signing: $50 million (all signing bonus)

First three years: $93 million

Quarterback Aaron Rodgers reportedly agreeing to terms on a four-year, $200 million contract extension means Davante Adams isn't going anywhere despite Green Bay's challenging salary cap situation.


The Packers and Adams weren't close to reaching an agreement during negotiations last offseason. Adams wanted to replace DeAndre Hopkins as the NFL's highest-paid wide receiver. The Packers weren't willing to acknowledge the $27.25 million per year new money average for the two-year contract extension Hopkins received from the Cardinals in 2020 because he had three years remaining when he signed. The Hopkins deal is an outlier in the wide receiver market. Titans wide receiver Julio Jones is second at the position on the three-year extension he signed with the Falcons in 2019 averaging $22 million per year.

Shortly after the Packers were eliminated in the divisional playoffs by the 49ers, reports of Adams wanting $30 million per year on a new contract, which is extremely ambitious, surfaced. Steelers edge rusher T.J. Watt, 2021's NFL Defensive Player of the Year, is the NFL's highest paid non-quarterback at $28,002,750 per year.

I'd probably have my sights set a little lower but would still insist upon Adams becoming the league's highest paid non-quarterback, like Hopkins did. Extensions signed by wide receivers Larry Fitzgerald and Calvin Johnson with the Cardinals and Lions in 2011 and 2012, respectively, put them at the top of non-quarterback salary hierarchy. It's justifiable because Adams is the NFL's most productive wide receiver since signing his expiring four-year extension at the end of the 2017 season. He leads the NFL in receptions (432), receiving yards (5,310) and touchdown catches (47) during this span. Adams set the Packers single-season record for receiving yardage with 1,553 yards in 2021. He also had 123 catches to break his own team record along with 11 receiving touchdowns.

Shattering Rams perennial All-Pro defensive tackle Aaron Donald's record $40 million signing bonus for a non-quarterback and a favorable cash flow would be necessities because of how Green Bay structures veteran contracts. The only guaranteed money in Green Bay deals is a signing bonus. The lone exception is Rodgers, whose deals have conventional contract guarantees. The bigger deals contain third or fifth day of the league year roster bonuses in the second and third years. The roster bonuses are supposed to be substitutes for additional contract guarantees. The overall guarantees in Green Bay contracts are usually less than comparable deals on other teams.

Length of contract wouldn't be a concern. Adams' window for top non-quarterback money in the future would likely be shut with a three-year deal because he turns 30 in December. A five-year deal would put Adams under contract for the same length as Rodgers with his reported extension.
 
Don't know why GB seems hell bent on waiting to the very last second on cutting guys. It's very unlikely they are going to get anything for any player they plan to cut.
 
Could be because they are trying to restructure several guys and do extensions with others to try and bring back as many as possible.

Whatever is going on, it sure is being kept on the D.L.
 
Agree, with only a few days to go, and at least 6-8 decisions to be made and contracts to get done you'd think they'd have moved on something the last few days or that some camp would be releasing at least basic information that talks are underway. It's like complete "radio silence" on everyone's part . . . kinda weird.
 
57packer said:
Agree, with only a few days to go, and at least 6-8 decisions to be made and contracts to get done you'd think they'd have moved on something the last few days or that some camp would be releasing at least basic information that talks are underway. It's like complete "radio silence" on everyone's part . . . kinda weird.
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That $46m cap hit clearly is the first domino to fall. How much can / will or won’t get restructured will influence the rest. And then there is 17’s tag to work around. All around stranger. The fact nothing is being leaked by GB is highly unusual
 
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