Scouts Like Addition of Campbell

De'Vondre Campbell's one-year deal with the Packers is worth $2 million and all but assures he will be on the 53 because of the $1.01 million signing bonus. Base salary is $990K and it has 4 automatically voidable years that allowed them to prorate the SB for cap purposes. Only $202K of the SB counts on this year's cap for a total cap charge of $1.192M. The rest of the prorated SB ($808K) counts on 2022 cap.
 
GBP4EVER said:
De'Vondre Campbell's one-year deal with the Packers is worth $2 million and all but assures he will be on the 53 because of the $1.01 million signing bonus. Base salary is $990K and it has 4 automatically voidable years that allowed them to prorate the SB for cap purposes. Only $202K of the SB counts on this year's cap for a total cap charge of $1.192M. The rest of the prorated SB ($808K) counts on 2022 cap.
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Look at his contract? He's getting a little over minimum this year, and $800k carried over to next year of that $2 mill. If he plays next year, he'd make about the same as this year. The Packers just have a hold on him in case he accidentally does work out, or they dump him for the balance hit against the cap, which is peanuts compared to most cap hits.
 
TW said:
Look at his contract? He's getting a little over minimum this year, and $800k carried over to next year of that $2 mill. If he plays next year, he'd make about the same as this year. The Packers just have a hold on him in case he accidentally does work out, or they dump him for the balance hit against the cap, which is peanuts compared to most cap hits.
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The 800K is prorated SB. That will end up as dead cap in 2022 as all the years void after this year.
 
GBP4EVER said:
The 800K is prorated SB. That will end up as dead cap in 2022 as all the years void after this year.
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Yes. That's true. But he's only paid the amount this year as shown. Explain to me why a team would bring a guy in on a contract, pay him a $1 million bonus, give him minimum wage for this year, write the contract as a 5 year deal, then automatically void every year except this year, leaving the $800k to be paid next year?

The answer is pretty clear. They needed someone for the lowest amount of money possible. They got one, that apparently nobody else really wanted. They gave him an incentive of getting a pay check next year, even though they've already indicated they probably don't want him next year. They've already cut the strings on him after the last game this year.

Now, when you put the details together, and you realize that Campbell has been "so good" that he wasn't kept by the two teams that he previously played for?

I'm not saying he isn't a serviceable player, I'm saying that this constant over-hype of guys who are average at best, as if they were going to be a savior for the Packers is nauseating. Let's hear the truth about these players, and how they "hope" he might be a serviceable linebacker and give them some decent plays.

Sometimes writers like to make us believe that everyone who comes to the Packers via free agency is the next Woodson, or Reggie. They just plain ain't. Sometimes they're just bodies to fill a hole on the roster, for experience.

Anyhow, that's my opinion, for what it's worth.
 
He’s not a great player,” he added, “but he’s probably better than what you’ve had.”

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Another GB "good enough for us" special that doesn't actually improve much.
 
Cheesedog said:
He’s not a great player,” he added, “but he’s probably better than what you’ve had.”

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Another GB "good enough for us" special that doesn't actually improve much.
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He was a FA in June that should say plenty about him.
 
Cheesedog said:
He’s not a great player,” he added, “but he’s probably better than what you’ve had.”

FP(

Another GB "good enough for us" special that doesn't actually improve much.
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and who else was out there?
 
Packinatl said:
He was not a bad player in ATL, its an upgrade, not much of one but it is. Lets see how it pans out
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Will see I think Martin and Barnes have upside. They are young and can develop just need to stay healthy.
 
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