I have heard that the trade compensation is set. I have also heard that the Packers are looking for a 2023 first (and some kind of 2024 pick that depends on whether Rodgers plays in 2024). Hopefully this leads to something?

Lots of talk about package deals though the source, Sauce Gardner, isn't a good as the ones Nags is relying upon.

GB doesn't have to adjust any other contracts at the moment. A couple have roster bonuses due on March 19 or 20, but Bakh's $9.5M is due March 17, a week from today, so decisions have to be made on those players before the bonus gets paid.

GB can still free up cap space. Here are what the mostly likely avenues are:

$12.028M - Bakh
$3.336M -- Rasul Douglas
$2.268M - Campbell
$3.025M - Gary (normal terms of an extension)
$0.548M - O'Donnell
$21.205M total or $15.505M if Bakh is traded pre June.

GB is $13M under the cap as of March 15, new league year start, which includes a 2nd round tender for Nijman. $5M in-season piggy bank, PS, and 52nd and 53rd contracts eat up close to $11.3M. GB is still ok, about $2M in the black. Signing draft picks costs a little under $4.7M. Need $2.7M more cap. Trading AR costs $9M, so now need $11.7M more.

I still want Leavitt, Wilson, Hollins, Ford if possible, even Tyler Davis. Hard to keep Nixon.
Pretty much done if Bakh is traded along with AR. If they keep Bakh, GB would have $9.5M or so to spend on a Nixon, Tonyan, Lazard or outside UFA.

Jets want him bad. One dude said he’d cut his pinky toe off to get him there. If im the packers… Id bluff. Id say 2 1sts One this this year and one next. If Rodgers goes to the jets an lights it up we could have a top 5 pick next yr…. everyone is happy. Unless he retires… then he screws both teams :-)

I'm sorry your favorite team (Vikings) lost Eric Kendricks and now Adam Theielen looks loke he's on the way out too. Za'Darius also just said today he wants to be released. It must not be fun in Vikingsland.

An immediate downvote. No response . Whoever you are, you have a cowards approach to life. If you disagree that's fine, tell me why.

MPF, you took time to put together a thoughtful piece on how you view 12's decision. Thanks. Let the thumbing slide off your back like water off a moose. Imho, I think the site could do without the thumbs. This isn't reddit or facebook, and imaginary internet points aren't worth the imaginary document they're not printed on. They can't be redeemed for imaginary worthless prizes.

I've gotten better at scrolling past those I don't enjoy reading, and interact with those I like, or at least find interesting. No thumbs up or down in my world. There are some great people here that I enjoy very much. The rest I try to cut some slack. You never know what burdens others are carrying or why they choose to act the way they do in the relative anonymity of the interwebz. And, at the end of the day, some people are just asshats.

Are they paying me $60 million a year?

Aaron holds all the cards, he wants to be courted because of his ego. Your analogy does not apply here.

Pay me $50,000,000 a year and you can treat me “poorly” and I won’t whine, pout and do drugs to ease my pain while sitting on my ass while young receivers are hungry for some interaction during mini camps.

OK, you want response.

You write the story of the loyal employee who cares about organization.

Lets try this narrative.

You have employee that did a lot, but really a lot for your organization. But, with age he started to perform on the job less and less effective. He started to complain about his superior, claiming that all "problems" that employee has is the result of bad work from his superior. You checked and conclude that those complaints maybe not completely fair, but there were some truth about them. So, you decide to gire his superior, because you hope that those problems your employee had was the product of missunderstandings between employee and his superior. He became so pissed of, si you, because he means a lot to you, decide to on ugly way part with his superior (who was also loyal to your organization and basically made that employee as excellent on his job as he is/was). You hired more friendly person to be your next superior and asked you to calm down and do not become the problem). New "relation" started but employee performance still were not at the former level, and employee hinted that he might decide to retire. You accepted what you heard and decide to hire very young person to school him while you still working, trying to respect employee wishes to retire when he decide and to have young replacement for his job.

At first your employee stated that he understands your decision and looked calm and undisturbed. But, by time employee noticed how good or excellent young guy is and that he has a lot of row talent and suddenly started to fear for his job. That year he heavily improved his performance and it was like everything is OK.

By time new cycle of bringing young guys to the organization just to be started and you made your plans how to improve your employees core to preceed. Suddenly your employee leaked the news that he is done with your organization and that you do not want to work for you - he is done will never ever work for you. Now, you know that your young replacement is not ready to take over the job and you decide to sprak with your employee. Finally, you made arrangement with him to come back and fulfill his contract extension. He accepted but asked and get, as condition of agreement some rights nobody has in the organization or on your competitors. He went on vacation.

He came back from vacation and organized press conference during wich he was heavily spitted on the organization and all your management.

You silently went over that escapade. But, you got, from your employee, worse performance, not much but still, that year. There were some changes in middle management (new DC, STC), and your employee again started to talk about retirement. His most closed working friend left the organization and you were not able to replace that person. So, you decided to extend contract by offering much more money to him. As you had limits with the budget, you decided to borrow the money from the future to satisfy appetites of your employee. But, you become tired of his "should I go or should I stay" story and he worked (presumed injured) pretty bad for his standards. At one moment young replacement was pushed to finish one job your employee eas not able to do because of injury and he excelles.

You decide that it is the time, but, from respect of your employee you involved him in that discussion. He got time to make decision A, B or C and he did. You try to help him that decision to become accomplished.

That is how I saw you story about employee!

I hope you are now satisfied.

Thank you!

Or, youre a discruntled employee, they got rid of your favorite toy. So you refused to play the system. Spend an entire offseason not getting to know your new toys and only doing the bare minimum contractually. thats what the kids term these days as “ quiet quitting”. Also imagine being Adams… go to a place to play for your buddy …and your buddy gets traded to the Saints…. I think this is also a bit about money, Last uear Rodgers liked bitcoin and mentioned as much on Macaffe. And we all know where bitcoin went. Just sayin.

If they don't, XLAX might help...

Not for idealism!

Sigh! So true. Brings to mind the Rolling Stones song Time Waits for No One. Hours are like diamonds don't let them waste.