Yes it does. Even better Christmas at the beginning of the Season though, right?

I don't think it is worth 2 1st draft picks. It is one player, especially when I could potentially get 2 great LBs on rookie contracts. Not only that but they will be younger. Then again I go back to an old comment I had made about how cheap you could get Bowman, Dansby or Urlacher. Now these guys are older as well but they know the system, they would be cheap especially for a one year contract. That is just my 2 cents, but there is a lot of other things I can see us doing and apparently the way the contract was written out for ARod we saved 15mil in CAP. So let the transactions continue!

I'm thinking it may be something other than a Mack trade
No idea who,of course,but Gute has shown me he can hide his plans very well.

Taryns world is black and white. If a backup tight end doesn't screw up an onside kick the Packers are a success and otherwise they are an abject failure so abhorrent that we must shun and vilify their names at all turns. You get used to it.

I haven't forget what many claim to have endured. But if another SB is not claimed, winning even 6 Division Titles won't make it any better than the same time frame starting with season of 67-97'. Too much drought to say it was raining success and Rodgers years will be remembered as dry or worse...unless.
This is Title Town which means Championships count and nothing less does.

We will always have Charles Martin.

I respectfully disagree tundra. By saying it could be worse, like the 70s or 80s is a defeatists attitude. This isn't the Detroit Lions or Cincinnati Bengals, (teams who've never won a thing and dont like they are anytime soon) we are talking about here. This is the GBP! This is Titletown!

The Pack has a very long history of winning! Winning a title was within reach and expected yearly. More NFL titles than any other team. Just because the Pack lost their way in the 70s and 80s doesnt mean we should expect less.

Thank you Mr Wolfe for showing the world and the Packers their way again!

The jury is out on if the front office is serious about finding Rodgers' replacement.

If they spend years developing Kizer, that would be an indication they are not serious.

Some of this translates to two fans arguing:
“I want more SB’s!”
“No, I want more SB’s than you do!”
“No, I want them more than you do!”

And then:
“I am a more intense fan than you because I have higher standards!”

“No, I’m more intense!”
“No, I’m more intense!”

After awhile it just sounds like “my dad can beat up your dad”

That’s my .02

Can't wait to read your article on his new contract's structure TGR. I'm glad this is done. Now we can stop talking about paying the man and about Hundley vs. Kiser. Wonder what effect this will have on the Mack trade talks. Depends on the structure of the contract.

Someone was reporting that there's a huge up-front payment that will drive the cap numbers way down later. I agree, though, I want to see the official break down.

If it is an Extension, it has to be an extension of something, so 6 years total it must be, I would think.

You can always give AR a bigger signing bonus immediately to offset that hit... I think this was the way to go.

Mack still may end up here.

Agree Dobber,
Someone needs to mention Spriggs, Murphy, Bell again, to reignite the hairpulling about the Oline depth so we can go back to a few days without Mack the savior.

Hey everyone, Bell, murphy, Spriggs, Bell....

That is not the "escalator" that some people were freaking about a couple of months ago. Rather, as most remember, there were reports that AR was seeking a percentage of the cap so that his salary would increase each year, or that he was seeking a contract clause that his salary would increase whenever another QB's contract surpassed his.

We had the usual suspects totally believing said reports and commenting about how selfish AR was being, how he didn't care about the team, and that he should be traded.

Of course, AR consistently stated that he was not seeking a revolutionary contract, and his agent was characteristically and wisely quiet on the subject. Naturally, these "reports" have been proven to be totally false, and the people who believed them (or pretended to believe them to promote various conspiracy theories) have been proven to be extremely gullible.

Go, Daddy!

80 mil up front Guaranteed. And if he breaks his collar bone again? 80 hurts this team. If A-Rod can't play, they don't make the super-bowl. And what happens if Gute fires MM and staff. A new coach just isn't going to come in and win. Facts and numbers aside. This was a great deal for A-Rod and not the organization.

Aaron Rodgers didn't become Rodgers overnight and QBs of his quality don't come along often. We also need to draft an EDGE rusher. Before you judge Rodger's contract wait for the details to come out.

dobber I think that Hundley's proclivity for tucking and running aligns better to the way Russell Wilson plays and Pete Carroll plans his offense. Seattle's unstable\rebuilding RB situation also means that their QB's will probably take more runs when they are on offer, and they probably see Hundley naturally aligning to it in the event that he does see the field.

I'm personally going to watch the SEA vs OAK game this week just to see how he plays against the same team 2 weeks in a row.

Sweet Jesus. No.

Just... NO.

I burn an authentic Picasso if they do it.

Practice squad- it's where players who aren't ready to play belong.

Rodgers is the guy who needs to recognize that the need to protect Rodgers goes up every year as his mobility declines.

The last many years he has had pockets for 3-5 seconds. That's on him if he doesn't deliver the ball on time, or if he rolls out early.

ST guy and backup QB, if that doesn't say "QB of the future", nothing does.

I like Teddy Bridgewater.

But his signing sure brings the "Letting Taysom Hill go is the biggest mistake ever, the Saints are laughing at us" crowd to a screeching halt.

The jets only have to pay Bridgewater $1M ($500K signing bonus and $500K workout bonus) and they get a 3rd round pick (Jets are sending a 6th to NO).

I wonder if NO has extended Bridgewater? It is kind of awkward. Would you give him big money? If not, why would Bridgewater sign it? And he probably doesn't play too much.

Hurts GB, most likely. If Brees went down, that 1st round pick we're getting might have been a sweet one. Now they have an apparently competent QB to replace Brees. Oh well, a first is a first, and other problems could arise in NO.

Please describe the attributes that you believe are associated with being a professional journalist, along with your experience and educational background qualifying you to assess such attributes.

It is a day to celebrate the great moves by the Packers front office. Please stop trying to ruin it with your Trumpian attacks on the press.