Pack-A-Day Podcast - Episode 2054 - Under the Radar Free Agent Options
We've all heard about the safeties, linebackers and running backs the Packers should consider in free agency, but what if the Packers went in an entirely different direction?! On today's show, Andy takes a look at some free agent options that nobody is discussing. Enjoy!
By AndyHerman
We've all heard about the safeties, linebackers and running backs the Packers should consider in free agency, but what if the Packers went in an entirely different direction?! On today's show, Andy takes a look at some free agent options that nobody is discussing. Enjoy!
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Comments (5)
Coldworld
March 10, 2024 at 10:56 am
If you want a specialist speed rusher then Chop Robinson is the obvious early option in the draft, but we may not want to invest that much capital on such a time even if we get the chance. In fact there are other promising later candidates that could fill that role or need.
Jalyx Hunt would be a late day 2/early day three possibility. I’d also look at Marshawn Kneeland as a looks like an insider physically candidate but with the burst and speed to be outside to speed rush. A bigger man outside with flexibility. Of course, we could actually use Brooks more imaginatively too.
I’m not keen on a splash contract for a role type unless you are getting something you can’t draft credibly. Peppers was a unique player. In this case I don’t think that dichotomy of capability exists and we still have time to develop and keep our cap healthy next year and beyond. This applies as much to other positions as well.
golfpacker1
March 10, 2024 at 12:28 pm
Wow! That's A real group you talked about there. The overpriced ones all have warts. And out of the rest of them, Reiser would be as valuable as Runyan with more verstility. And probably same price. All in all, this is a group that would be like the last guys picked in a kids game
Clowney has made a lot of money, but has also been one of the biggest overachievers ever.
EDGE- Huff, Clowney, NO & NO-better signing-A J Epenesa 25 years old and $5 mill per year
LB-Patrick Queen, NONO-better FA signing-Devin White, Blake Cashman, Bobby Wagner
SAFETY-Kam Curl, Justin Simmons, NO & NO-better signing-Mckinney-maybe if price is right-Fuller-YES, Whitehead-YES, Blackmon-YES, Chinn-YES
RB-Barkley, Jacobs NO & NO-better signing-Antonio Gibson-YES
LLCHESTY
March 11, 2024 at 02:32 am
Fuller is a CB. Is this one of those "they should move him to..." that Packers fans seem to like so much? Had a passer rating allowed of 120 last year but maybe their pass rush being ass after they traded Sweat and Young had something to do with that. The four years before that his PRA was much better. Played over 1000 snaps the last three years so moving him would seem..... foolish. There's reason to beef up the CB room but no reason to give an NFL starting CB big bucks to be the 3rd guy. That's what the draft is for.
White was good in 2020 but has been bad in coverage for the last three years. That's not a blip.
Ferrari-Driver
March 10, 2024 at 08:16 pm
None of those players interested me. If we are looking at free agents, keep your sights primarily on safeties and line backers. We have 11 draft picks that can be used to add some talented players in the early rounds and there are still plenty of middle and later round picks to add competition to the roster with younger, less expensive options. Holes remaining?...we still have the June 1st releases coming to address any that remain.
LLCHESTY
March 11, 2024 at 02:37 am
Hardly anybody gets released on June 1st anymore. Teams can now designate 2 players as June 1st releases as soon as the new league year starts, like the Packers will do with Campbell on the 13th. There's occasionally a few players released when the teams draft a guy at that position and feel like they are ready to play after the OTAs, but it's nothing like it used to be with those cuts.