I like the agression in pursuing a top tier player, but I'm not sure I would have liked trading assets for the priviledge of (inevitably) signing a skill player on the wrong side of 30 to a brand new deal only for him to become a lockerroom problem because he can't handle criticism and expects everything he wants.
OBJ on the other hand would be a much better investment...

MOOT
Buffalo has backed out.

Billy’s brother Brandon wised up.

Now he’s Gruden’s and Mayock’s problem.
I wonder how long till he and Jordy are best buds.
(I’m setting the over/under at “never”.)

Fantastic player. In the end, we'll be better off.

I am SO GLAD we missed out on this trade. Go after what is necessary, not the luxury players. Someone needs to get word to Gute to read Old School, Since 61, Reynoldo, Cold World, Stock Holder, Dobber and some of the other more sensible commenters on here.

Gute doin gute things

Very surprised the Packers would even consider putting this ass on the team, he is not half the man Davante Adams is.

Now, early Friday morning. No deal to Buffalo. Nobody wants him. Buffalo was offering a 7th round pick and a few extra ball tee's for trade.

I saw Brown interviewed in his 18,000 sq. ft. mansion with his dyed blonde mustache and gold diamond rings on every finger.

He is a self absorbed, divisive clown.

If Gutey was working hard to trade for him with a high draft pick, it is very concerning.

On the other hand, if he offered up a 7th rounder....

AR to AB would've been a deadly combo. There may have been some drama but it would have been drowned out by production. People were screaming bloody murder about signing Andre Rison right up until the first series of the Super Bowl.

Turns out the trade to Buffalo fell through last night. Brown is still a Steeler....for now.

This might mean Gutekunst could still inquire, but I don't want a diva like AB.

Don't do it, Gute!!

And now he is not going to Buffalo.

If there are not many teams interested what is his true value? Will it take a 3rd round, 4th round pick to get him?

If you are Green Bay do you trade one of your 2 4th round picks for him?

As a young receiver, Brown was really a great young man. But the past two years there has been a big change in him. He has morphed into Terrell Owens and Dez Bryant. His talent is without question. But he has shown now that he will throw anyone under the bus. His QB, his coach and the rest of his teammates. Bringing him in would be a big risk. His teammate Le'Veon Bell brings the same kind of baggage.

IF indeed the report is true, and with some of these reporters, I don't trust what they are putting out there, as many times it is just self promoting BS, It bothers me that Gute would even consider AB at a soon to be 31 year old. Especially the price. At least Kahlil Mack isn't a diva. It is a dangerous reach. Almost a borderline panic mode attempt.

And this just in...

By Rob Demovsky,

While the Antonio Brown situation rolls on, the Packers won't jump in now and were not involved before. They never had any conversations with the Steelers about the receiver, according to league sources with knowledge of the Packers' actions.

Not worth the locker room issue alone. What happens when DA gets more targets than him in a game? He'll start losing it.

Interest in Brown only. Nice print only. I think Rosen, for a second round pick, could learn behind Rodgers and be our next great one. I liked Rosen coming put and think this should draw interest. You thoughts?

Marketing! This is so crazy after Burnett. The guys best days are behind him. Don't like it. Don't like it. Don't like it.

L.Bell would be better than A. Brown, but Tevin Coleman would be more bang for the buck.

Nobody is going to want Brown

Well, except for the Patriots.

Russini is just full of it. I don't believe for a second the Packers ever gave serious thought to trading for that turd. These "reporters" that make this crap up, should be canned by their employers and sent to report junior league hockey for the rest of their careers.

I hope that Demovsky is correct and that the Packers were never serious about A. Brown. Why would we want a player on the other side of 30 who could and likely would divide the locker room?

If we are going after a top WR I'd rather get one through the draft. They would be much younger and not have any baggage. We need to get younger and more athletic.

If the Packers are going to get back to the SB in the next few seasons then they need to be excellent at asset management. Every dollar and and every draft pick needs to be utilized wisely in pursuit of reaching the SB while Rodgers can still play effectively.

We don't need players like Brown, while a great player, who are all about themselves. He is looking for his last big payday not necessarily another SB ring.

Use our FA money for the OL, Edge and Safety. Bring in the younger athletic guys for the skill positions. Thanks, Since '61

This so called "news" is one of two things. My guess is like everything else in the media, this is FAKE NEWS!! it's simply a lie and Green Bay was never ever interested. Just some made up garbage or someone speculating and suddenly out of the blue Green Bay is "interested" in AB. If they actually were/are interested in AB you all should be very concerned about the future of your Packers because if we have a current GM stupid enough to piss away draft picks on this POS we've got bigger problems and it starts with Gute. Better hope and pray this is FAKE NEWS!!

Dash

He’s an arrogant ass
Quits on his team and teammates walks out at half
Really hope no one picks him up and he’s done and we don’t have to listen or talk about him again

I see a lot of you devour the crap the media says about certain players when they want them blackballed. AB one of the best receivers in the game guy the brings it every time he steps on the field is suddenly a "quitter" because ESPN said so. Ben is the one that caused this mess by calling AB out after he threw a pick to a lineman when AB was win open against Denver. How are guys like Bell and AB deemed a distraction or quitters but not Ben with his constant cheap shots at his coach, multiple rape allegations, and the will he or won't he retire crap? Because the media/team has decided not to label him that.

If you’re gonna go big on an elite player in FA, their character or lack there of is a MUST to consider. Brown is absolutely on the wrong side of character. Stay away.

This report, of course, was completely wrong.

Unreal the noise and crap that gets posted and repeated thanks to social media and lazy bloggers

When different reporters give different stories it could be they have different sources. It would be in Brown's interest to have an agent or someone from his "camp" to put out a call to reporters that this team or that team have expressed an interest in trading for AB.

Although team GM's might not be totally forthcoming with details, I would think they would be less likely to outright lie about having made enquiries about a player.

So I would more like to believe Packers sources and beat reporters than most others who seem to have less contact with the Packers front office.

Don't like this notion of passing on a great one, drafting another WR is taking a pass on the matter. We need a WR opposite Devante, teams will be sitting on him all year. Heard Brown was the hardest working WR in football, it rivals that of Rice, if that's so maybe the dude's in shape, not old at all and would be a role model for the new ones to show them how to prepare and get it done.
Maybe it's a circus in Pittsburgh and in a circus one can act like a clown if the circumstances are right, to which Antonio was a victim of, to go to Green Bay would be like night and day. He could focus on football there and get away from all the noise. He'll have a more cerebral QB to play with rather than that snot nose he's played for his whole career and might enjoy the game again and be a team player. If he's dedicated to his craft by working as hard as they say that's show's a solid character and is good enough for me. So, if we get a chance to pick up Antonio Brown on the cheap I hope we do it with both hands. It takes great players, not developmental flotsam to get to a SB. A DA to AB tandem would be the best in football for years.
In the Pittsburgh Steelers strong desire to unload, I hope we get an offer we can't refuse.

At the pick price the Steelers wanted initially and AB's desire for a new contract, one would suppose only down and out teams with loads of salary cap space would consider him. That's the Jets, Bills, Raiders, and arguably, the 49ers.

So, Indy with its $102M in cap space can spare the cap and they need a WR2 next to TY Hilton. One of the few pretty good teams who can dump AB if he becomes a problem. Indy has 26, 34, 59, 89, 2 fourths (128, 135). Indy is a pretty good team that could get better fast between its draft picks and cap space. It also needs DBs everywhere except at FS where they drafted Malik Hooker.

Houston Texans with $68M in cap space also needs a WR2. It could afford the nonsense if AB doesn't work out, though not as easily as Indy. It has 23, 54, 55, 86 but no 4th, then 161.

Baltimore has $52M and doesn't have a #1 WR. It has some #2 and #3 types. Not sure Lamar Jackson to AB is going to work, but they are a good team that needs a WR. Is this an Ozzie type thing to do, though? No 2nd-rounder but they do have 102 and 123.

If the price goes down to a 4th, and AB really does not stand for Ain't Bright, maybe AB can go to a desirable place and get paid yet again.

It is a no-go in GB. 34M - $5M draft class - $3M cushion leaves $26M to spend. $15.1M (AB's current cap # under a trade) shouldn't happen in GB for AB. It would leave $11M, so $2M more for Allison or Wilkerson, still might squeeze in an Earl Thomas or an OLB.

Would Brown and Thomas be enough in FA?
Would Brown and Ford/Smith be enough?

It would be exciting, that's for sure.