The Green Bay Packers have re-signed running back James Starks to a two-year contract. The news broke last night via ESPN’s Adam Schefter (who else?) and his famous Twitter account. Starks had just finished a visit with the Pittsburgh Steelers when he came to terms with the Packers. Starks was a sixth-round draft pick for […]
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How Overpaid Is Sam Shields?
Ted Thompson likely got done with his top priority this offseason when he resigned cornerback Sam Shields to a 4 year deal worth a total of $39 million. At the time, reactions were rather mixed; many national writers who don’t cover the Packers specifically probably didn’t know too much about Shields and as a result […]
Can the Packers Afford Sam Shields?
This will come across as pouting and before we get into Green Bay Packers cornerback Sam Shields in free agency, I have to say that I really wish I were still writing about a Packers team who was preparing for their next playoff game. Such is life. So what about Shields? Well, last year Shields […]
Is There Another Contract in Aaron Rodgers Future?
Rodgers will have been in the NFL for 15 years at the end of his contract. For a guy who has said in the past that he doesn’t want the game to define him or be his everything in life, I had always imagined Rodgers being one of those guys that would not be afraid to walk away on his own terms.
Clay Matthews Is Not Worth His Contract
Last week Clay Matthews III signed a new 5-year extension with the Packers that made him the highest paid linebacker in the history of the NFL. The press release announced that Matthews was awarded a $66 million extension that averages $13.2 million yearly, which just barely eclipses Dallas Cowboy outside linebacker DeMarcus Ware’s 2009 extension […]