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Taylor to Packers deal looking unlikely

There were rumors this week that the Green Bay Packers were considering a trade for the Miami Dolphins Jason Taylor. Now their are conflicting reports about what is actually going on, the only thing consistent is that a deal is pretty much in dream land. ESPN’s John Clayton feels there is no chance of one happening, while the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel does list a few ways that this deal can happen. Read more

Packers looking to dance?

Could the Green Bay Packers be looking into Jason Taylor? According to the Green Bay Press-Gazette, the Packers have made an exploratory inquiry with the Miami Dolphins in regards to Taylor. It’s no secret that Taylor has wanted out of Miami, but this is interesting timing as reports have said the sides semi-made up and Taylor was willing to play out his contract for the Dolphins. Taylor wants to play for a Super Bowl contender. The Packers even without Brett Favre, should be in the NFC playoff hunt. Is this is a good match , is it really a possibility??? Read more

Linkouts

Alright everyone here is another edition of the NFL Linkouts. Today we’ve got the usual eye candy this time courtesy of the Washington Redskins cheerleaders, the Tahoe Celebrity Golf Tournament, a look into the Buffalo Bills playing home games in Toronto, and an edition of Beyond the Boxscore. Read more

More troubles for Koren Robinson

Trouble just seems to find its way to former Green Bay Packers wide receiver Koren Robinson. This time thou he’s not directly implicated. His brother Tariq Robinson was recently arrested for trafficking ecstasy. How does this relate Koren thou? Other then the obvious of being brothers.

Well, Koren owns the house that Tariq stays in. At the moment, investigators say they have no evidence whatsoever that Koren is involved in any capacity. Only connection is that he owns the house. WRAL.com actually reports that the two have been estranged for over a year now.

When it comes to football thou, this can’t help Koren out. He’s currently a free agent after being released by the Packers, and that stint with the Pack came after a year long supension. No matter what he says, there will be some teams that will now question can he ever shake his past. The team that signs him now might be one that is truly desperate for a wide receiver. Profootballtalk.com said that teams that have shown interested in Koren are the Kansas City Chiefs and Oakland Raiders. I’m sure the Raiders are interested no matter what.

We’ll have to wait and see on this. Hopefully this stays with just his brother and doesn’t effect Koren in anyway.

Favre not quite retired

Former Green Bay Packers QB Brett Favre is not quite retired yet. It appears the future hall of famer has not filed his retirement paperwork with the NFL yet. This would mean he’s still a Packer and preventing the team from moving forward. How could he be doing that? Well till he retires, he still counts for $11.4 million against this years salary cap. Could it be Favre is still reconsidering? I highly doubt it, he looked like a man that was truly through with the game during that press conference.

The Packers are surprisingly aren’t to concerned about Favre filling out the paperwork. The team already has about $21 million in cap space and with no marquee free agents left the team will not be in danger of going over. Even if they did sign a few players they’d easily have enough money to pay all their draft picks. When Favre’s money does come off the book, the team would have around $30-35 million and leap past the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for the most cap space. “We don’t need the cap room,” GM Ted Thompson said of the delay.

Under Thompson this team has done a good job in keeping their salary cap in check. The team doesn’t overspend for players and doesn’t sign players they don’t need. Over the next 2 years there will be a considerable amount of players available for extensions and you could possibly see them, re-signing a couple before the year is out just to have it hit against this huge space, since not all of it carries over to next year.

I’m sure some Packer fans are reading this and thinking the team hasn’t done much then to move forward. I disagree. With what was available in this years free agent market, the Packers did the right thing by standing pat. There was never a big name QB on the market who could of replaced Favre and most of the big name defensive players were grossly overpaid. And over paying is just something Thompson won’t do.

Chillar, a difference a day makes

What a difference a day makes. Yesterday, rumors had the Green Bay Packers dropping out of the race for LB Brandon Chillar of the St Louis Rams. Well now today Chillar and the Packers have come to terms on an agreement. The deal calls for Chillar to make $5.2 million over 2 seasons with another $800,000 possible in incentives. Chillar, 25, should start next season for the Pack and provide a lot of energy. Chillar is far from a star and most likely never will be but the guy plays the game the right way and has very few holes. The move should push Brady Poppinga back to the bench.

Teams dropping from Chillar race

As time goes by teams keep dropping from the race to sign St Louis Rams LB Brandon Chillar. Teams aren’t dropping from the race by the usual reasons thou, health scares, price, years, etc it’s because of his insistence on waiting for the Arizona Cardinals. Chillar, originally from California, would love nothing better then to play closer to home. The best option for him to do so is to play for the Cardinals, so he’s waiting for them.

What’s the problem with the Cardinals then? What’s taking so long to get a deal done? The problem , cap space. Till Larry Fitzgerald’s contract is restructured the Cards have no money to sign anyone. Things are so bad in Arizona they’re having to cut players just to sign players. They needed a new long snapper and only way to bring one in at the time being was to cut a player. That player, Sean Morey, is expected to resign once Fitz is restructured. (Probably with a small little bonus for willing to be made expendable).

What teams have dropped out of the Chillar race? Both the Green Bay Packers and the New York Giants have taken themselves out of the running, as neither team feels like playing in his waiting game. His former team, the Rams, are still in the running thou. They want Chillar back and don’t mind hanging around a little longer. If Chillar wants to guarantee himself a decent check for next year he may have to give in soon and re-up with the Rams.

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