Originally Posted by RealSNR:
I thought Paton was thinking two years ahead last year and made all of his moves last year with the knowledge that he’d be getting Rodgers this year.
Are you admitting that Paton isn’t special and is just making moves on a year by year basis coupled with long term salary cap planning like all GMs do?
It ain't over yet. It's obvious that Paton has had his eyes on Rodgers. This contract stuff with Green Bay should've been wrapped up already, the longer it takes the more likely the #PatonPlan will come to fruition. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Quesadilla Joe: They're all talking to the Packers. Who desperately want him to come back. Matt LaFleur is especially desperate.
WRONG
Originally Posted by :
"Based on all of my conversations over the last several weeks, whether it’s close to the Packers organization or people close to Rodgers, they still feel like the momentum is decisively leaning toward Aaron Rodgers returning to Green Bay. This goes back to the day that they hired Tom Clements as the quarterbacks coach. That was the big one here. That was the first shoe to drop, essentially saying the Packers are going to do the things that Aaron Rodgers wants to happen.
“Everybody I’ve talked to says the conversations since the end of the season have been positive and optimistic. If they get Davante Adams done, I believe there will be reassurances that Randall Cobb will be done. And of course the contract, which the Packers also are willing to adjust to make Rodgers happy. As long as this thing doesn’t go sideways, this still feels to me that Aaron Rodgers will return tot he Packers.”
Originally Posted by Quesadilla Joe:
It ain't over yet. It's obvious that Paton has had his eyes on Rodgers. This contract stuff with Green Bay should've been wrapped up already, the longer it takes the more likely the #PatonPlan will come to fruition.
The Paton Plan you speak of was apparently acquiring Aaron Rodgers. Without him, Paton's only plan is to keep passing on QBs in the draft and find the cheapest available options to go ~500 and take last place in the division.
There is no #PatonPlan. It has as much credibility as the #PioliPlan in 2012, which was to go acquire Peyton Manning. [Reply]
Originally Posted by : Optimism about big QB trades: Arians said it was unlikely that franchise quarterbacks would get traded, sounding very much like a man who had already struck out. (He even said he had eight guys on his "board.") Washington coach Ron Rivera was asked about possible trades, saying, "that's what we're trying to find out." Browns GM Andrew Berry noted that QBs rarely move despite speculation, a subtle setting of low expectations on being able to upgrade from Baker Mayfield. Kirk Cousins is a wild card here, but it doesn't sound like Aaron Rodgers or Russell Wilson are going anywhere.
He's not going to be traded. Time to accept it. [Reply]
