Comments on: Jennings got far less than he wanted, more than others offered

By: zygizag

zygizag — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 06:54:20 +0000

Now that he is with the Vikes he won’t be a Packer legend.

Do you really thnk he cares about that?

Really?

While all teams have players who live elsewhere when the season is done, I bet GB would have the least number of players who actually choose to live there year around. (Detroit, Cleveland and Buffalo could be close)

By: purpblooded

purpblooded — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:17:20 +0000

Jennings has a chip on his shoulder, he thinks GB did him wrong, look for BIG games against the Packers. It wont be easy, but I expect a Viking sweep!

By: brobokil

brobokil — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 19:27:55 +0000

How come all these Jennings-naysayers (see how i changed the name of this collective group? We all know who im referring to ) are so quick to mention Jenning’s injuries but seem to forget the injuries of their other so-called great wide receivers in the 2012 season?

By: urcrap

urcrap — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 15:38:27 +0000

“crash of the free-agency market”
How sad! What next? NFL soup lines?

By: contra74

contra74 — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 20:37:34 +0000

filthymcnasty1 says:Mar 18, 2013 12:17 PM

Ponder bruises easily.
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So does your ego as well as packer fans’ ego.

By: settheraytojerry2001

settheraytojerry2001 — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 20:28:21 +0000

I love what GJ did for GB but he is clearly in decline the last 2 years and would have been easiley the 4th option in that offense behind Cobb, Nelson and Finley and not worth 9.5 Mil a year. However with the clear lack of any outside receiving talent in Minnesota I do beleive for the Viks he is worth that price. But for anyone to think he would still be the # 1 target in GB is foolish.

Player Rec Yds Yds/Rec Long TD

Cobb 80 954 11.9 39 8
Jones 64 784 12.3 49 14
Finley 61 667 10.9 40 2
Nelson 49 745 15.2 73 7
Jennings 36 366 10.2 45 4

Here are his carrer stats vs. the North

Jennings 65 964 14.8 10td’s Vikings
47 678 14.4 5td’s Bears
42 729 17.3 5td’s Lions

He made his living off the Vikings I guess he should give them something back.

By: antalicus

antalicus — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:50:51 +0000

There are too many receivers in GB battling it out. With the Vikings he knew he would be the clear number 1.

Besides the Packers along with every team that won a superbowl in the last few years is on a downhill slide and having to live up to what they did that one year, except for maybe the Giants because when they win a superbowl its after sucking for half of the year.

By: wludford

wludford — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:29:36 +0000

Tough to come back to a team as a WR when your QB basically said they wouldn’t re-sign you before your last year even began.

Truth is, I don’t think a lot of GB players like Rodgers all that much, whatever the reason.

Sometimes I wonder if the reason Rodgers hasn’t said anything about his contract is because he doesn’t want to re-sign with the Packers.

He’s had a chance to see Manning out there being courted and every team offering him the moon. And Rodgers would be even more coveted than Manning.

Just saying…

By: filthymcnasty1

filthymcnasty1 — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:17:23 +0000

Ponder bruises easily.

By: purplehaze12

purplehaze12 — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:11:48 +0000

I was about pride and playing time.

By: pillowporkers

pillowporkers — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 13:52:45 +0000

I’d rather play for an up and coming young team that made the playoffs last year (w/o Percy Harvin for the last 7 games, 5-2), added Greg Jennings, are returning every starter except 3 (Michael Jenkins, Jasper Brinkley, and Percy Harvin), and have 2 more 1st round picks, and 6 in the first 4 rounds than an aging team that doesn’t really have much outside of its QB and WR. Not to mention they will need to break the bank for Rodgers and Matthews next year. No longer will they be getting those two on the cheap. If Flacco got 20+mil, what will Rodgers get? I don’t know, but Flacco’s 20mil salary is already eating away at the Ravens…

By: The Prophet

The Prophet — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 07:43:21 +0000

How interesting that a Packer paper was the only source that somehow “discovered” that Jennings supposedly “demanded” $15m. What wonderful spin from yet another Packer media outlet. Funny I don’t remember Minnesota papers bashing Percy Harvin when he joined another team. I guess some 31 of the NFL cities have some objectivity and bravery than Green Bay does when dealing with its fans.

By: bobdog93

bobdog93 — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 03:42:16 +0000

if he wasnt hurt all the time he might have gotten mire

By: lordfrza

lordfrza — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 03:18:41 +0000

It would not surprise me one bit if the Packers were just driving up the price to be malicious to the Vikings. I seem to remember when they traded Brett Favre to the Jets it was under the condition that they could never trade him to the Vikings. It says a lot about the confidence and security of your ball club when you do underhanded things like that.

By: filthymcnasty1

filthymcnasty1 — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:09:46 +0000

This is the time of year when the Vikings rack up all kinds of pretend victories against the Packers for next year. And Viking fans show up with their trademark false bravado making ridiculous claims about their team that hasn’t been able to win it all in over half a century of existence.

But then the season starts and reality arrives along with massive statewide depression culminating in the Vikings mathematical elimination occurring sometime between Halloween and Thanksgiving.

It’s as predictable as the sun rising every morning.

By: garryvike

garryvike — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 22:01:34 +0000

Cheeseheads,
Ponder beat Rodgers in a must win game/ shoot out in 2012. I know it was AP that did it not Ponder, you wish you had AP and now you wish you had Jennings.
Vikes will sweep the Packers in 2013

By: seadawgs72

seadawgs72 — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 21:32:32 +0000

I kinda think one reason we’re not seeing many big money deals is the fa class seems a little weak to me with a couple exceptions. If Megatron or Fitz were up for a new contract i think the money would be there. Revis was the biggest name & no one wants to drop that kinda money on a cb with a bad wheel. Weakest year in recent memory.

By: filthymcnasty1

filthymcnasty1 — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 21:30:36 +0000

This move reeked of desperation, and Jennings and his agent pretty much had their way with the incompetent Rick Spielman. Spielman was previously fired for similar acts of incompetence in Miami.

By: spankoa

spankoa — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 21:18:27 +0000

The great thing about Greg signing is that if he would have stayed with the packers it would have been the greatest thing ever. Makes me laugh that every packers fan thinks he a bum now . “F.Y.P” in my Greg Jennings Voice

By: theytukrjobs

theytukrjobs — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 21:03:31 +0000

Don’t get me wrong, I think Ponder has basically stunk so far. He was great in the season finale against Green Bay, but other than that one game he’s been mostly average and atrocious at times.

But let’s not forget that this guy has played only 2 seasons and has had absolutely nothing in terms of downfield threats. We don’t know yet if he’ll turn out to be good or not.

By: fdugrad

fdugrad — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 21:02:50 +0000

As I read the posts, I do not understand the critics to be knocking the team as much as specifically thumping Ponder. It is difficult for me to believe even the most LOYAL Vike’s fan can honestly believe that ANY wr is in a more advantageous position with Ponder than he is with Rogers. All one need do is reflect on Larry F.’s lot in life. I am neither a Pack or Viking fan, however it seems to me that a wr is ESPECIALLY dependent on his qb for success and overall stats. I am far from an authority on quarterbacks or football, however it seems obvious to me that Jennings should have remained a Packer for quite a number of reasons. For that matter, I see NO advantage for him becoming a Vike, not a SINGLE one. Perhaps another position other than wr would have sound reasons for going to Minn., but wr? I do not think so.

By: blarry21

blarry21 — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 20:48:22 +0000

Do a couple more Old Spice commercials before people completely forget who you are in Minnesota with no QB.

By: khmer379

khmer379 — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 20:45:45 +0000

Viking will sweep GB in 2013 herd it here first

By: deltaoracle

deltaoracle — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 20:36:56 +0000

Some random thoughts:
We should all be so lucky as to have to “settle” for $9 million. Most people won’t approach that in a 45 year career, let alone one.
Seattle’s gonna three-peat?!? Wow, I missed the one they won this year. St. Patrick’s day comes early in the NW.
Vikings had a Lions-like fluke year last season. Harvin knew it. The brass knows it or Frazier would have a multi-year contract. 8-8 this year at best.

By: outlawshark

outlawshark — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 20:34:05 +0000

All I have to say about Jennings now is “We’ll never forget you, Glen!”.

By: gtodriver

gtodriver — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 20:34:01 +0000

What people are forgetting about FA contracts and the new CBA is how QB’s now routinely sign deals for $20 mil plus per season.

Which is the main reason that the Packers couldn’t/wouldn’t pay Jennings.

Based on recent QB signings it may be well over $20 mil that Rodgers demands.

By: westcoastpackerfan

westcoastpackerfan — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 20:33:33 +0000

to me the issue here is not who is smarter, the Packers or Vikings, but how big of a joke this cap is that the players and owners agreed to under the recent CBA.

This year was especially obvious with the market over saturated at almost every position. Why would you give a lot of money to anyone when generally there is someone just a little bit worse who is a lot cheaper? That’s the NFL way.

Every other sport sees record contracts every year. in the NFL only QBs and DEs break the bank, sometimes taking up 15-20% of their teams cap number in a year. leaving about $100 million for 52 other players.

Even a team like the Packers who has more modest contracts for stars such as Rodgers, Matthews, Nelson, still has to release Woodson and let Jennings go to FA to remain in position cap wise to sign other core players.

So maybe in the future the media can stop talking about NFL Free Agency like it is some sort of big money bonanza. Nope, it is a disappointment bonanza, for fans and players.

By: toddc612

toddc612 — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 20:32:27 +0000

For all the Packer fans who continually knock Jennings for his decision to change teams and claiming a “downgrade” when going from the Packers to the Vikings: The Packers made it ONE week further into the post-season than the Vikings — don’t act as if Rogers & Company can walk on water.

By: johngaltwho

johngaltwho — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 20:29:49 +0000

Its a tough business and with salary caps, very difficult to be a top team year after year. The 49ers and the Seahawks are both in the upswing years and thats why they’re “going for it”. They both sucked for years, had high draft picks, and enjoy young talent at low cost. When you have a wealth of proven players, the costs go up, and its difficult to pay your veterans what they’re worth and still throw money around in free agency. Thats the Packers formula for success year after year, it involves some tough decision-making, prudent financial management and excellent scouting. Wait till the Hawks and 49ers have to pay their quarterbacks and other stars. They will cycle back into obscurity.

By: arrowgargantuan

arrowgargantuan — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 20:28:40 +0000

Jennings is still elite, no question. This is a great signing, but eventually MN is going to have to address their qb situation.