The Packers Managable List of Free Agents

by Brandon on Feb 25, 2009 12:00 PM CST Comment 7 comments

With one of the youngest teams in the NFL, there aren't a lot of veteran free agent mistakes on the roster and there aren't a lot of unrestricted free agents either. Packers.com finally got their 2009 free agent list updated.

2009 Exclusive-rights Free Agents (1)
Player		Status
CB	Tramon Williams	Unsigned

It should be automatic that the nickel back will be offered a contract.

2009 Restricted Free Agents (7)
Player		Status
S	Atari Bigby	Unsigned
WR	Shaun Bodiford	Unsigned
CB	Jarrett Bush	Unsigned
TE	Tory Humphrey	Unsigned
DE	Jason Hunter	Unsigned
FB	John Kuhn	Unsigned
WR	Ruvell Martin	Unsigned

Whether you like any of these guys or not, there is no one on this list that will draw a lot of interest from other teams. Bigby would have after the 2007 season, but not after his injury plagued 2008. They will all be offered contracts, but they all might receive the lowest tender allowed.

2009 Unrestricted Free Agents (3)
Player		Status
DT	Colin Cole	Unsigned
DE	Michael Montgomery	Unsigned
T	Mark Tauscher	Unsigned

I'm not a fan of Cole, so I hope he isn't pursued. At 276 lbs. Mike Montgomery is undersized as a 3-4 defensive end, so the Packers will probably make no effort to resign him. When healthy, Tauscher is arguably the team's best offensive lineman. I really hope the Packers resign him, but he shouldn't receive a huge contract since I doubt many teams will be pursuing a free agent who just tore his ACL in December.

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its kind of essential that we sign cole as he improved tremedousely and at 6-2 320 he will be needed at nose when pickett is tired(which happens alot haha)

by packallday555 on Feb 25, 2009 3:00 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I don’t mind Cole either. We should be able to get him back for close to the minimum if we want him. Obviously if Raji is our pick then we won’t need Cole.

by juggernaut400 on Feb 25, 2009 4:27 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Cole, the hidden suck

One of the things I noticed while I was closely watching the struggling run defense last season was that Cole often got shoved clear out of the play. He doesn’t shoulder the entire burden for the bad run defense, but he didn’t seem to help at all. I’d rather they give a random guy off the practice squad a chance at some playing time next season then Cole.

by Brandon on Feb 26, 2009 1:32 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

The Pack is gonna be tough over the next few years.

Y’all are incredibly young, and seem to be gelling pretty well in the post Farve era. I was just talking today with a feller from our site, wondering what the Packers had going on in FA. Because, its not looking very bright in our FA world…

Things will get better as they improve...

by Dane Noble on Feb 25, 2009 9:14 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

ya i agree that we dont need cole if we get raji but the drafts not until april and if rogers leaves the browns then their also going to need a dt in their 3-4 alignment and could take raji ahead of us as they have the #6 pick. so i think well sign him just to be safe. i do have a question though. did you guys see the article in the paper about cole??MM was saying he is a top priority in the offseason and i dont think he is anything more than an average dt

by packallday555 on Feb 26, 2009 11:22 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

I can’t see Cole as a top priority. As a league minimum, 15 snap per game guy, I don’t mind him.

by juggernaut400 on Feb 26, 2009 1:31 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Mike is too kind

Mike’s always very diplomatic when discussing specific players publicly. He was talking like he and former defensive coordinator Bob Sanders were going to work to redesign the defense back in December before he axed nearly the entire staff in January.

by Brandon on Feb 26, 2009 11:43 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs