Looking At 2010 Salaries - The Top 4 Highest Paid Packers
by Brandon on Feb 9, 2010 7:00 AM CST
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Pete Dougherty at the Press-Gazette wrote a good article about the Green Bay Packers' salaries in 2010. The main point of the article was that it looks like LB A.J. Hawk and RB Ryan Grant might be overpaid in 2010. Hawk is scheduled to make $4.6 million and Grant will make $6 million. He does compare their salaries to the team's highest paid players:
Grant topped the 1,250-yard rushing mark, which earned him a $1.5 million escalator in base salary for 2010, pushing his pay to $6 million when his salary is combined with roster and workout bonuses. That makes him the Packers’ fourth-highest paid player for 2010, behind only Woodson, receiver Donald Driver ($7 million) and quarterback Aaron Rodgers ($6.5 million).
CB Charles Woodson is scheduled to receive $7.5 million in 2010. Obviously $4.6 million and $6 million is a lot of money, and it does look high in comparison to other those players' salary. But I wanted to compare it to the recently released franchise and transition tag numbers for 2010:
| Position | Franchise | Transition |
|---|---|---|
| Cornerback | $9.566 million | $8.056 million |
| Linebacker | $9.680 million | $8.373 million |
| Running Back | $8.156 million | $7.151 million |
| Quarterback | $16.405 million | $14.546 million |
| Wide Receiver | $9.521 million | $8.651 million |
I've put the list of the other positions after the jump.
All their 2010 salaries are significantly less than the cost to hypothetically place the franchise tag on them, so no one is obviously overpaid. Hawk is harder to justify, since LB Brandon Chillar just received a 4 year extension, but GM Ted Thompson seems to have no problem spending big money and using high picks on linebackers. Hawk played a lot last season, so I can't imagine Thompson would thin out his depth just to save a couple million and/or receive a mid-round draft pick in return. I'm no fan of Hawk's (he's their worst LB by far against the run, he's not great against the pass) but he's not going anywhere.
Grant is well worth his price. Especially when you consider he only lost one fumble last season too.
Maybe CB Al Harris will allow the team to push back his March bonus, as Greg Bedard suggested, but obviously his recovery from ACL surgery is the main factor. It might be a tough call depending on how his rehab is going. We'll here more about this as the March date approaches.
All of these players I've mentioned will return next season. So who's the most likely player to be let go or released this offseason?
| Position | Franchise | Transition |
|---|---|---|
| Defensive End | $12.398 million | $10.193 million |
| Defensive Tackle | $7.003 million | $6.353 million |
| Offensive Line | $10.731 million | $9.142 million |
| Punter/Kicker | $2.814 million | $2.629 million |
| Safety | $6.455 million | $6.011 million |
| Tight End | $5.908 million | $5.248 million |
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Grant
Grants deal is a good one, as it was incentive laden. He met that, so he earned his money.
Hawk’s salary isn’t that bad really when compared to other high paid LB’s. Add in the fact Hawk was learning a new scheme. Pay him for 2010. If he doesn’t take off in the new scheme in his second year of playing in it, then get rid of him after the 2010 season.
Now… when it comes to our DB’s, no doubt many of the third tier and fourth tier players sucked. The Bears are about to release Vasher. Would he be a good pick-up for the Packers?
Keep everybody
I don’t think anybody’s overpaid. Driver would be the closest, but he brings a lot to the table, so I don’t have a problem with his salary.
As for Hawk, yeah, he’s not a game-changer, but he’s, myeh… Yeah, let’s be honest. He’s just a body out there. It doesn’t seem to be a lack of effort. It seems more like he’s got moderate to limited ability, and doesn’t have the great intelligence/recognition that would be needed to overcome those limitations by always being in the right spot at the right time. He gets washed out too much.
He’s a decent player, so you wouldn’t say we’ve got a “need” at his spot, but he’s no great shakes, either, so it wouldn’t be bad to go there in the draft if there’s somebody we like.
The draft will determine which of our guys get new contracts.
That is hilarious
Cheap teddy only paying AR 6.5 mil. Even thous AR choked in the playoffs and missed the playoffs last year, the guys is putting up some semi-respectable “stats” which you would think would earn him a slight raise. eh….teddy?
he did
and saving money would be something you would want your GM to do…
hmm…
RIP Jim Thome 1-25-2010
an AL team not having a DH is like a giraffe fucking a mule. - larry
AR chocked in the playoffs?
Uh yeah, we were only down, Way down, and he took them back in position to win. Now bring up the fumble, I’ll give you that one, huge, COSTLY mistake, but if not for his play, we would not have been in overtime to begin with.
He's a Viking fan, give him a break
In Minnesota, they have a long history of choking, and over the decades have shown various methods of choking in the playoffs. He seems to think having to come back from a 21 point deficit to Overtime is choking. Well, only in Minnesota I guess! Now they just experienced the method of getting “Favred!”
"No player is greater than a team."
-Vince Lombardi
Don’t even respond back to delusional. The only reason we were in our game was because of Rodgers. He is just mad that Favre choked like all of us knew he would.
by packallday555 on Feb 10, 2010 7:03 PM CST up reply actions
It's fear
that’s what motivates him talk crap about AR and the Pack. I seriously can’t wait till Sepetember….tick tock. To quote Doc Holiday from Tombstone “Make no mistake, it not revenge he’s after its a reckoning”.
by Packerfan045 on Feb 11, 2010 3:31 PM CST up reply actions
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