More Money For Tramon Williams and Johnny Jolly

by Brandon on Mar 5, 2010 1:54 AM CST in Green Bay Packers Free Agency

The contracts tendered by the Green Bay Packers to restricted free agents CB Tramon Williams and DE Johnny Jolly came in higher than was previously expected. From Tom Silverstein at JSOnline.com:

The Packers apparently were worried that cornerback Tramon Williams and end Johnny Jolly were going to get away, because they used the highest possible restricted free agent tender on Williams (first- and third-round) and the second highest (first round) on Jolly.

The market rate for a starting cornerback is a 3rd round pick, which is what the Chargers received from the Jets for CB Antonio Cromartie. No team will give up a 3rd round pick, plus a 1st round pick, for Williams. I'm a little surprised at the high tender for Jolly, but with more teams switching to the 3-4 defense in 2010 there should be more demand for a 3-4 end like Jolly.

Whatever works. I just want to see both players wearing green and gold next season.

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I just want to see both players wearing green and gold next season.

I definitely want to see Jolly on the roster next year – IMHO, Jolly was our Defensive MVP for the first four games last year, right up until Woodson started playing out of his mind.

Williams? I know we need the depth in the secondary, but it just seems like the guy is fragile.

And since I don’t think it’s been mentioned here yet, Nick Collins received a tender offer for $3.35M on the 3rd. Source

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by Clutch16 on Mar 5, 2010 2:18 AM CST reply actions

Retaining Williams is a must. I doubt Harris will come back and be able to be a good #2 Cb. If we lost Williams the candidates would be Underwood, Lee, Blackmon, and Bush. We don’t want that.

by packallday555 on Mar 5, 2010 10:48 AM CST up reply actions

does anyone know what tender we used on nick collins because i think we shoulda used the 1st and 3d on him instead of tramon unless we use it for both of them if we can

by Adam Tarasievich on Mar 6, 2010 3:49 PM CST reply actions