Packers Restricted Free Agents: Keeping Crosby and Colledge

by Brandon on Mar 3, 2011 6:00 PM CST in Green Bay Packers Free Agency

ARLINGTON TX - FEBRUARY 06: Mason Crosby #2 of the Green Bay Packers kicks a field goal during the fourth quarter of Super Bowl XLV at Cowboys Stadium on February 6 2011 in Arlington Texas. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)

White92 wrote a Fan Post on the Green Bay Packers decision to tender contracts to (likely) restricted free agents LG Daryn Colledge and K Mason Crosby. According to the Press-Gazette, both players received a second round tender. Which means they should receive about $1.759 million in 2011.

It doesn't matter that the players haven't signed those contracts either. It just means they are restricted, instead of unrestricted, free agents. If they don't sign, then they'll go through the same drama that SS Atari Bigby and DE Johnny Jolly went through last summer. And those contracts are not guaranteed.

Colledge received the same tender, second round, that he received last year. Based on what the Giants did, a second round tender is almost the default option. I expect the Packers will tender all the players who played at all last season.

So it's no surprise that they did not tender a contract to CB Josh Bell. He spent the entire preseason and regular season on I.R. and was only signed mid-2009 after CB Al Harris was injured.

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I'm pretty sure these tenders won't matter

The only RFA tenders we would use in a new CBA (with a return to normal UFAs) would be to Havner & Swain, since Bell’s not getting one.

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by Wiedmann on Mar 3, 2011 8:02 PM CST reply actions

Maybe

It used to be players with four years of experience were unrestricted. It was six years for the 2010 free agency period, so under those rules, both Colledge and Crosby are still restricted.

I’ve heard that the new CBA it could be after five years. So then Colledge is unrestricted, and Crosby is not. So it could matter that Colledge didn’t sign.

No one knows for sure what those rules will be under the new CBA.

by Brandon on Mar 3, 2011 8:10 PM CST up reply actions

Yeah, you're right about 5th year players

I forgot it included 6th yr players, too.

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by Wiedmann on Mar 3, 2011 8:29 PM CST up reply actions

Robert Gallery

…is leaving the Raiders. Know any team that needs a LG upgrade? Perhaps he’d be too expensive and is past his prime. But I’m intrigued.

by LA Cheese on Mar 3, 2011 8:10 PM CST reply actions

Gallery

IF he got released we can sign him for what we want or can agree w/ him on. He isn’t past his prime. He might be 27, same age as Colledge or close anyway. He probably had a similar clause in his contract as Hawk that necessitated his release!

Might be a possibility if we don’t have Colledge coming back or draft an OG fairly high!

You've been Stroh'd™!!!

by Strohman on Mar 3, 2011 8:24 PM CST up reply actions

He said he's leaving

ESPN Story quotes him as saying “it’s time to move on.” So I don’t think it’s just a contract re-adjustment.

by LA Cheese on Mar 3, 2011 8:26 PM CST up reply actions

cost

I get that the Packers could sign him for whatever can be agreed – my concern was just that his market worth is more than the Packers want to/can afford, given other constraints.

by LA Cheese on Mar 3, 2011 8:32 PM CST up reply actions

I might be up for that!

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by TrevorR on Mar 4, 2011 10:12 AM CST up reply actions

Gallery would give you a new whipping boy on the OL... LOL

Colledge would be gone, so you would probably just start in on Gallery w/in a month!

You've been Stroh'd™!!!

by Strohman on Mar 4, 2011 11:46 AM CST up reply actions

If he turned out to be a below average player like Colledge is, then yeah I’m sure people would.

Fire Slocum

by packallday555 on Mar 4, 2011 1:36 PM CST up reply actions

OH yeah cause I am known for being such a whipping boy of the Oline. I rarely even comment about the oline.

Aside from that…I think new guys havea pretty nice size grace period with most people

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by TrevorR on Mar 4, 2011 4:11 PM CST up reply actions

Seems you always have a whipping boy...

no matter the position!

You've been Stroh'd™!!!

by Strohman on Mar 4, 2011 5:35 PM CST up reply actions

I am not interested in the sexual hobbies of APC posters!

by PhoenicianPakFan on Mar 5, 2011 3:59 AM CST up reply actions

Gallery is 30

by rip_city_swagger on Mar 4, 2011 1:29 PM CST up reply actions

really?

Thats older than I would have thought… He wasnt draft that long ago was he? Could have sworn he was in Hawk or Rodgers draft class.

You've been Stroh'd™!!!

by Strohman on Mar 4, 2011 1:31 PM CST up reply actions

2004

by Yankees10 on Mar 4, 2011 3:07 PM CST up reply actions

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Gallery

Mark it down in the books…Stroh was wrong. ;-)

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by TrevorR on Mar 4, 2011 4:11 PM CST up reply actions

Not a packer... Could really care less about Gallery.

Not like Thompson is going to sign him anyway!

You've been Stroh'd™!!!

by Strohman on Mar 4, 2011 5:32 PM CST up reply actions

Depends on how much he's asking for

Like Stroh said, he’s not that old, either.

He’s kinda a “bust” in the sense of where he was drafted, like Reggie Bush (and to a lesser extent, Hawk). I wonder if the teams might collude on these type of players & all low-ball them (especially with Gallery, because you don’t have the one wacky rogue owner who would screw it up for everyone by overpaying, Al Davis).

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by Wiedmann on Mar 3, 2011 8:33 PM CST up reply actions

I don't think there's a shortage of wacky owners

Dan Snyder and Mike Brown jump right to the top of my mental list.

Greinke: "It’s not about the guacamole itself. I just don’t want to let them win."

by GoGregGo on Mar 4, 2011 7:30 AM CST up reply actions

Gallery

He was released because he wanted 8 mil per year and Al Davis only wanted to give him 2.5.

"I agree but dont agree"

by juggernaut400 on Mar 4, 2011 11:13 AM CST up reply actions

Now THAT is a big gap!

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by TrevorR on Mar 4, 2011 4:12 PM CST up reply actions

Even light can't escape a black hole....

At least now we know whats at the center of them…… an Al Davis

/shivers

by PhoenicianPakFan on Mar 3, 2011 8:28 PM CST reply actions

and this was supposed to be a response to LA Cheese

but my internet is crap and it gliched

by PhoenicianPakFan on Mar 3, 2011 8:29 PM CST up reply actions

I insulted Al Davis & managed to reply to him

You have much to learn from me. I can teach you things about Z’s that will blow your mind.

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by Wiedmann on Mar 3, 2011 8:36 PM CST up reply actions

Hahahaha

You already have, Sensei!

by PhoenicianPakFan on Mar 3, 2011 8:37 PM CST up reply actions

Crosby

He does look good in the picture above. I sure remember a few "doinks’
with the ball falling just outside. He has the leg but does he have the mentality
to be a champion if the game is on him. Kicking field goals for the Packers is
not a part time job! Wonder what Nebraska has to offer?

BJK

by Crotext on Mar 4, 2011 4:38 AM CST reply actions

:-)

Go Suns, Packers, Jays, and Huskers!

Green Bay Packers: Super Bowl XLV Champions!!!!

by Omaha Sun on Mar 7, 2011 12:17 AM CST up reply actions

Mark Murphy: Knock Knock
Ted Thompson: Who’s there?
Mark Murphy: Al Davis, Owner Green Bay Packers
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Mark Murphy: Ted? Oh shoot… Jean! Ted’s had a heart attack, call 9-1-1! Come on Ted it was a joke… come back to us bud, the draft is coming up… come on the draft, its your happy place… JEAN! Where’s that ambulance?!

by The Delivery Guy on Mar 4, 2011 6:11 AM CST reply actions

haha…I think that would be the ONE thing that might get me to stop being a Packer fan!

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by TrevorR on Mar 4, 2011 10:13 AM CST up reply actions

I have trouble understanding why the Packers tendered Colledge. First, he’s never been happy. He’s always overestimated his play. He’s a baaad run blocker. It’s time to say ‘good bye’ and get someone who had both run and pass block. At least Jarrett Bush isn’t a whinner.

by marcopo on Mar 5, 2011 8:26 AM CST reply actions

How Good A Coach is Campen

Aside from special teams, the one unit on the packers that is consistently inconsistent is the offensive line. While, with the exception of Bulaga, the line has been together many years, their play does not improve. That’s Campen job. Either it’s not the right talent, or the coach is failing somewhere. I still shudder thinking of Barbre and Giamewhoever. Someone really goofed that evaluation up.

by marcopo on Mar 5, 2011 11:13 AM CST reply actions

Didn't Alex Gibbs leave the Seahawks early last season?

I know he’s getting up there in years, but maybe he’s itching to come back in as an assistant. I believe he’s the guy responsible for the string of Denver running backs that broke 1,000 yards.

53 Bears, 1 Cup

by I voted for Kodos on Mar 5, 2011 11:01 PM CST up reply actions