Clifton re-signs with Packers

spudstr04 · Post by **spudstr04** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 8:41 pm

Packers re-signed LT Chad Clifton to a three-year, $20 million contract. The deal includes $7.5 million guaranteed.

http://twitter.com/Adam_Schefter/status/10050001444

Darnit....are the Skins hexed? Are we marked as "Do not touch?"

frankcal20 · Post by **frankcal20** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 8:49 pm

no, they don't see the value there. And Pashos was brought in today as well. Keep in mind that a top rated OT will be at the #4 spot.

CanesSkins26 · Post by **CanesSkins26** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 8:51 pm

106.7 is reporting that he used the skins as leverage and never had any intention of leaving the packers.

frankcal20 · Post by **frankcal20** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 8:52 pm

Happens all the time.

brad7686 · Post by **brad7686** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 9:03 pm

He'll probly get hurt anyway

frankcal20 · Post by **frankcal20** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 9:39 pm

NICE!!!

Wahoo McDaniels · Post by **Wahoo McDaniels** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 10:02 pm

Where's Warren Sapp when you need'em?

Skinsfan55 · Post by **Skinsfan55** » Sat Mar 06, 2010 12:18 am

I am glad, I didn't really want Clifton. I want a top level LT in the draft, not some 33 year old to hog up a spot. Pashos is younger and plays RT he'd be ideal here.

SkinsJock · Post by **SkinsJock** » Sat Mar 06, 2010 10:36 am

We are getting Okung .... IF Bradford's not available :wink:

KazooSkinsFan · Post by **KazooSkinsFan** » Sat Mar 06, 2010 12:11 pm

frankcal20 wrote:no, they don't see the value there. And Pashos was brought in today as well. Keep in mind that a top rated OT will be at the #4 spot.

He's also 4 years younger. Though he's a RT. It does seem like we're setting up for going Okung with #4 as our options dwindle at LT. Many of us, including me, keep arguing "if" they think Bradford or Claussen are a franchise QB we should go there. They very well may think they are not. In that case, Okung would be a great option. Though if that's the case, he may not be there and we don't address QB or LT because the clearly best players left are all D.

SkinsJock · Post by **SkinsJock** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 8:34 am

I hear you Kaz - but i really think the 3 teams above us are going to take Bradford, Suh & McCoy - I hope we are going to take Okung and not Claussen, but what do I know

we do need to re-build this line completely but at the same time I hope we don't reach too much on a QB (Claussen or a lower pick) - let's just go with Campbell and hope we can find a QB next year or .....

KazooSkinsFan · Post by **KazooSkinsFan** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 11:07 am

SkinsJock wrote:I hear you Kaz - but i really think the 3 teams above us are going to take Bradford, Suh & McCoy - I hope we are going to take Okung and not Claussen, but what do I know

we do need to re-build this line completely but at the same time I hope we don't reach too much on a QB (Claussen or a lower pick) - let's just go with Campbell and hope we can find a QB next year or .....

The problem is we have too many holes to fill effectively in one swoop. I hope we take the best guys available (draft and FAs) and not focus on the biggest holes. By focusing on the best guys you turn some weaknesses into strengths while reducing the number of holes you need to scramble for. When you focus on the holes you turn weaknesses into mediocrities who may end up being a hole again. Strengths overcome weaknesses, and you don't get to the big game by not having weaknesses. You get there by having strengths.

Anyway, Clifton is done and it didn't seem like he was ever really going to leave Green Bay. So this discussion's pretty much over.

Manchester_Redskin · Post by **Manchester_Redskin** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 9:38 pm

As a final note on the Cifton story, heres an interesting piece that suggests that the packers signed clifton because of peppers et al coming to their division ....

The greater issue is what impact these moves will have on the rest of the division. The first was an uncomfortable gulping sound from Green Bay general manager Ted Thompson as he was forced to give left tackle Chad Clifton $20 million over the next three years.

Yeah, that’s the oft-injured, about-to-be-34-year-old Clifton. In an offense that’s already struggling to protect Rodgers, the Packers had to give Clifton nearly $2 million more per year than they initially offered (Thompson had put $5 million a year out there for what was basically a one-year deal). But when the Redskins had Clifton over for a date last Friday while Peppers and Vanden Bosch were joining the division, Thompson was left with no choice.

Clifton sprained his right ankle last year and missed four games.

Or as one general manager put it: “I know Ted pretty well and I can tell you, that’s the last move he wanted to make. He hates investing a lot of money in older guys. It goes against everything he believes in, how he analyzes the game, the whole package. He’s going to be looking at that contract all offseason, shaking his head about how he let himself get in that position.”

here is the link