Cory's Corner: Davante Adams' signing is similar to Nick Perry

Last March, the Packers waited signed Nick Perry to fill a pass-rushing void. On Friday evening, the Packers signed Davante Adams to be the Packers’ receiver of the future. The one commonality between the two is that general manager Ted Thompson overpaid.

Last March, the Packers waited signed Nick Perry to fill a pass-rushing void. On Friday evening, the Packers signed Davante Adams to be the Packers’ receiver of the future.

The one commonality between the two is that general manager Ted Thompson overpaid.

Coming into the 2016 season, Perry started a combined 16 games in four seasons. He had one good season with 46 quarterback pressures in 2016 and the Packers rewarded him with a five-year, $60 million deal. I would argue that Perry is better known for the club on his left hand than his pass rushing skills.

Like Perry, Adams was statistically quiet in his first two seasons. His sophomore slump was so bad, that many screamed for his release after dropping six balls. He followed that up with five drops in 2016 and he’s got five drops this season that ranks him tied for seventh in the NFL. Because Adams succeeded with the marginal Brett Hundley by putting up impressive numbers. He’s tied for second in receiving touchdowns with 10, despite being 15th in targets — he trails tight end Travis Kelce by six targets. The Packers rewarded him with a four-year, $56 million contract that puts him fourth among wideouts in terms of average pay: 1. Antonio Brown ($17 million), 2. DeAndre Hopkins ($16.2 million), 3. A.J. Green ($15 million), 4. Adams ($14.69 million), 5. Julio Jones ($14.25 million).

However, just like Perry, health is a huge issue. Adams, who just turned 25 on Christmas Eve, has suffered three concussions in 14 months. You can scream that every one of those hits was illegal, which they were, but that doesn’t mean the impact was felt any less.

Coach Mike McCarthy has said that Adams is the Packers’ best perimeter receiver. With Jordy Nelson losing a step as he heads into the twilight of his career and with Randall Cobb becoming a non-factor the last two seasons, Thompson was backed into a corner. Perry’s signing was similar in that, Thompson didn’t have much choice when it came time to sign an edge rusher.

Is Adams a No. 1 receiver? Yes. Is he the fourth-best receiver in the league? No way. Adams is the fourth-best receiver in the NFC North behind Adam Thielen, Marvin Jones and Golden Tate and the average cap hit from those three is $6.9 million this season. 

Receivers are dime a dozen in this league. Edge rushers are not. Heck, the Packers might have a future top wideout in projects Michael Clark, DeAngelo Yancey or someone Thompson hasn’t drafted yet. I mean, how many people knew of Thielen before last year? He was an undrafted free agent in 2013 and after playing 14 percent of the offensive snaps in 2014 and 21 percent of the offensive snaps in 2015, he finally got his shot in 2016.

Aaron Rodgers has publicly lobbied for Adams. I get that. Remember, he also lobbied for the Packers to bring back James Jones in 2015 — hoodie and all — and Jones was in the Pro Bowl discussion as he had the second-best season of his nine-year career — as a 31-year-old.

What I’m saying is that there’s a reason Rodgers is the best quarterback in the league. He makes everyone else around him better, which was proven this year. Adams and Perry are both solid players, but they are not answers. 

 

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Cory Jennerjohn is a graduate from UW-Oshkosh and has been in sports media for over 15 years. He was a co-host on "Clubhouse Live" and has also done various radio and TV work as well. He has written for newspapers, magazines and websites. He currently is a columnist for CHTV and also does various podcasts. He recently earned his Masters degree from the University of Iowa. He can be found on Twitter: @Coryjennerjohn

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ironman3169's picture

December 30, 2017 at 06:19 am

I felt exactly the same when I saw the numbers. This is the price that is sometimes paid when drafting and developing. One player develops and no one else does so you end up overpaying for less than excellence because there’s no alternative.

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Three and Out's picture

December 30, 2017 at 07:11 am

Either the Packers pay him that kinda money or another team would have and the Packers lose him. I'd rather them pay that money and keep him.

Over the last two seasons Adams leads the league in touchdowns. He's no Antonio Brown(but no one is, except for the man himself) but he is a playmaker/gamechanger and the Packers would have been absolute fools to let him go.

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ShanghaiKid's picture

December 30, 2017 at 07:17 am

Couldn’t agree more. I see where Cory is making the comparison to Perry, but it’s not the same. Adams was far more productive than Perry ever was before they respectively got paid.

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Bearmeat's picture

December 30, 2017 at 07:24 am

Yep.

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fthisJack's picture

December 30, 2017 at 07:45 am

good signing....didn't need another hole to fill in this draft.

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EddieLeeIvory's picture

December 30, 2017 at 10:01 am

Agreed. We didn't get better when we lost Jennings.

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ShanghaiKid's picture

December 30, 2017 at 07:14 am

One thing to keep in mind is that TT had to be reactive after Alshon got 4/52 mil. Does anyone think he’s better than Adams? Looking at some of the FA WR’s this summer, Adams deal may look like a bargain with the cap continuing to climb.

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Bearmeat's picture

December 30, 2017 at 07:25 am

Alshon is better than Adams. Faster, bigger. He was just hurt for most of his time with the Bears. The question was never if he was going to get paid if he had a healthy/productive season with the Eagles. It was how much.

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CAG123's picture

December 30, 2017 at 11:53 am

Can’t ding Adams for injuries and not ding AJ.

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Since91's picture

December 30, 2017 at 02:03 pm

Crazy!

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Since91's picture

December 30, 2017 at 02:09 pm

I live in Chicago.....Jeffrey is a quitter.....phantom injuries when team sucked especially his free agent year to make sure he got paid...never had a big game when Cutler was out for the bears and had to play with a backup QB like Adams has done with BH.......bearmeat stop looking at stats and start worrying what kind of men you want in your locker room!
Adams has fought through injuries and a bad year and has gotten better every day... I will take that personality over your height and speed any day!

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Roadrunner23's picture

December 30, 2017 at 07:14 am

On the flip side, if as a team you get a reputation as being cheap, nobody is going to want to play for you.
Green Bay is not exactly a sexy town for most young players and if you recall nobody wanted to play for Green Bay in the 70's-80's until they broke the bank for Reggie White. Adams has been an good teammate, a hard worker, outstanding in the community and has been an excellent performer on the field. Is the contract big? Yes but it is the cost of doing business in the NFL and the Packers are trying to reach the Super Bowl while they still have Rodgers. They are going to go "all in" the next 4 years! They can worry about pinching pennies after the Rodgers era ends.
Expect BIG BIG things from the Pack in 2018!

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NickPerry's picture

December 30, 2017 at 07:23 am

"No way. Adams is the fourth-best receiver in the NFC North behind Adam Thielen, Marvin Jones and Golden Tate and the average cap hit from those three is $6.9 million this season."

Sorry Cory but NO WAY is Golden Tate or Marvin Jones better than Adams. I'd also argue that Thielen isn't better than Adams either although that's a closer argument than either of the Detroit WR's.

Did the Packers overpay? Yup, they sure did but THIS predicament the Packers are in is on Thompson. Just like last season when faced with losing Perry, the Packers HAD to overpay.

WHY?

Because Thompson HAS failed so miserably at keeping the roster stocked on Offense due to using all the high draft picks on a defense that is STILL weak as hell. Jennings, Jones, Nelson, and Finley were all selected in a 3 year span from 2006 to 2008 AND they were fairly high draft choices. With the exception of Cobb 2011 and Adams 2014, the Packers haven't really addressed the position. From 2009 until 2014 the Packers selected only Cobb at WR. The only exceptions were two 7th rounders in 2013 when they took Johnson and Dorsey. In 2014 they finally took Adams in the 2nd round but that was to little to late. THAT IS WHY Thompson overpaid for Adams, he left the cupboard bare while having one of the GOAT at QB
more less with the exception of an aging Nelson and a beat up Cobb. This past draft was loaded, absolutely loaded at TE yet Thompson IGNORED the position again. Even if Bennett and/or Kendricks had worked out, they were both over 30 and youth was needed. Christ even the Vikings took one of the TE prospects (Bucky Hodges) and they have an All-Pro TE already. Thompson outdone by Spielman again...UGH!!

At the end of the day I happy as hell Adams was resigned. He deserved a nice contract even if it was on the high side. It was ABSOLUTELY necessary to get done.

Food for thought...

You really have to start to wonder who was scouting and finding players like Collins, Jennings, Jones, Nelson, Sitton, Lang, or Finley just to name a few. ALL of those guys were drafted BEFORE Schneider, McKenzie, and Dorsey all were hired away. One could really argue the Packers drafts since all 3 left have been borderline pathetic.

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marpag1's picture

December 30, 2017 at 08:03 am

"Sorry Cory but NO WAY is Golden Tate or Marvin Jones better than Adams. I'd also argue that Thielen isn't better than Adams either although that's a closer argument than either of the Detroit WR's."

+1

NFC north receivers are generally underrated, but Adams is better.

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CJ Bauckham's picture

December 30, 2017 at 08:39 am

+1. Adams is better.

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Thegreatreynoldo's picture

December 30, 2017 at 03:09 pm

Adams is better than Tate or Marvin Jones. Swell. Tate makes $6M AAV thru 2018 and Jones makes $8M AAV through 2020. Neither of them is going to sniff $14.5M AAV. EVER.

Sounds like the structure of Adams' contract is good. That takes the concussions into account somewhat. But this gross overpayment is really because TT missed on Monty, Abby, Yancey, Davis, Janis, Dorsey, Dupre, and Johnson. And RR, Bennett and Kendricks as well, but to a lesser extent.

I actually went on bleeding green to suggest that Jeffrey was overpaid. 1400 yard receiver one year. Need to see that out of Adams.

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NickPerry's picture

December 31, 2017 at 05:49 am

"But this gross overpayment is really because TT missed on Monty, Abby, Yancey, Davis, Janis, Dorsey, Dupre, and Johnson. And RR, Bennett and Kendricks as well, but to a lesser extent."

In no way am I sticking up for Thompson TGR but those players listed combined to make up

Four 7th rounders
Three 5th rounders
one 3rd rounder

Sure it would be awesome to get production from a 5th rounder like Minnesota got from Diggs or a 7th round pick like they did Driver 18 years ago. Obviously its a coincidence but unless Thompson is selecting a WR in the 2nd round we may as well forget the guy being productive. There's been one exception and that was James Jones.

Personally I'd like to see what Montgomery could do over 16 games but he just can't seem to stay on the field 16 games. I still think he could make an interesting piece to this offense but it needs to be consistent. I'd use him just like White of New England myself but I sit on a sofa on Sundays.

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Thegreatreynoldo's picture

January 01, 2018 at 03:22 am

That is a fair point, NP. With using a 2nd on Adams, since 2013 TT has used 20% of his picks on WRs. IOWs, TT had 45 draft picks since 2013 and spent 9 of them on WRs. He has Adams to show for it as a WR. TT used a 3rd and a 6th on TEs as well, pushing receiving options to almost 25% of all draft picks.

Your point that the value of those picks isn't really all that high is valid. 1 2nd, 1 3rd, 3 fifths, 4 sevenths. Of course, the reason TT hasn't been able to use higher picks is because of all the misses elsewhere. I think TT recognized the need, just didn't have the resources to devote to it.

The NFL is a passing league. A team needs three receiving options from its WRs and TEs. It is looking like one and half for 2018.

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lou's picture

December 30, 2017 at 09:39 am

I agree Nick, the reason the Thompson trained GM's have all been a success is because they were great at talent evaluation and that may be the reason none of their replacements as scouts have received a GM offer to date after numerous interviews. If Nelson & Cobb agree to contract restructures and Thompson acquires or drafts a tight end that can run the seam and is at least an average blocker with the solid offensive line and new found depth plus 2 good, now experienced running backs they can light up the scoreboard like a pin ball machine, can't wait for 2018 from the offense point of view.

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EddieLeeIvory's picture

December 30, 2017 at 10:06 am

Well said. While relying on the DRAFT more than almost any GM, Teddy Thompson's record the past 4 or 5 years in the DRAFT has killed us.

His #1 picks?
Sherrod (injury), Datone, Nick, Haha, Randall + Rollins, etc.... no stars at all, and everyone gets hurt.

Everson Griffin, Harrison Smith, Stefon Diggs, those guys are stars that we could have had. Just a few examples.

It's Aaron Rodgers holding a bunch of JAG's together with glue.

So many people are taking Rodgers' greatness for granted, it makes me sad. There's blame for that, and it starts with Teddy and Mike and Dom too.
Given just Rodgers, in 2008, I bet Belichick and NE would have won at least 4 Super Bowls.

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packerbackerjim's picture

December 30, 2017 at 08:16 am

“AR has publicly lobbied for DA...there’s a reason AR is the best QB....DA and Perry both solid..not answers”. Can’t have it both ways Cory. If AR is the best and he wants Adams, there you go. Perry is overpaid because of his unavailability.

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stockholder's picture

December 30, 2017 at 08:43 am

There is so much Malice with this contract. This isn't the TT we trusted for years. PANIC!!! This is a bad deal! Your right cory in your comparisons.(Perry and Adams) So many people want To clean House on this site. But yet they still turn around and Back TT and MM. And at the end of 4 years, the faithful people will just make the same excuses. People got hurt. Management changed. The packers were stuck. Well NO THEY WEREN"T. TTs on a Roll. Bennett over Jared Cook,Then he releases him. Kendricks(Can't find the sticks) over their own Rodgers. (So much for the draft and develop crap) Hundley is the back -up. A-Rods come back then IR again. Hayward and Hyde all -pros. Trotter would have worked at guard. Now we just pay a guy that is feast or famine. Lets get out the old signs here. PACK ATTACK! THE PACK WILL BE BACK> The universal language just came up. We got screwed people.

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Since'61's picture

December 30, 2017 at 08:51 am

Sorry Cory, but I respectfully disagree. Adams is much better at his position then Perry is at his position. Adams has evolved into a professional NFL WR. Perry is just a guy playing in the NFL and the difference shows. Adams produces results on the field. Perry rarely contributes especially in a big game or when we need a big play.
Yes, the price for Adams is high but that is the way the salaries are going these days. Also, speaking for myself, I don't know how much is guaranteed money.
Perry was overpaid based on his performance prior to being resigned. Plus he is often injured. Again, I don't know/remember how much of Perry's contract was guaranteed.
In either case I would rather overpay for a guy like Adams and underpay a player like Perry until they produce results on the field. Thanks, Since '61

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NickPerry's picture

December 30, 2017 at 12:15 pm

Perry...5 Years..$59 Million...$18 Million Guaranteed...$18.5 Signing Bonus

Adams...4 Years...$58.75 Million...??? Guaranteed...$18 Million Signing Bonus

If Adams is making $32 Million his first two years that tells us Rodgers is getting PAID in 2020 and the Packers will be making any contract they sign a player to front loaded. At least as much as possible.

IF the Packers went to a 4-3 defense I think Perry becomes a deal as long as he's healthy. He'll always be a square peg in a round hole at OLB.

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Thegreatreynoldo's picture

December 31, 2017 at 01:56 am

Possibly so, but with 3 concussions in 14 months, front-loading the Adams contract and making sure as much of the guaranteed money comes off the books in year 1 (that is, the prequel yr and 2018) and year 2 (2019) makes a helluva lot of sense in its own right. It may be that AR is going to get paid and that factored in, but plenty of reason to amortize it over 5 years just taking Adams' situation alone into account.

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MIKE47SMITH's picture

December 30, 2017 at 09:09 am

This is just playing into unnecessary fears. Comparing Adams to Perry is just about as foolish as the contract they gave Perry!

Your 4th paragraph is specifically ridiculous where you reach hard to compare their limited productivity in their first two seasons (WR and DE are not very comparable especially when you include the makeup of the team's roster), then barley skim over the fact that Adams produced impressive numbers with Hundley under center...

I agree the number seems somewhat high where we sit right now, he's had drops and the concussions are a concern. Most likely as other top guys in tv's league hit FA or extend, the prices for WR will rise considerably and this contract will place him closer to a top 10-15 guy, salary wise.

If you don't like the contract just say that! Reaching to compare with Perry is insulting and only encourages the salty fan to become more salty and enraged.

GO PACK GO!!!

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Thegreatreynoldo's picture

December 30, 2017 at 03:19 pm

This is a receiver who has never hit 75 receptions or 1000 yards. His numbers scream low end #1/#2 WR. The reassuring part is that Adams looked great getting off the line, and on slants. He isn't a burner and is just so so as a deep threat.

While I think this contract is $2M or $3M per year too much in AAV, given that we can't enter 2018 with Jordy and Allison outside and Cobb in the slot, maybe with Michael Clark backing them up, I think TT had little choice. I thought we couldn't go into 2017 with CM3 when healthy and Fackrell at OLB, but we might as well have. The similarity to Perry is the lack of talent in the pipeline at his position.

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mrtundra's picture

December 30, 2017 at 09:20 am

I like Adams a lot. However, I am hoping we draft WRs, and TEs, this next draft. 3 concussions in 14 months is very worrisome. We need to draft well this year. Jordy is getting slower and will be out of football sooner rather than later. Cobb is the Packers' best go to guy on slants and crossing routes when we need to move the chains and he is also getting older. Can Allison, Davis and Clark fill the void if Jordy and Cobb leave, for whatever reason? That remains to be seen as they haven't had nearly enough playing time to show us what they can do.

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egbertsouse's picture

December 30, 2017 at 09:38 am

Yup, Ted got hosed again, just like with Perry. He looks at a potential void, panics, and throws money at the problem. A year from now, when Adams is missing games as a result of his 4th concussion, we’ll all be complaining about the cap space that is tied up in non-producers.

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EddieLeeIvory's picture

December 30, 2017 at 10:13 am

Where is the off-season thread/article?

I'm ready to sign 4 reasonably-priced free agents to help our team, and allow our GM (Wolf or Thompson) to focus 100% on the pass rush.

CB- Nickell Roby-Coleman
CB- E.J. Gaines
TE- Troy Niklas
TE- Luke Willson

These are 4 guys who won't need years to figure it out like our draft picks would, with half of them bombing anyway.

Re-sign RichRod, jettison Kendricks.

Draft Edge, Edge, Edge, OT, WR, Edge, OL, DL that's it.
I'd add a QB too to replace Hundley, a guy like Colt McCoy, who I wanted long ago when he was escaping Cleveland, would have helped in 2013 & this year. Many many better options than Hundley, who's home TD/Int ratio of 0/7 is historic.

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jeremyjjbrown's picture

December 30, 2017 at 11:04 am

"Where is the off-season thread/article?"

The season is not actually over yet. :D

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TarynsEyes's picture

December 30, 2017 at 10:23 am

I mentioned the signing of Adams to Perry in another article here yesterday. However, both can be considered panic signings but Adams has produced and his deal is tolerable, Whereas Perry isn't a producer but an invisible actor and a bad one, who leaves us guessing if he is on the field or not each week.
Adams will help the offense and Rodgers, Perry helps nothing and no one at any time and has missed the last three games with injuries that cannot be explained from watching film.
Both signings from a fear of having nobody is a reason but one is just, the other simply folly, which I have stated for 6 years running.
Adams isn't a # 1 WR in the manner many again will convince themselves of him being, but he is in regard to what the Packers have in all.

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EddieLeeIvory's picture

December 30, 2017 at 10:32 am

Corey Linsley just got extended.
The financial terms were a lot more than I feel his level of play has been.

Adams earned his money. Linsley should be grateful.

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Thegreatreynoldo's picture

December 30, 2017 at 03:21 pm

Linsley is worth his $8.5M AAV. Most likely. Sounds like a reasonable deal to me.

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Bure9620's picture

December 30, 2017 at 10:47 am

I disagree with Corey as well. This signing in no way is comparable to the Perry signing
1) Though Adams is not the 4th best WR in the league he is certainly top 10. He is much better than Theilen and Jones off the line. Every corner that faces Adams talks about how hard it is to get hands on him on the line. He is a top 10 WR, Perry is not a top 10 pass rusher.

2) With Cobb and Jordy at the back end of their contracts and Jordy on the back end of his career, this is, (when factoring in the cap increase) an inter-positional transfer of wealth. Cobb is not worth his contact and the Packers have an out with very little dead money toward him. I think they try to pull a trade for Cobb maybe even during the draft. Jordy is still a tough slot matchup but that is all he will be moving forward. He is the Packers Larry Fitz now. This is just money movement within the WR position. Perry's contract is not

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Thegreatreynoldo's picture

December 30, 2017 at 03:23 pm

Adams isn't a top 10 WR. Last year PFF ranked him 50th. Probably moves up into the top 20, somewhere in the high teens.

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Bure9620's picture

December 30, 2017 at 07:39 pm

Part of my point here being, Adams fits this offense well. We run lots of isolation routes. Adams fits because he can beat press coverage and he is difficult to get hands on at the LOS. He is good at yards after the catch too. There is not a receiver in the league of his caliber that fits the offense better than Adams.

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Thegreatreynoldo's picture

December 31, 2017 at 02:03 am

A good point.

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egbertsouse's picture

December 30, 2017 at 10:55 am

Ted is in all-out panic mode. He just gave Linsley top 10 money. He's on his way to breaking the bank without upgrading one iota. The way the BOD is letting him throw money around, I guess he's here for the long term.

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jeremyjjbrown's picture

December 30, 2017 at 11:01 am

Nelson and probably Cobb are both going to be a lot cheaper after next season so I will be interested to see how this plays out per year. If the base is low next season or the garunteed money is not stupid I am fine with the deal. TT didn't pay Heyward and Hyde and look how that worked out.

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Bob Saget's picture

December 30, 2017 at 11:16 am

Anybody who says Marvin Jones and Golden Tate are better than Davante Adams should be disqualified from watching football let alone writing words about it on the Internet. Hot Take Corner at its best!

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CAG123's picture

December 30, 2017 at 11:56 am

Thank you! What kind of nonsense!? Adam Theilen is a stretch but I’ll take it because the guy can flat out ball and I’m kinda jealous the Vikings found them a very small school receiver and he’s producing while we’re still waiting for Janis.

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Thegreatreynoldo's picture

December 30, 2017 at 03:32 pm

Thielen has 1215 yards and a 14.3 yard average per reception with freaking case (I've never actually been good) Keenum tossing the ball. 967 yards and a 14.0 average last year in 10 starts (MN still liked Patterson and Charles Johnson and forced snaps to Treadwell). Serious koolaid going on here.

I think Adams is good. I expect he will go over 1000 yards. Just not expecting domination out of him, which this contract suggests.

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CAG123's picture

December 30, 2017 at 06:23 pm

21 touchdowns in 2 seasons seems pretty dominant to me, I’ll take the money catches over yards any day

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Tundraboy's picture

December 30, 2017 at 09:45 pm

Yes sir.

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NickPerry's picture

December 31, 2017 at 06:07 am

Thielen also has just 9 TD's in the last 2 years. It took until week 8 to catch his first this season and he's got just 1 TD in his last 5 games. Adams had 9 TD catches by week 14 LAST year.

Case Keenum might never have actually been very good. But he's been good enough to thrash the Packers defense 2 times this season, won both games, and is worlds better than Hundley.

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HankScorpio's picture

December 31, 2017 at 09:07 am

"Thrash" is a bit strong to describe what Keenum has done to the Packers. 36 points scored in 2 games is not very good against an average defense and downright atrocious when grading on the Capers Curve..

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CAG123's picture

December 30, 2017 at 12:02 pm

Ask yourselves this all you armchair GMs how would you feel if Adams was allowed to leave and signs elsewhere only to put up big numbers (1300 yrds and 12 TDs) elsewhere and the Packers end up struggling without him? I’ve seen people cry all year about TT letting Hayward and Hyde walk. So why are we complaining about a receiver who has put up 21 TDs the past 2 seasons earning his contract? This isn’t even remotely similar to Perry who didn’t come out until his 5th year. Adams has had 3 good years as a pro and yes I’m counting his rookie season.

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Since91's picture

December 30, 2017 at 01:55 pm

Exactly! Adams was the best WR on the market....so you are gonna pay for him!

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Since91's picture

December 30, 2017 at 01:55 pm

Exactly! Adams was the best WR on the market....so you are gonna pay for him!

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Thegreatreynoldo's picture

December 30, 2017 at 03:34 pm

And that is probably the best answer. Adams was probably the best FA WR. Not sure if the others have 3 concussions in 14 months, but whatever.

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CAG123's picture

December 30, 2017 at 06:19 pm

Let’s no use injuries to evaluate talent and worth he’s suffered from 2 cheap shots bounced back for the first one and won’t play football again for 9 months after the second

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Thegreatreynoldo's picture

January 01, 2018 at 03:45 am

It is his 3rd documented concussion. Not using injuries is silly. Every team (well, except maybe GB) takes injury history into consideration. You're a person TT would get along with. If Adams had torn his ACL, would you maybe hesitate to sign him for $56M and $18M signing bonus? Perhaps a prove it year, or lots of incentives, might be in order.

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4thand1's picture

December 30, 2017 at 01:45 pm

The Packers will go into next year set at WR. They may draft one in the later rounds unless there is a stud to good to pass up. With a healthy AR, this receiver group will be as good as any. Now get a TE, and edge rushers.

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4zone's picture

December 30, 2017 at 07:46 pm

Packers need to draft Jordy's replacement this year. We NEED a real threat deep, not just another fast late round project.

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Since91's picture

December 30, 2017 at 01:54 pm

Nice Job Cory! Way to start trouble.....Your assessment of Tate, Jones and Thielen is laughable!

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Oppy's picture

December 30, 2017 at 02:30 pm

Cory,

Maybe Adams isn't the 4th best WR in the league.

But then, he IS the #1 WR in terms of total TD catches the last two years with 22.

....so there's that.

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4zone's picture

December 30, 2017 at 05:07 pm

GB needs lethal weapons at WR. Adams has become our best and will only get better if TT will simply draft a top end WR to compliment him and replace declining Jordy and Cobb.

I want to see Fumagali in GB as well and AR will have an MVP type year next year. Blow the rest of your picks any way you want to, but we NEEd to make every aspect of this passing offense one feared by everybody.

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Duneslick's picture

December 30, 2017 at 08:06 pm

Packer Greg says we should resign Burnett, Evans, Goode, Janis and Richard Rodgers

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