Sam Shields Receives Second-Round Tender from the Packers
By Jayme Joers on Mar 12, 2013 with 5 Comments
With free agency officially opening at 4 pm EDT March 12, the Packers are making moves to apply tenders to their restricted free agents.
Monday brought news of center Evan Dietrich-Smith receiving the lowest tender available. Tuesday, ProFootball Talk reported Sam Shields receiving a better one.
Packers apply second round tender to S Sam Shields, per league source.
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We all know tendered guys don’t ususally go anywhere. That said, if I was on a team with lousy corners (Vikings, Lions) I’d probably call Shields’ agent. If I was a team with a lot of extra picks that is not real thick at the CB position(49ers) I’d probably call Shields’ agent. Worst case scenario, you drive up the cap number for a rival.
Absolutely.
He won’t be on the team next year anyways. This team will have no $ cuz it will all be tied up in Rodgers, Mathews, and Raji.
Raji is getting nothing. He is gone unless he shows up this year. Last year was a total disappointment and the year before too.
I betting we lose Mathews and or Rogers plays out his contract. He wasn’t happy about the lack of O line help. If he feels this team is not going to protect him, who knows?
Its possible that Shields very well might get picked up but albeit a second pick is pretty high and DB’s seem to be readily available this year but one thing, you never have enough good ones on your team.
I’m thinking of a team with maybe two seconds, a third and a first looking for a quality player on the cheap? Could Happen.
What a loss this would be. Toss in EDS and Jones leaving and you’ve got disaster in the making