Comments on: Thompson Right To Wait On Collins

By: ACDC84

ACDC84 — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 05:18:43 +0000

I agree. Collins’ ’08 was WAY overrated. He made the Pro Bowl because of his gaudy INT/TD totals and on those alone. And a few of those plays were because of him being in the right place at the right time and not because of brilliant defensive reads.

He blew too many coverages and missed too many tackles to be considered a top-tier safety, which is likely how he wants to be paid. Granted, an INT for a TD more than makes up for a couple of blown coverages, but still.

Did anybody watch that “Inside Lambeau” show last year when Collins was a guest? He sounded so cocky and egotistic. He basically went on about how he considers himself a top safety and thinks he’s great. Confidence is a good thing, but that’s the kind of guy that will do whatever and go wherever he can to get even just a few more dollars.

By: andy

andy — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:45:22 +0000

Man, I wish we could get an Ed Reed type on this team. Someone you don’t have to worry about, a complete player. Seems like our safeties for the longest time can either cover or tackle, but not both. Collins is sealing his fate with his stupid comments and his absence. Good riddance.

By: GoTime

GoTime — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:39:20 +0000

Great piece- spot on.

By: DaveK

DaveK — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:20:41 +0000

I think there are a number of things working against Collins in getting his extension. One, he just got a fairly big pay bump due to escalators and he is just not grossly underpaid this year. Two, TT just may not want to put huge money into that position. Three, there is just a huge graduating class this next off-season and Collins may be several spots down the list as far as priority. Four, from Lori Nickel’s story yesterday: “Collins is not the so-called quarterback of the defense anymore, so his absence doesn’t hurt the Packers there. That responsibility is shared now.” Five and probably more important the first four combined: TT puts a value that a player has to the Green Bay Packers and he doesn’t stray too far from that number. This number depends not only on the position but mostly on how TT grades out a player and I think the post above explains very well why TT doesn’t grade Collin’s out as highly as many analysts (and fans) do right now. I am guessing there is just a big divide between TT’s number and what Collins thinks that number should be right now. Given that disparity and an upcoming deadline, TT probably prefers to work on extensions for the plethora of other players in their contract years that are not so over-valued right now. Guys like Colledge, Spitz, Clifton, Chillar, Williams, etc… All guys that have value to the team and more importantly are more willing to sign extensions around TT’s assigned value or close to it.