Looking back, they made the right call on when they pulled the plug on numerous guys, Jennings, Clinton-Dix, Sitton & Lang. I imagine Daniels probably will miss numerous games this season.

We shall see. But I believe they are right very right.They have a plan, not entirely sure they shouldn't have waited longer, but I applaud their cutting to the chase,rather then letting this drag out and be a needless distraction.

It would have been a more comfortable decision (for fans) if he had played out the final year of his contract in Green Bay, but the management thought otherwise.

Obviously the Packers HC/GM decided to allocate the money elsewhere. D.Lowry has just signed a three year contract at $6.775m pa. Kenny Clark's contract will come pretty soon (and that is going to be BIG).

With Lancaster and Adams looking like keepers and the addition of K.Keke this year (who has turned some heads), coupled with hybrid player additions Z.Smith and R.Gary, the Packers obviously feel they can afford to let Daniels go. That statement would not have been true in 2018.

All the potential is there for 2019, and there are some signs that before long we can say (Jesus style) "We beheld it, and we saw that it was good".

Matthews 1st half of his Packers years were awesome but he began to fizzle. Whether that was due to steroids early and then the rumor getting to stop or his ability of pass rush simply became predictable and easier to hold off. He had a slight rejuvenation by way of ILB play but not enough to retain him.

Perry defenders still believe his edge set was so incredible he was worth the money he got and his more often garbage time sacks led to their defense of him. No need to say more because there isn't anything to say about him that's good or to be PC...enough to warrant more words.

Daniels is a ditto for Matthews as to the early years but injury and the need to move forward on defense was a higher need than the retaining of Daniels for fans sake and keeping him for his last season would be more a hindrance than help which more likely will be seen in his one year stint in Detroit.

Instead of the usual one step forward and two steps back seen in GB on defense, we are now seeing a twp step forward and a one step back, which will be from injury, but we'll have the depth to keep it one step forward and that's what counts. I believe this defense is in the best shape it's been in regard to handling injuries and that makes releasing and letting the above mentioned go away was the smartest moves this team made to get going forward.

Aug 8...let's see the new play and move on from the past that has had the team and fans believing in false idols in the last half of career for two and from day one with the other.

Great thoughts, yet I can't help but recall letting casey go meant Randall and Rollins could develop

that sure worked well

or when Peppers was let go to give snaps to some 'real' fighters who were stuck on the bench

how soon they forget and how quick to suck up when nobody is looking for suck ups

this year is the point, nobody need a new contract on the DL this year. Daniels will out perform everyone on our DL outside Clark and probably double up on stats over the next best

if the money is used well then this might be ok
if the money is rolled over to put far less players on the field it was outright stupid

Daniels may have a good year in Detroit but he probably wouldn't have had a good year in Green Bay. He just didn't fit what the Packers are now doing on defense.

Everyone just needs to move on.

I understand the financial side of the transaction, but I guess I am still having some Daniels withdrawal issues. I view Adams and Lancaster as having flashed potential but are still unproven players. Kingsley is a rookie and low round pick and Brown is an unknown. If at least two of these guys don't make a jump, the Packers are going to be awfully thin on the DL. Daniels was an expensive security blanket, but a security blanket nonetheless.

I agree with Guam's view that every snap that Lancaster takes let's Clark play somewhere else or rest.

This morning on the NFL Network they were talking about this very thing....that it looks like we've got a bunch of guys to play in the Front 6 (assuming we're usually in nickel).

Clark. Gary. Lowry. Lancaster. Adams. Martinez. Smith. Smith. Fackrell. Burks. That's 10 of our gameday 12 right there. And I think it could be a pretty good group, actually. We've got room for two more on the 53, and maybe one or two on the PS.

Fadol Brown? Keke? Who else?

Hope Daniels has a great year, except when he plays us. Can’t help but have a feeling that he won’t suit up for both games against us. Availability is very important and at his pay level I can see the move making sense. Over 30 with a foot injury is a bad combination for someone of his size

The only defensive players that hurt losing were Cullen Jenkins and Charles Woodson.

I gotta feeling this Packer DL and whole defense is going to keep the team close in a lot of games. It’s going to be up to Rodgers to get this offense scoring enough to win 10-12 games and make the playoffs. Yes, this defense is going to be one exciting unit to watch this coming season.

"For years, Daniels has been the heartbeat of the defense. He and Clay Matthews could both make that claim"

umm.... nope.

You state . . ."Especially if he (Daniels) was upset about Dean Lowry getting a deal, it could have caused disruption. Beyond that, the snaps given to an aging, overpaid player would have held back guys like Lowry, Montravius Adams and Tyler Lancaster, who have all shown flashes of being very good."

I have to throw the BS flag here. There was zero indication Mike was upset about the Lowry deal. Overpaid? Daniels was regarded as a top 100 player by his peers in 2016 and 2017. In 2018 before being injured, he got high performance ratings including one of the highest ratings for a pass rusher in the fourth quarter among all NFL defensive linemen. That's why the Lions are paying him $8M/yr, almost all of it guaranteed.

It's okay to say the Packers are betting on young, unproven talent to fill his shoes and they cut him to save money and give others more snaps but do not automatically characterize him as over-the-hill and overpaid just because he was cut loose. When healthy, Daniels was still clearly better than any of the DL currently trying to fill his shoes. Hopefully Adams or one of the others can step up and play at a high enough level where the Packers can say the gamble paid off just like it did in 2016 when Josh Sitton was cut and was more than adequately replaced by Lane Taylor.

My biggest issue is we couldn't get anything for him. I get it, coming off an injury with 1 year left on his deal for ~10m but he's a pro bowl player and a case of spotted cow would have been enough if it meant he wasn't playing in the NFC North this year.

Instead he's going to line up with Trey Flowers and Snacks Harrison, making a formidable DLine which is annoying as hell

That trade talk was possibly because we did not want to see him in the NFC north. Heck, a seventh rounder would have been better than nothing. Oh well, it was time to save the money and move on anyway.

It sucks they cut Daniel's and Im not going to sugarcoat it. Seeing him sign with Detroit just adds insult to injury. I'm not so much worried about who fills his shoes because theres quite a few candidates to effectively replace him. I just grieve the loss of one of my favorite players.

Truth is there are only so many roster spots and only so much cap space. It would be a shame to keep Daniels, who wont be re-signed next year over a younger guy who can contribute for the next few years at a much cheaper price.

Theres another guy who kind of mirrors the Daniels money/roster spot dilemma on this team. His name is Geronimo Allison. Keeping him might just end up being a surplus to requirements. Right now I see no fewer than 8 quality WRs on this team including Allison. With him making 2 million and most likely in the final year of his Packer career keeping him over a guy like Jmon or even Kumerow at this point doesnt make much sense to me. Especially if Sheppard and Davis keep impressing.

I wouldn't be in a hurry to get rid of him but I would start the feeling out process for a possible trade of him. Cant help but think the Giants could use a guy like that in their WR room about now. I would feature him in the preseason with an eye towards trading him before final cutdowns.