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[Cdragon]

more talk of urgency, Cam Hayward said the window never stays open forever, and Rodgers window is almost shut, how the he ll do you visit a club for 6 hours, what do ya talk about for 6 hours? prospective teams need a answer, I would think Steeler brass are becoming fed up

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/nfl/articl ... 13897.html

I'd say 30 minutes will be meet and greet with everybody in the building wanting to meet him and telling how great he is and how they want him in black and gold. They could talk about Superbowl 45 for an hour. Tomlin out coaching MM in the 09 game Pitt won 37 - 36 is another 20 minutes. Lunch is an hour. Looking at film. Discussing how they'd fit together. How they can crush the division with him. Whether he can give a discount to get some other star on board. You could easily spend 6 hours just looking at his highlight reel. I'd say 6 hours is nothing to guys who do this for a living.

You forget an hour convincing them to sign Lazard and bring Cobb out of retirement.

I was thinking more of Bakh.

[RingoCStarrQB]

more talk of urgency, Cam Hayward said the window never stays open forever, and Rodgers window is almost shut, how the he ll do you visit a club for 6 hours, what do ya talk about for 6 hours? prospective teams need a answer, I would think Steeler brass are becoming fed up

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/nfl/articl ... 13897.html

I'd say 30 minutes will be meet and greet with everybody in the building wanting to meet him and telling how great he is and how they want him in black and gold. They could talk about Superbowl 45 for an hour. Tomlin out coaching MM in the 09 game Pitt won 37 - 36 is another 20 minutes. Lunch is an hour. Looking at film. Discussing how they'd fit together. How they can crush the division with him. Whether he can give a discount to get some other star on board. You could easily spend 6 hours just looking at his highlight reel. I'd say 6 hours is nothing to guys who do this for a living.

You forget an hour convincing them to sign Lazard and bring Cobb out of retirement.

Crush the AFC Central?

[RingoCStarrQB]

Correction: AFC North.

Parenthetically.....just send him to Cleveland and be done with the drama.

[Cdragon]

Correction: AFC North.

Parenthetically.....just send him to Cleveland and be done with the drama.

Well they are trying to sell him on the team. They're not going to say it will be as great as the Jets experience.

[RingoCStarrQB]

Russell Wilson now a NY Giant.

[Yoop]

Russell Wilson now a NY Giant.

as the door swings on it's hinges, the slugard rolls over in bed , Rodger the Dodger is dodging to long, he better sign up with Steel city, or that window will slam shut too.

I still think the Giants will take Shadeur Sanders, Wilson will allow them to sit and coach him up a season, which is best for every young pup

[RingoCStarrQB]

The Giants 1956 Team card features Vince Lombardi. This is not well known amongst Packers card collectors. He's in the 2nd row far left. Packers great Emlen Tunnell is on the card as well.

[Labrev]

Florio is reporting (and says this comes from pretty high up in league circles) that the reason Rodgers hasn't signed with PIT is because he wants to go to MIN, and is waiting for them to bring him aboard.

And yes, I buy it. If he was all-in on PIT, he'd be a Steeler right now, because they want him. And I don't think he's unsure about playing football. He can still play at a high level and has said he wants to play well into 40. I have not seen him say or do anything that makes me think he's ready to hang 'em up.

So the most likely explanation to me is, he wants to play, but not for PIT. And yeah, MIN has a really nice supporting cast for a QB, so it would make a lot of sense for him to want to go there.

[Pckfn23]

I absolutely believe the report.

Father time is undefeated. All the 41+ year old QBs with 300+ attempts in a season:

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Minnesota has doubled down on JJ Mccarthy being their starter. I don't think they have any interest in Rodgers as their starting QB. They would have to do some interesting cap gymnastics to sign Rodgers and there is just no way they sign him to a 2 year deal.

[musclestang]

MN is a pretty attractive place to play for a QB right now. Great supporting cast all the way around on both sides of the ball. But I don't believe squat that comes from Florio. I think he's made his living off puffing and Aaron Rodgers stuff he could over the years much of which was manufactured from tiny shreds of maybe something he may have heard somewhere.

I do believe Rodgers want to continue to prove himself and put himself in the best position to be successful is going to be greater than his desire to not follow in Favres footsteps or !@#$ of GB fans by playing for MN or any legacy type stuff. So if MN did want him, I have no doubt that shoots to top of the list for him. But I'm still not believing anything Florio says about Rodgers LOL.

[Yoop]

MN is a pretty attractive place to play for a QB right now. Great supporting cast all the way around on both sides of the ball. But I don't believe squat that comes from Florio. I think he's made his living off puffing and Aaron Rodgers stuff he could over the years much of which was manufactured from tiny shreds of maybe something he may have heard somewhere.

I do believe Rodgers want to continue to prove himself and put himself in the best position to be successful is going to be greater than his desire to not follow in Favres footsteps or !@#$ of GB fans by playing for MN or any legacy type stuff. So if MN did want him, I have no doubt that shoots to top of the list for him. But I'm still not believing anything Florio says about Rodgers LOL.

I tend to feel the same way about all of these sports writers, controversy gets clicks and sells ink, rumors get pushed as facts till there proven false and most end up that way, and guys like Floria just create a new rumor.

The perfect place for Rodgers to be relevant is with a team like Minny, he would be a fool for not wanting to go there, they have an offense that fits perfectly for his skillset, if that fails, The Steelers are a good fall back plan, he's still better than half the starting QB's in this league

[Labrev]

I like how you questioned Florio's credibility and then concluded that the report sounds pretty credible.

Didn't think I would have to say this, but yeah, the person reporting the thing is not really the interesting part worth discussing, but rather the report itself. And we can tease out how plausible the thing being reported is using our heads. I will admit this is a pet peeve of mine, though (when people proceed to discuss the source and ignore the actual report, when the report... true or not... nonetheless has some legs).

In this case, the report matches up with everything we can observe. Clearly, something is holding back Rodgers from joining PIT, because they would sign him yesterday. Only question is what, and if there is a more convincing explanation than him waiting on MIN, nobody has offered it up.

[Labrev]

When I made the Rodgers Watch thread two seasons ago, there was this one guy (I know who, but I'm not gonna be mean and call him out) who would keep responding when I posted rumors, with: " 'Rumor/word is' ... HA!" or "unnamed source... HMPH!" Like, EVERY time. As if to say to all of us "See how smart I am?! I see that these are R U M O R S, and I automatically doubt them!"

.... and practically every single one of those rumors ended up being true.

[go pak go]

When I made the Rodgers Watch thread two seasons ago, there was this one guy (I know who, but I'm not gonna be mean and call him out) who would keep responding when I posted rumors, with: " 'Rumor/word is' ... HA!" or "unnamed source... HMPH!" as if to say to all of us "See how smart I am?! I see that these are R U M O R S, and I automatically doubt them!"

.... and practically every single one of those rumors ended up being true.

When there's smoke...there's fire.

[Yoop]

When I made the Rodgers Watch thread two seasons ago, there was this one guy (I know who, but I'm not gonna be mean and call him out) who would keep responding when I posted rumors, with: " 'Rumor/word is' ... HA!" or "unnamed source... HMPH!" Like, EVERY time. As if to say to all of us "See how smart I am?! I see that these are R U M O R S, and I automatically doubt them!"

.... and practically every single one of those rumors ended up being true.

Well who's bugling now? and no, most of the rumors are not true, they're gossip, spread around to get clicks, just as I said.

and who didn't know what Florio spouted long before he turned on the spiget, everyone who has even followed the Rodgers saga even a little bit new of all the interested teams, the Vikings on a personal and coaching level was the best landing spot, Labrev, this isn't exactly rocket science secrets where dealing with here

[Yoop]

When I made the Rodgers Watch thread two seasons ago, there was this one guy (I know who, but I'm not gonna be mean and call him out) who would keep responding when I posted rumors, with: " 'Rumor/word is' ... HA!" or "unnamed source... HMPH!" as if to say to all of us "See how smart I am?! I see that these are R U M O R S, and I automatically doubt them!"

.... and practically every single one of those rumors ended up being true.

When there's smoke...there's fire.

not always, the temps need to reach around 400 degree, or ignition is not probable, in fact not even likely, Rodgers temp is 98.6

[Yoop]

I absolutely believe the report.

Father time is undefeated. All the 41+ year old QBs with 300+ attempts in a season:
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Minnesota has doubled down on JJ Mccarthy being their starter. I don't think they have any interest in Rodgers as their starting QB. They would have to do some interesting cap gymnastics to sign Rodgers and there is just no way they sign him to a 2 year deal.

could be, but the smartest thing Minny could do IMHO is hire Rodgers to start this season if he'll take a one-year deal, actually I think that's what's holding Minny back, possibly issues going to Pitt as well, Rodgers I expect wants a two year deal.

[musclestang]

I like how you questioned Florio's credibility and then concluded that the report sounds pretty credible.

Didn't think I would have to say this, but yeah, the person reporting the thing is not really the interesting part worth discussing, but rather the report itself. And we can tease out how plausible the thing being reported is using our heads. I will admit this is a pet peeve of mine, though (when people proceed to discuss the source and ignore the actual report, when the report... true or not... nonetheless has some legs).

In this case, the report matches up with everything we can observe. Clearly, something is holding back Rodgers from joining PIT, because they would sign him yesterday. Only question is what, and if there is a more convincing explanation than him waiting on MIN, nobody has offered it up.

I could have come up with that report on my own too. It seems rather obvious given the situation. Then toss on Rodgers followed Favre and their careers have been similar and their paths eerily similar as well. Makes it even more interesting. I mean Rodgers to MN seems obvious for all the football reasons there can be. They have their future, but their future is unknown, needs to learn and develop etc. They have the skill players, they have the offensive line, they have a fantastic defense and offense that fits what Rodgers does so well. Rodgers isn't going to be around forever. A year or 2 tops that's it, it's over. Young guy waiting and learning to take off when that end is here. Not languishing on a bench waiting for the HOF'er to hang on year after year.

he's at a stage in his career where he can make a good team great if they can protect him. he can't go to a team and run around and make it all happen anymore so all of those teams are out.

But it's also Florio. I don't think he has any more inside info than anyone else and I don't think he's floating anything unique. pretty much every football fan can see, it is plausible and actually one of the only teams in the league where it makes perfect sense. We've all thought it and talked about it. Given the fact he's made more clicks off Rodgers in the past 8 years or so than anybody, of course he's going to say this. True or not.

and if it ends being so, I'm guessing he's right just like all of us would be, because it makes sense and happened. I don't think he knows anything more than that.

[NCF]

@paco

Are you going to get The Draft Contest going again this year?

[paco]

@paco

Are you going to get The Draft Contest going again this year?

Was just thinking about that this morning. I can if people are still intersted. I'll start working on updating it and create a post about it in the next couple of days.