The Green Bay Packers, Arizona Cardinals and Cincinnati Bengals. Those are three of the teams veteran inside linebacker Karlos Dansby would consider playing for now that he’s been released by the Cleveland Browns.
Dansby was cut on Wednesday and quickly stated his intention to “go get a ring,” something that was never going to happen in Cleveland.
So Dansby, who is 34, wants to play for a contender. The Packers are that and many people believe they need reinforcements at inside linebacker.
Despite his age, Dansby is still productive. He had 108 tackles, three interceptions (two of which went for touchdowns) and two forced fumbles in 2015. The most important aspect that he could bring to the Packers is his coverage ability.
The Packers used both Clay Matthews and Joe Thomas in coverage last season. Both were solid, but Matthews is moving back to outside linebacker and Thomas is a liability everywhere else besides coverage because he’s so small.
The Packers’ current top inside linebackers — Jake Ryan and Sam Barrington — are not known for their ability to cover backs and tight ends.
Even if Dansby is a part-time player, he could be an upgrade in Green Bay.
Will the Packers bite?
Well, we’d be real surprised if they did. Dansby’s age aside, we all know the Packers do nothing this time of year. We have no reason to believe that will change now.
He’s the missing piece. What is taking so long for Ted and Russ to iron out that life time contract?
Fuck no, he could be the best period and he would pass . . .
Every single free agent is “the missing piece” according to total packers comment section
Nice generalization there perky “G” . . .
Released, just like cook. As long as they can be grabbed at the right price, these should be the main kinda guys we should be looking at. Don’t count against compensatory picks. I mean, at least have a conversation with the man/his agent.
I THINK WE SHOULD SIGN COOK TO A ONE YEAR CONTRACT. WE NEED A GUY THAT CAN STRETCH THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD. DESPITE THE EFFECTS OF RICHARD RODGERS.
Already did
He was the man…..four years ago.
He’s the Peppers of the inside backer position. Don’t let his age fool you. He can plug in and play top notch. Just won’t be a long term solution. Snag him now please.
I actually think it would be wise to grab this guy, and actually would be a bit disappointed if he wasn’t signed, assuming the price wasn’t ridiculous. I still would love to see them draft jaylon Smith with the idea he would start in 2017. Dansby could be a temporary depth guy and solid replacement if there is a slip in play/injury to Ryan or Barrington (yes pf4l, I said Bradford on accident in a previous thread, lol).
If TT can get veteran guys like Dansby, Kuhn, James Jones, Cook, etc. on one year deals close to veteran min. and little to no signing bonus, then why the hell not. In addition the team gets a break from the NFL on veteran minimum salaries, just like they did last year with James Jones almost $900,000 contract with a cap hit of approximately $600,000. Then if the vet makes the team and performs well with a substantial amount of plays they can gain a healthy performance based bonus from the NFL.
Some would say you retard the development of the younger players, I say you give them a veteran presence at a minimum during the preseason with possible new techniques or philosophies that can expand the younger players knowledge and ability, hell they may even help the coaches in their jobs. Bring in some different points of view from a veterans perspective inside the bubble. If the vet doesn’t fit in or is a bad character cut him. If the vet doesn’t cut it in camp or doesn’t out perform the younger guys cut him before the season starts and lose nothing except cutting 1 of the other 36 bodies the team will need to cut. You may even find you need that veteran in case one of your so called guys get injured in preseason or suspended, even though that has never occurred with the Pack. Try to make at least the middle to bottom of the roster better.
Howard, spot on as usual. But that is way too logical for “The Frugal GM” to figure out . . . his OCD’s must play a major factor in his decision making perhaps (just speculating of course!). But something has to be up for him not to make moves more often than he does. He has passed on some truly great players in the last ten years . . .
Dansby and Cook will not be signing deals near the vet minimum.
Why not sign urlacher
Yep, that makes about as much sense as TT’s Free Agency acumen . . .
“Sometimes when the outcome is unclear, the best thing to do, is to do nothing.”
-Adolph Hitler
This would be a great sign if fuck face Ted Thompson would pull the trigger on Dansby and Cook. But we all know he won’t. Why sit on all that money. Sign these players to a 1 year deal. It’s not like we have a owner we have to make money for or happy. It’s the fans who would be ecstatic if they were signed.
BEcause you have people to pay next year and the year after that and the year after that ad infinitum ya fuck tard. There’s also a draft class to pay for.
For a guy who gets “touchy” if ya call him names, you sure have no problem using them on others . . . BTW all 32 teams have the same situation, just different iterations of it. TT could sign a few better players and it would not IMPACT this team negatively. TT not signing a few last year backfired, and the team had millions of cap monies left over. How did that work out Mr. apologist? Or is that fucktard fat jeebus?
LMFAO, “touchy” nah, man, you vastly overestimate the importance I put on the things that spill forth from the brains of your ilk. The only way FAs would’ve helped us last year is if TT signed some WRs, something he actually did do, just not to the extent needed later on in the season. Then again Janis should’ve carried us to the Super Bowl by himself. Tell me, which free agents last year would have guaranteed us a Lombardi Trophy. Throw out some names, go ahead, I’m waiting.
Pretty sure you’re the poor puffed up popinjay with the messy hairdo and hypodermia going out of its way to comment on my posts, not vice versa.
No I am not. and fucktard Jeebus, you Mr. know it all, already know which guys were avail. You are just way too busy playing with the populars in high school to have the balls to say the truth . . . you know, “the art of war”. Go fuck yourself. limp dick. BTW, you are just mad that you did not call out J. Janis earlier for what he proved to everyone he could be as a player. Strike out! or . . . missed your field goal! (Fat Jeebus on the sidelines holding head in hand, waiting for someone to project his anger on), Man, you are a piece of work . . . popinjay? good god! you are vapid incarnate . . . except if you were . . . you would be dead! you know lacking life! as in vapid! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfTrLcXE5sw
So I will retract the “vapid” remark, and instead think of you as the guy being “critiqued” by the TSA blowhard! I believe that says it better . . . lol!
WTF are you even talking about? Holy fuck! Stop drinking IMMEDIATELY and save those last 2 brain cells. FYI, “vapid” is an adjective, vapidness is the noun; you can’t be “vapid incarnate”, dumb shit, smfh.
Furthermore, I said Janis has potential, he needs to figure out how to run routes which TAKES TIME. Even in the Arizona game most of his yards came on go routes. Get a fucking clue, LMFAO.
Well stated Ty….
Brings back memories of the true frozen tundra (Russian front…)
The Führer was also linked to the following statement which could loosely justify TTs FA strategy –
“He alone, who owns the youth, gains the future.”
Haha, Icebowl. This made me lol…
Lol!
I thought little Addy was more reknowned for his landscape portraits replete with “happy trees”.
“What we want us a seal here, and a seal here, and we run…in the alley!”
-Adolph Hitler