Big Ted you sly devil! Outsmarting everyone once again with your cunning and brilliance!
That free agent signing we’ve all been waiting for the Green Bay Packers to make? Here it is!
It’s Ray Drew, a defensive end who played at Georgia. Drew was… wait for it… an undrafted free agent in 2015. He spent time with both the Miami Dolphins and Cleveland Browns in 2015.
He was cut by the Dolphins before the season began and then spent four games on the Browns practice squad.
And you know if you can’t stick on the Browns practice squad, it’s probably just an oversight on the Browns’ part…
We’ve got ourselves a steal here, folks!
So what will Drew bring to the Packers?
He’ll bring a body that will be released on or before final roster cuts.
Seriously, that’s what’s going to happen here.
This signing is reminiscent of such other amazing Big Ted moves in terms of impact, as signing Duke Preston or K.C. Asiodu.
The kind that pushes your team right over the top for that elusive Super Bowl championship.
That’s right boys and girls! The Green Bay Packers are winning the Super Bowl this season!
And when it’s all said and done, you’ll look back to this day and say to yourself, “I witnessed genius, when I watched Big Ted sign Ray Drew.”
Plot Twist: This guy makes the ProBowl and wins DPOY of the year.
(A guy can dream)
No, but we might all look back and say, “Remebers when those ass clowns at Total Packers talked shit about this guy? Guess they don’t know their own ass from a hole in the ground.”
Oh wait, we already knew that.
Either way, the fact that this signing pisses you off makes me smile. Suck it.
You must have a pathetic life.
I approve of this. I love coming here, but there are times when you suckers deserve a solid “suck it.”
Suck it, total packers. Suck it long, and suck it hard.
WHY THIS IS RELEVANT:
To me at least this means that were gonna be seeing Datone Jones standing up at olb, this dude is either a camp body or strictly depth which we could use on the d line (remember, penned is suspended for 4 games). Don’t worry tho, Ted isnt finished. He’s totally gonna sign some badass future HOF longsnapper like tori Gurley or some shit
Only able to sign this guy because of the $ freed up by Blow Job Raji’s devastating walk away….
Raji retired do a story about that
Aren’t we supposed to actually spend to the cap #? Happy he’s got another camp body in (like the other 31 teams) but this inaction this off season smells of disaster. Will he make a move this upcoming week or will we go to the draft without signing any marquee names? I’m guessing the latter and I’m guessing the Giants, Panthers and Seahawks will steamroll through the NFC this year.
That’s OK Ted, just let the Vikings win the division AGAIN this year with their awesome fucking quarterback!
This guy could have some upside but still a project player. Need a vet signing because we know Ted will not spend on a FA in his prime.
You don’t have to spend all the cap, just to the “floor” established by the CBA, which is around 90-95% of the cap.
Yea, 93% comes to mind. i just don’t care enough to look it up.
I think what vj wants, is Ted to spend to the cap, whether they have to or not.
well, I will be happy to be one of the first players cut if they give me a huge signing bonus that gets us to the cap. Just throwing it out there because I’m sure TT reads this site religiously.
They’ll get the Pad Level straightened out and beat the shit outta the teams afore-mentioned …..
Ugh !
VJ, this was an “down year” for free agency
The only guy I wanted was Jenoris Jenkins & he was over pried.
We got Crosby & Perry (though I wanted Perry for 2 seasons, not 1).
We will be fine
That leaves extra money to work on building hotels, bars, and fixing up the neighborhood;-)
Impressive …..
NOT !
Probably just a camp body, but maybe a new TE coach from Cleveland had some positive input from seeing Drew work in practice for a few weeks.
I think camp body, as they like to bring in a ton of people to create manufactured competition, but that’s just my .02
Ray Drew: The next Reggie White
Talks cheap, just like this signing.
What Howard said. If the writer’s on this website had any kind of journalism skills whatsoever and did research, they could write an article that isn’t mocking this signing. Like Howard said, he has a connection from Cleveland that is on the packers coaching staff and he probably put in a good word for him. Also, he played in a 3-4 defense similar to our all four years at Georgia, so there isn’t going to be the whole “learning a new position” nonsense. he is already well versed playing DE in the scheme. The browns haven’t had the best defensive coaches there, let’s see what happens. Worst case scenario, we wasted a miniscule amount of money in a signing bonus and he is cut during camp. Best case scenario we have a solid rotational guy on the line that may provide some pass rush.
What about that defensive end, Mario something that I think signed with the bills, why didn’t they pick up him if they felt they needed a defensive end
Packers should reach out to former Packer TE Colt Lyerla and see if he is interested.
Yep!
Mario Williams would translate to an outside linebacker role, not a 3 techique DE.
I think he is in Miami anyhow. With Suh.