Non-draft question! I know they have until Monday, but what’s up with the fifth-year options on Gary and Savage? Is the team hoping to get a long-term deal done with each and not have to use the option? Or are they waiting to see how the draft shakes out?
I would expect the fifth-year option to be exercised on Gary. I’m not sure about the decision on Savage. It’s really about whether the team wants to commit to that elevated salary for the player’s fifth year. Working out a second contract can still occur either way, but the option buys more time to do so.
Good morning, a couple of days ago when you were asked to post your Mt. Rushmore of bad No. 1 draft picks, don’t you think Justin Harrell should have been included? As I recall he was a first-round pick whom no other team seemed to have on their board, and he was pretty much a complete bust for four years. Thanks for your consideration. Have a good time during the draft.
Like Carroll and Fullwood, Harrell definitely deserves consideration, but I don’t think there’s much arguing with the first four I picked, for the reasons previously mentioned.
Jason from Janesville, WI
Regarding Brent Fullwood: If memory serves me correct, he was one of the reasons we got Mandarich. With his Pro Bowl season in the book, Barry Sanders wasn’t being considered. Mandarich was supposed to be the big road grader that cleared the way for Fullwood.
Choosing Fullwood fourth overall in 1987 may have factored in passing on Sanders two years later, but Fullwood’s lone Pro Bowl season was in ’89, Mandarich’s rookie year. Fullwood had 757 rushing yards combined in his first two seasons.
When BG jumped up to pick JL I was certain of the Patrick Q. name on the card. Surprise! Do you think De’Vondre Campbell is on the roster if we don’t draft Love? Deep thoughts.
That’s one example of many as to how a single draft decision (or non-decision) impacts future moves. Campbell probably doesn’t choose to come to Green Bay last year if there isn’t a clear…