Collins signs tender, could long-term deal by soon?

Chris mentioned this morning he was hoping the Packers would take a serious look safety Ryan Clark before re-upped with the Steelers.  However, all may not be lost at the position as Nick Collins signed his restricted free agent tender today, according Journal-Sentinel’s Tom Silverstein.

The deal is one-year for $3.3 million and takes Collins off [...]

Tuesday quick slants (copyright Adam Somers)

Let’s face it: Tuesday is the worst day of the week.

Sure, you’ve cleared that Monday hurdle well enough – perhaps with some help of your fond memories from the past weekend – but now what do you have to look forward to? Those weekend memories (if you can remember what actually happened) fade quickly, leaving [...]

A look at the numbers shows Clifton's contract to be a smart deal for the Pack

On Monday, Pete Dougherty of the Green Bay Press Gazette ran an article breaking down the numbers on left tackle Chad Clifton’s three-year, $20 million contract, signed on Friday.

(Quick aside: We probably don’t give the GBPG guys their full due here often enough. They’re very good, as well.)

After looking at it, I have to say this [...]

Other thoughts on the first weekend of free agency

So far, we at OBOD have covered the hell out of free agency as it relates to the Green Bay Packers and the rest of the NFC North.

(Okay, maybe we haven’t “covered the hell” out of it. But we’ve been good….solid….decent. Yeah, let’s stick with that – decent.)

But what about the rest of the NFL? [...]

Kampman starting his search; Tauscher oddly silent

Saturday, 4:45 p.m.

After waiting a bit – and making some plans before breaking them – Aaron Kampman is finally putting himself out there for other teams.

Kampman visited with the Jacksonville Jaguars today, according to The Florida Times-Union. Friday, Kampman was all set to visit with the Philadelphia Eagles, although he apparently had a change of [...]

Clifton's signing brings some stability, but changes still in store for o-line

Friday, 11:50 p.m.

For pretty much the entire afternoon today, it was sort of looking grim if you are a fan of the Green Bay Packers.

Green Bay’s starting left tackle, Chad Clifton, was visiting with the Washington Redskins. The ‘Skins need a left tackle and have an owner (Daniel Snyder) who loves to overpay for aging [...]

Breaking news: Clifton, shockingly, re-ups with Packers

Friday, 7:25 p.m. Lambeau Time

Well, cancel those plans for the search for “Green Bay’s Next Left Tackle.”

Chad Clifton, shockingly, will be back.

Within the past hour, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported via his Twitter page that Clifton has re-upped with the Packers. The deal is reportedly for three years and $20 million (exactly what Clifton was said to [...]

An update on Kampman, Tauscher and Clifton

Well, we’ve reached the century mark for the 2010 free agency signing period. And, no, I’m not referring to the game where you drink 100 shots of beer in 100 minutes. We at OBOD would NEVER condone such a game.

We are now 100 minutes into free agency. At this point, it seems like a good [...]

Best guesses on Kampman, Cliffy and Tausch

As of now,  it’s 11:00 p.m. Lambeau Time, meaning we are now officially at the start of the free agent signing period.

And as of now, the Green Bay Packers’ three biggest unrestricted free agents – defensive end/outside linebacker Aaron Kampman, left tackle Chad Clifton and right tackle Mark Tauscher – remain unsigned.

Will any of them be [...]

Restricted free agent tenders announced (sort of)

Earlier Wednesday, the Green Bay Packers gave word that they had placed tenders on eight of their nine restricted free agents. They also tendered one of their exclusive rights free agents.

The deadline for doing so was Thursday, so this announcement wasn’t a major surprise or anything.

We don’t know everything yet, as far as who got what tender, [...]