The Green Bay Packers were able to re-sign Chad Clifton and Mark Tauscher, but it came at a very high cost. The veteran tackles will be paid over $11 million next season – a remarkably high number for players clearly in the twilight of their respective careers. But that’s what happens when a team...
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The Green Bay Packers just gave $20 million – $7.5 million guaranteed – to an aging left tackle whose body is capable of breaking down at any moment. Sounds crazy, but that’s what happens when a GM fails to adequately prepare for the future. Ted Thompson had five years to find a successor to...
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The Packers have officially placed their franchise tag on Ryan Pickett. The 30-year-old nose tackle will be paid $7.003 million in 2010. That sounds like a lot of money for a guy who played fewer than 30 snaps in a handful of games last season – and it is – but the former Ohio...
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The retirement of Seattle’s Walter Jones normally wouldn’t be of much interest to fans of the Packers, but it’s worth paying attention to for one reason – how it could possibly affect the future of Chad Clifton. The 36-year-old Jones didn’t play this past season due to a knee injury, but the Seahawks were...
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Teams can begin placing franchise and transition tags on potential unrestricted free agents as early as today. Assuming there’s no CBA in place by Mar. 5, only five Packers are eligible to be tagged. Left tackle Chad Clifton, running back Ahman Green, outside linebacker Aaron Kampman, nose tackle Ryan Pickett and right tackle Mark...
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There won’t be many starting-caliber left tackles available in the off-season, but the outlook is no longer quite so bleak for teams looking to add a veteran who can protect the quarterback. That’s because three-time Pro Bowler Tra Thomas is expected to be released by Jacksonville within the next few days. The 35-year-old spent...
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Tackles Chad Clifton and Mark Tauscher came into the league together in 2000, and the two have anchored Green Bay’s offensive line ever since. Along the way, each player has been forced to overcome significant hardships. Clifton suffered a serious pelvic injury in 2002 that kept him in the hospital for almost a week....
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Ted Thompson seems like a smart man. That’s why what has happened with Chad Clifton is so surprising, and so disappointing. Less than a year after getting burned by placing too much faith in an aging defensive end coming off multiple surgeries, Green Bay’s fifth-year GM is once again getting burned by placing too...
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