{Family Ghost} Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 (edited) Blake was a solid player and a good teammate in GB, but he's not worth the kind of coin that the Giants gave him. I'm not going to disparage the guy, so good for him that he found someone to meet his asking price. Good for him. Edited March 31, 2020 by {Family Ghost} 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 This thread is still going to be a think 15 years from now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Penske Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 1 hour ago, TheOnlyThing said: "Linebacker Blake Martinez accepted a three-year, $30 million contract offer from the Giants during the negotiating window ahead of the start of the new league year earlier this month and he spoke to reporters about that decision on a Monday conference call." “I think the way they (the Packers) value the inside linebacker position especially in that defense, it wasn’t as valued as other places I guess in my opinion,” Martinez said." https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2020/03/30/blake-martinez-packers-dont-value-inside-linebackers-as-much-as-other-teams/ With such "talents" as Nate Palmer, Jamari Lattimore, Brad Jones, DJ Smith, Sam Barrington, Jake Ryan, Joe Thomas, Antonio Morris, and BJ Goodson all starting at inside linebacker in Green Bay over the past decade, Blake's statement that the Packers have not valued the ILB position is surely a correct one. Unfortunately, for Martinez and his apologists, Blake's concession that he was a starter at ILB on a team that does not value the position is prima facie evidence of his own performance limitations. The facts reveal that Packers have, until very recently, been fine with manning the middle with athletically limited mid-to-ate round draft picks/street free agents (Burks in 2018 is the only ILBer selected before the 4th round). Consequently, while, in response to being "asked about a lack of impact plays while in Green Bay," Martinez "said it was a 'misconception,'” the reality is that Blake is just the latest in a long line of mediocre (at best) talents to play ILB for the Packers. Fortunately, Gute did not overpay Martinez for mediocre play ... the way his predecessor did with another mediocre Packer ILBer who wore #50. Maybe it went down like he said, but remember these things are kind of like a break up and there's always two sides to the story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packfanfb Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 7 minutes ago, Norm said: This thread is still going to be a think 15 years from now I mean to be fair, we just spent $6.5m aav on Kirksey. So it's not like we're unwilling to spend any resources there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexGreen#20 Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 1 hour ago, TheOnlyThing said: "Linebacker Blake Martinez accepted a three-year, $30 million contract offer from the Giants during the negotiating window ahead of the start of the new league year earlier this month and he spoke to reporters about that decision on a Monday conference call." “I think the way they (the Packers) value the inside linebacker position especially in that defense, it wasn’t as valued as other places I guess in my opinion,” Martinez said." https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2020/03/30/blake-martinez-packers-dont-value-inside-linebackers-as-much-as-other-teams/ With such "talents" as Nate Palmer, Jamari Lattimore, Brad Jones, DJ Smith, Sam Barrington, Jake Ryan, Joe Thomas, Antonio Morris, and BJ Goodson all starting at inside linebacker in Green Bay over the past decade, Blake's statement that the Packers have not valued the ILB position is surely a correct one. Unfortunately, for Martinez and his apologists, Blake's concession that he was a starter at ILB on a team that does not value the position is prima facie evidence of his own performance limitations. The facts reveal that Packers have, until very recently, been fine with manning the middle with athletically limited mid-to-ate round draft picks/street free agents (Burks in 2018 is the only ILBer selected before the 4th round). Consequently, while, in response to being "asked about a lack of impact plays while in Green Bay," Martinez "said it was a 'misconception,'” the reality is that Blake is just the latest in a long line of mediocre (at best) talents to play ILB for the Packers. Fortunately, Gute did not overpay Martinez for mediocre play ... the way his predecessor did with another mediocre Packer ILBer who wore #50. Explain this stupid *** logic? AJ Hawk Reference. Drink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexGreen#20 Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 42 minutes ago, packfanfb said: I mean to be fair, we just spent $6.5m aav on Kirksey. So it's not like we're unwilling to spend any resources there. I strongly suspect that if you were to take a decade's worth of sample size, the Packers would be the lowest ranked team in the league in terms of resources invested at ILB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 1 hour ago, packfanfb said: I mean to be fair, we just spent $6.5m aav on Kirksey. So it's not like we're unwilling to spend any resources there. Kirksey won't be Ray Lewis x **** Butkus, nor will the next 30 guys who play ILB and then this thread will be bumped every single season 550 times for some random tidbit of nothingness that has no point. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanedorf Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWood21 Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 5 hours ago, TheOnlyThing said: Fortunately, Gute did not overpay Martinez for mediocre play ... the way his predecessor did with another mediocre Packer ILBer who wore #50. Fortunately? This is EXACTLY what EVERYONE has been telling you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts