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       #Post#: 5867--------------------------------------------------
       Re: NFC North (04.12.11 - 09.10.15)
   DIR By: packrat
       Date: May 5, 2011, 7:13 pm
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       <b>This seems to say that Thompson/McCarthy are satisfied that
       the young guys, C. J. Wilson and Mike Neal will fill the RT job
       adequately.</b>
       Posted by Michael David Smith on May 5, 2011, 4:21 PM EDT
       
       Getty ImagesAfter seven years on the Packers’ defensive line,
       Cullen Jenkins assumes he’ll sign elsewhere in free agency.
       Jenkins repeated Wednesday what he has previously said, that he
       wanted to stay in Green Bay enough that he offered last year to
       take less money to stay with the Packers than he thought he
       could make in free agency, but the Packers weren’t interested.
       “Heading into last year, I’ve always been up there and always
       been a Packer, and I wanted to stay a Packer,” Jenkins said, per
       Jason Wilde of ESPNMilwaukee.com. “So we approached the team and
       wanted to get some type of security, some type of longer-term
       deal before the season so I would know I would be there. It
       wasn’t about money, it was about security, about trying to see
       if we could work something out.”
       When asked if he would have given the Packers a hometown
       discount, Jenkins said, “Yeah. That was the thought then. I knew
       in going to them, I know Green Bay, I know the market, I know
       how they handle business, and the thought was if we could get
       something reasonable worked out, I knew I would take less than
       what I could’ve gotten in free agency. But they never approached
       me with anything and never got any type of negotiations going.
       It’s just how the business is. They had a lot of younger guys
       and felt they could move forward in that direction.”
       So Jenkins expects to sign with another team, whenever free
       agents are allowed to sign with teams. He may not have to move
       his family too far, as the Bears are thought to be interested.
       
       #Post#: 5876--------------------------------------------------
       Re: NFC North (04.12.11 - 09.10.15)
   DIR By: WshflThinking
       Date: May 5, 2011, 8:03 pm
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       The Bears interested? Hmmm!
       #Post#: 5878--------------------------------------------------
       Re: NFC North (04.12.11 - 09.10.15)
   DIR By: Pekin
       Date: May 5, 2011, 8:49 pm
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       I had read that as well.  However I am guessing with Paea now a
       Bear they probably won't go after him as hard.  Although they
       may feel he is an upgrade to Adams and may be his replacement if
       the price is right.
       I prefer the Bears spend their free agent dollars on the O-line
       personally.  They need a center and a guard still.
       #Post#: 5905--------------------------------------------------
       Re: NFC North (04.12.11 - 09.10.15)
   DIR By: boogie
       Date: May 6, 2011, 9:53 am
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       I bet they dont address center until next years draft.
       #Post#: 5913--------------------------------------------------
       Re: NFC North (04.12.11 - 09.10.15)
   DIR By: navigator
       Date: May 6, 2011, 11:17 am
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       I expect Angelo to bargain shop in FA except for maybe on the
       OL. He might open his purse to buy an OL but I expect a lot of
       other folks it will be if they fill a need and are reasonable.
       #Post#: 5918--------------------------------------------------
       Re: NFC North (04.12.11 - 09.10.15)
   DIR By: WshflThinking
       Date: May 6, 2011, 11:45 am
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       They'll find somebody as an undrafted FA
       #Post#: 6096--------------------------------------------------
       Re: NFC North (04.12.11 - 09.10.15)
   DIR By: Jackiejokeman
       Date: May 6, 2011, 9:03 pm
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       If Tice knows his shiiit he may just have what he already needs
       with Herman Johnson.
       Hence : The lack of a push for OL in the third.
       Then it moves on to Darryl Drake and what can he find in FA at
       WR.
       Remember : Drake had zero input into the draft in the last two
       years.
       He has to be tossed a bone somwhere to keep his credibility.
       #Post#: 6113--------------------------------------------------
       Re: NFC North (04.12.11 - 09.10.15)
   DIR By: dallasbear
       Date: May 7, 2011, 12:16 am
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       I have to agree here.
       Let's pretend Bears can sign either Logan Mankins or Sidney
       Rice.
       I take Rice.
       #Post#: 6118--------------------------------------------------
       Re: NFC North (04.12.11 - 09.10.15)
   DIR By: WshflThinking
       Date: May 7, 2011, 3:30 am
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       --- Quote from: dallasbear link ---
       >
       > I have to agree here.
       >
       > Let's pretend Bears can sign either Logan Mankins or Sidney
       Rice.
       >
       > I take Rice.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       Hmmm! If I had one choice Mankins or Rice it would be Mankins
       over Rice because better protection on that line gives Cutler
       more time to get the ball to one of the existing receivers. TYVM
       #Post#: 6120--------------------------------------------------
       Re: NFC North (04.12.11 - 09.10.15)
   DIR By: boogie
       Date: May 7, 2011, 6:20 am
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       Yep, got to go Mankins over Rice every day of the week.
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