Live game blog: Packers at Detroit Lions
Join Tom Silverstein for updates, analysis and discussion as the Green Bay Packers take on the Detroit Lions in the regular-season finale at noon CT Sunday.
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Tom, thanks for a great year on the blog. Season number two starting soon. Your thought on new Coach Matt... first year success like this is unheard of. Did you see strength in his leadership to get them here? Or, how much is the health of the team contributing? Maybe his approach is why they are healthy? Your thoughts. Thank you from Glendale, Ca. 🏈 😎 🏈 😎
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I think we need to step away from the season a little bit to understand why it has gone so well. It definitely has surprised me and I'm sure Mark Murphy couldn't have imagined it would go this way. Health has been key, the schedule has fallen just right and the division is down. All of those things have contributed.
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Lucas Patrick's deal is chump change. The signing bonus was $350,000. With Clark you're talking about a $25M signing bonus; With Martinez $10-12M. If they were going to sign any of the latter two, they wouldn't have used up cap space this year to lessen Rodgers' cap hit in future years. They would have needed the cap room. So, they created $11.4 million next year and that will help in signing either Clark or Martinez in the off-season.
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They do. They have some time to figure it out, especially if they have a bye. They can wait and see if Raven Greene is healthy or they can bring someone up from the practice squad. They could also sign someone from another team's practice squad as a way to grab him for next season.
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Tom, I read an article that quoted an exec from another team who indicated LaFluer’s offense is operating like he still has Marcus Mariota at QB rather than an Aaron Rodgers type. Basically, simple, low-risk, game management. Do you see that as well? Would we expect the offense to open up more in year 2, or is this just what his offense looks like?
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