Forget the blathering vocal minority haters claptrap; look at facts established by HISTORICAL REALITY:

FACT: Every year Ted is all-in, spending every penny of that years' cap [unless he holds back a little to take the lead like extending Bahketiri].

FACT: If he signs Perry, Tretter, Lang and a few others, there will be no money for a big $$ outside free agents.

FACT: If he doesn’t sign any or some of the above guys; history proves Ted will spend money on bigger $$$ outside free agents.

FACT: If there’s money left over, Ted will have in his pocket some 3rd or 4th rounds picks. This means the cost to sign, for example, C. Campbell will be not only the large contract. The cost will include the MUCH MUCH GREATER risk of signing outside guys and the LOSS of a 3rd and/or 4th round picks.

FACT: Ted has to compete with 31 other GMs, several of whom possess a competitive advantage over Ted because they didn’t spend all past cap $$$ [because they weren’t as aggressive, all-in as Ted is every year] and don’t risk losing the value of 3rd and 4th rnd picks [because they're worse drafters].

FACT: The more options a player has; the less likely he is to come to GB. Green Bay is a HUGE competitive disadvantage to every other NFL city; even Buffalo. Cold, lack of diversity, complete lack of Black culture, Paul Ryan/Walker, difficulty traveling to and from, small market, high taxes, night life shuts down at 9PM, lack of anonymousness [if black]; causes at least 50% of players [or their significant others] to eliminate GB from the list regardless of contract offer.

FACT: [In light of above facts] Ted is superman!

So if you want to discuss real potential FA signings; that list of UFA [not with expiring contracts] will be growing over the next 3-4 weeks.

Originally Posted by: Barfarn 

B...I understand the Green Bay disadvantage especially with african americans. Charles Woodson was extremely positive PR for us, as was the fact Reggie came here, loved it, and got a ring. Woodson also got a ring. I think that is used an excuse more than it's a legitimate constant justification for results.

This black athlete Green Bay garbage is a red herring.

[i]Former Packers tight end Jermichael Finley revealed Monday on the Two Deep NFL Podcast that if Lynch had his way, the running back would have been traded to Green Bay in 2010.

Originally Posted by: uffda udfa 

This is from reddit:
just now on the Dan Beyer show (w/ Brady Poppinga today) , Gonzalez detailed how close he was to becoming a Packer tight end.
to paraphrase: "my agent told me it was done.. everything was set.. Carl (Peterson, then Chiefs GM) was pushing for a 2nd round pick, the Packers were offering a 3rd round and didn't want to move. 5 minutes before the trade deadline the Packers said 'fine, we'll do a 2nd round pick' and Carl said 'now i want a 1st'. end of deal."

This is just 1 case but unless Gonzalez was lying it just shows there's more that goes on than we actually know. You can't always just assume nothing was done or tried.

Originally Posted by: steveishere