wpr
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14 years ago
SI Poll 

WHICH NFL TEAM WOULD YOU LEAST LIKE TO PLAY FOR?

Oakland Raiders 20%
Buffalo Bills 14%
Green Bay Packers 13%
Detroit Lions 12%
Cleveland Browns 7%

FAST FACTS

Players could not vote for their own team....The Raiders have gone 27--79 since end of the 2002 season.... The Bills, who fired coach Dick Jauron last week, have not made the playoffs since 1999....The Packers, who have won a record 12 league titles but none since after the 1996 season, were the least desirable team among players who have been in the league for five or fewer seasons, drawing 16% of their vote.

Based on a survey of 296 NFL players



There is no way GB will get quality free agents unless they change the opinion of the players. The only way to do that is to pay top dollar (maybe more) to the best free agents.
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djcubez
14 years ago
Saw this in SI the other day found it funny to be honest. One thing to take into consideration is that they only polled 296 players in the league and there's more than 1700 in total. That's less than a fifth of the players. Also the fact that Green Bay is probably the only "town" to have a football team. I think many players, especially the flashy young ones, are interested in the life of a big city. Which in my opinion is a good thing, we don't need any troublemakers here.
DanJustDan29
14 years ago

SI Poll 

WHICH NFL TEAM WOULD YOU LEAST LIKE TO PLAY FOR?

Oakland Raiders 20%
Buffalo Bills 14%
Green Bay Packers 13%
Detroit Lions 12%
Cleveland Browns 7%

FAST FACTS

Players could not vote for their own team....The Raiders have gone 27--79 since end of the 2002 season.... The Bills, who fired coach Dick Jauron last week, have not made the playoffs since 1999....The Packers, who have won a record 12 league titles but none since after the 1996 season, were the least desirable team among players who have been in the league for five or fewer seasons, drawing 16% of their vote.

Based on a survey of 296 NFL players

"wpr" wrote:



There is no way GB will get quality free agents unless they change the opinion of the players. The only way to do that is to pay top dollar (maybe more) to the best free agents.



You take from that poll that players don't want to come because they feel they won't get paid?
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14 years ago

SI Poll 

WHICH NFL TEAM WOULD YOU LEAST LIKE TO PLAY FOR?

Oakland Raiders 20%
Buffalo Bills 14%
Green Bay Packers 13%
Detroit Lions 12%
Cleveland Browns 7%

FAST FACTS

Players could not vote for their own team....The Raiders have gone 27--79 since end of the 2002 season.... The Bills, who fired coach Dick Jauron last week, have not made the playoffs since 1999....The Packers, who have won a record 12 league titles but none since after the 1996 season, were the least desirable team among players who have been in the league for five or fewer seasons, drawing 16% of their vote.

Based on a survey of 296 NFL players

"DanJustDan29" wrote:



There is no way GB will get quality free agents unless they change the opinion of the players. The only way to do that is to pay top dollar (maybe more) to the best free agents.

"wpr" wrote:



You take from that poll that players don't want to come because they feel they won't get paid?




I am sure there are several reasons they do not want to come to GB.
1. They have been losing for the past couple of seasons. (All the other teams on the list have had losing records too.)
2. They probably feel Ted is a hard negotiator.
3. GB is a tiny town and young people want more excitiment than they can get in GB.
4. It is too cold in GB.
5. GB is not culturally mixed city.

There are only two ways to overcome this thinking. Winning and money.
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RaiderPride
14 years ago
This has to do with AGENTS. Their influence on players is remarkable.

Face it... Agents are looking for more than a commission on a a dollar amount in a contract. Agents are selling a player on what revenue they can bring into that players coffers with endorsements.

A big city will bring in astronomically more money to that player in appearance fees and possible endorsement monies.

That is a fact, and a reality in the free agent market. T.T. can not do anything about it. His hands are tied. It is Green Bay.

This is one thing that the T.T. haters continue to not understand about the choices he has to make when chasing Free Agents he would like to sign IF HE COULD.
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djcubez
14 years ago
Good list there WPR. I think that the fact that Green Bay is small compared to most NFL franchises can be a blessing though too. Green Bay is a football town rich with tradition. If you're a football player first and a nightlife guy second I would choose to play in Green Bay any day.
TheEngineer
14 years ago
djcubez nailed it. Young, rich NFL players, living in quiet ole Green Bay?
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Nonstopdrivel
14 years ago
Why not? They're big fishes in a tiny pond. They're instantly recognizable anywhere they go. I bet all they have to do is snap their fingers and legs magically spread.
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musccy
14 years ago

Why not? They're big fishes in a tiny pond. They're instantly recognizable anywhere they go. I bet all they have to do is snap their fingers and legs magically spread.

"Nonstopdrivel" wrote:



yeah...the legs of some big boned corn fed 'bigguns.'

Don't get me wrong, I lived in Green Bay for about 7 months and other than a lack of good fishing opportunities (I didn't have a boat, and the Fox was too deep to wade) I loved it. However, if you're not from WI, how appealing do you think Appleton/GB really sound, especially between Nov and March?
Stevetarded
14 years ago

SI Poll 

WHICH NFL TEAM WOULD YOU LEAST LIKE TO PLAY FOR?

Oakland Raiders 20%
Buffalo Bills 14%
Green Bay Packers 13%
Detroit Lions 12%
Cleveland Browns 7%

FAST FACTS

Players could not vote for their own team....The Raiders have gone 27--79 since end of the 2002 season.... The Bills, who fired coach Dick Jauron last week, have not made the playoffs since 1999....The Packers, who have won a record 12 league titles but none since after the 1996 season, were the least desirable team among players who have been in the league for five or fewer seasons, drawing 16% of their vote.

Based on a survey of 296 NFL players

"wpr" wrote:



There is no way GB will get quality free agents unless they change the opinion of the players. The only way to do that is to pay top dollar (maybe more) to the best free agents.

"DanJustDan29" wrote:



You take from that poll that players don't want to come because they feel they won't get paid?

"wpr" wrote:




I am sure there are several reasons they do not want to come to GB.
1. They have been losing for the past couple of seasons. (All the other teams on the list have had losing records too.)
2. They probably feel Ted is a hard negotiator.
3. GB is a tiny town and young people want more excitiment than they can get in GB.
4. It is too cold in GB.
5. GB is not culturally mixed city.

There are only two ways to overcome this thinking. Winning and money.



They played in the NFC Championship game during the last couple of seasons.
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