WHAT? Late Friday night, much later than I am willing to work on a blog which no one reads anyway, the Minnesota Vikings signed Greg Jennings, former Green Bay Packer receiver and new number one passing option for the guys in purple. It was a fantastic evening, largely because if you searched "Greg Jennings sucks" on Twitter that night (and into the next 24 hours, really), you were treated to an amazing collection of the worst of Packer fans. People using racial slurs, homophobic language, outrageously obscene words, and so, so ... sososososo much more. It was awesome. Please never change, Fat Packers.
WHO? Oh yeah, so, Greg Jennings signed. His contract is for 5-years, $47.5 Million, which equals out to about $9 Million-ish per season. So essentially, Rick Spielman turned Percy Harvin into Greg Jennings, a 1st round and 7th round pick in 2013, a 3rd round pick in 2014, and about $3 Million more dollars in cap space in the coming years. I don't know if he...
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PLAYERS:
Greg Jennings,
Jerome Simpson,
James Jones,
Randall Cobb,
Jordy Nelson,
Aaron Rodgers,
Troy Williamson
TEAMS: Minnesota Vikings, Green Bay Packers, Jacksonville Jaguars
TEAMS: Minnesota Vikings, Green Bay Packers, Jacksonville Jaguars
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