Greg Jennings on his way out of Green Bay
Free agent, Greg Jennings of the Green Bay Packers, only played in a total of eight games during the 2012 season but there sure seems to be a ton of hype surrounding the potential free agent.
In case you have not seen his commercials, Jennings is currently pimping out Old Spice and the NFL’s own ticket exchange website through television, but most importantly, he’s pimping his own brand out.
That last fact is very important because Jennings will be a free agent at the end of this season and needs the rest of the world to know him because he will not be playing in Green Bay next year. With the depth that the Packers’ have at wide receiver, it doesn’t make sense for them to pay Jennings the money he will almost assuredly be asking for. So now is the time for him to market his own name and to make his next contract a hefty one because he didn’t do it on the field.
Jennings finished the year with a career-low 36 receptions, 366 yards and four touchdowns. The question remains, is he an actual No. 1 receiver or is another team going to overpay?
He has been more of a product of the Packers’ system than a superstar wide-out Over the last couple years, he has even lost his status as the number one receiver on his own team to Jordy Nelson (also a free-agent). With his production on the field lacking, he has to make up for it in other areas, and evidently for him that means getting his face in commercials.
In the advertisements that Jennings is currently in, he has scored two touchdowns. One of those touchdowns even comes with a bed attached to his waist. Unfortunately that will be the last touchdown scored in a Packers jersey.
Look for Jennings to be “franchised” next year and then look for a team to trade for him with a contact agreed upon before the trade. That gives Thompson the ability to keep him at just a little more for one year than he is making now or move him to a team he wants and gets a good return.
I agree with the franchise tag. It would give the Packers one more highly productive season as Jennings would then be playing for his next contract. If he were to get hurt again next season,then the Packers would let him walk the following offseason. Also, Nelson is not a free agent.