Read here for more on how Jared Allen will apparently visit the Vikings and the TB Bucs due to continued frustration with the Chiefs for franchising him. This is suddenly a serious option.
I know he’s a great pass rusher who plays defensive end and I think he plays on the right side. Imagine the Packers having Kampman and Allen on the ends. That would be absolutely disastrous to try to contain for the opposition. I could play nose tackle between those two and the line would still dominate.
While I’ll stop short of posting this with the sole intent of spreading a rumor, this seems like the kind of sneaky splash TT might make in free agency (kind of like he did with Woodson a couple years ago). I know how TT is with draft picks and giving up 2 first rounders is probably something he’d struggle with big-time. But we have the money, TT likes to build defenses and Harris and Woodson are getting older so bolstering our pass rush might actually help those two prolong their careers. Also, Jenkins was mediocre last year, after Cletidusing on us, as it were, so moving him inside or to the bench wouldn’t be catastrophic.
Really, a great GM looks for ways to make a solid team into a dominant team and I think picking up Allen would get us there in a hurry. OK, I’ve talked myself into making this an official rumor spreading effort - the Packers ought to pick up Jared Allen.
April 18, 2008 at 8:36 am
Two first rounders is pretty steep. I get nervous with that kind of price tag. Not sure Allen is worth it. I would love to have him but …
April 18, 2008 at 10:08 am
I too would be nervous about injury or something that could immediately render this kind of acquisition a waste. But I always think of Ahmad Carroll and busts like that and it reminds me that there are also no guarantees in the first round. (Of course that was Sherman not TT, but still).