OT - Rashan Gary signs $107 million contract extension with the Packers
Great to see after his season ending injury last year
October 30th, 2023 at 8:59 AM ^
Go Blue!
October 30th, 2023 at 8:59 AM ^
Did Warde approve this? "Player with Michigan connection snubs NCAA and signs lucrative contract"
October 30th, 2023 at 9:01 AM ^
Good job Gary.
October 30th, 2023 at 9:02 AM ^
Impossible! I was told by many on this here forum that he was a bust!
October 30th, 2023 at 9:12 AM ^
I don't know anything about his NFL career, but you have to admit he didn't live up to the insane level of hype at Michigan.
October 30th, 2023 at 9:13 AM ^
That's true, but it's also true that he had a constantly recurring shoulder injury at Michigan, and was rarely close to 100%.
October 30th, 2023 at 9:34 AM ^
Not living up to insane levels of hype =/= a bust (not that that is what you're saying, but I definitely recall a sentiment by some on here that he was a bust). Derrick Green was a bust, Aubrey Solomon was a bust, but Rashan Gary was definitely not a bust. Shoulder injury + scheme prevented him from being an unstoppable monster, ok, but 12th overall pick in the draft and now a 4-year $107m contract extension dispel any notion that he was a bust.
October 30th, 2023 at 10:06 AM ^
I’ll admit, I got wrapped up in the Rashan/Chase debate here. In retrospect I think Chase benefited greatly from Rashan being the opposing teams focus. When not injured, at times Rashan just seemed a little bored out there as well.
October 30th, 2023 at 10:25 AM ^
He would have been even better in a MacDonald/Minter system. Imagine him standing up on the edge, or dropping into coverage like Moore does this year. They would have schemed him up advantages that he could have paid off with his athleticism. Don Brown was reduced to "go beat that double team"
October 30th, 2023 at 12:04 PM ^
Because the horsefaced traitor was determined to play him inside.
October 30th, 2023 at 3:57 PM ^
Honestly, given what Brian/Seth have said about Gary's lack of bend or whatever (which held him back from being a truly dominate edge rusher), and his insane speed and power, I actually think he would have been better playing inside, at like 3T, than out on the edge as an SDE. Problem was he seemed to be pretty adamant about playing DE instead of DT...
October 30th, 2023 at 9:30 AM ^
I don't recall anyone using the word "bust". My opinion, shared by almost everyone when he was coming out of high school, was that his highest upside was at 3 Tech. If Gary could stay healthy he was always going to have a long NFL career at virtually any form of an end or OLB because of his measurables. However, I still think he could have been a Hall of Fame type player on the inside.
When you are recruiting a player like Gary in this day and age you aren't going to dictate what position they're going to play. That said, Brown (and Harbaugh) deserve some criticism for doing nothing creative with Gary in 2017 and 2018 seasons. I vaguely remember him lining up inside on some passing rushing downs but other than that he was asked to take on double teams on the strong side and his numbers were never what they should have been. I am sure the coaches had their reasons why but the 2017 and 2018 defenses were designed for Devin Bush (remember Furbush being his fullback?) and Winovich benefited greatly from Gary being met with double teams.
October 30th, 2023 at 9:38 AM ^
I don't disagree with your takes at all, and the more level headed on here I think largely agree. I also recall the word "bust" definitely getting thrown around here at the end of his career with UM.
October 30th, 2023 at 10:03 AM ^
You're probably right in one sense that the word "bust" was probably used by some but I try to tune out / ignore people that give idiotic takes so....
October 30th, 2023 at 10:11 AM ^
I think Don Brown squandered Gary's optimal usefulness like he squandered Uche's time at Michigan.
Don Brown did not have the appetite to modify his defense or the desire to keep evolving. He just would go harder on his philosophy even after Day molested him countless times.
Uche and Gary could have been much more qb hunters had the scheme allowed them to be.
October 30th, 2023 at 9:02 AM ^
Coming soon from SI and ESPN: "SIGNGATE CONTINUES! FORMER MICHIGAN PLAYERS CREDIBLY ACCUSED OF CREATING SIGNS!"
October 30th, 2023 at 9:05 AM ^
Wishing Rashan continued success.
Coincidentally, I was in Door County, Wisconsin last weekend - it's "across the lake and a bit north" of Frankfort / Traverse City. Green Bay is at the base of Door County - so, it's huge Packer country. A great place to visit if you're ever in the area.
And - if you are traveling through that part (Green Bay) of Wisconsin - definitely visit Lambeau.
October 30th, 2023 at 9:09 AM ^
That's a good sign versus a bad Day (or two of them).
October 30th, 2023 at 9:15 AM ^
So nice to see this! Ruiz's recent contract extension was a big one to for interior OL. Lots of Wolverines in line for more.
October 30th, 2023 at 10:16 AM ^
It does seem like Michigan's back to the days of "OL U" - and, that's not to be confused with Olu, which is also a very good thing.
October 30th, 2023 at 9:19 AM ^
He got a raise as soon as he completed his degree. #TheMichiganDifference
October 30th, 2023 at 9:21 AM ^
Been interesting to see the recent trend in Michigan's impact in the NFL. For a while, I've noted that the skill players (particularly WRs) are littered with ohio state's former players... but more recently, I started noticing that Michigan has guys in the trenches on O and D. Speaks, perhaps, to the shift in the Game results.
Even guys like Jon Runyan Jr who I saw in the GB game last night... 6th round pick from 2020 making his way.
DL, OL, and some DBs... seems to be our bread and butter. Just need JJ in the league for a nice long career to keep that QB superiority! Just not quite yet!
October 30th, 2023 at 9:33 AM ^
Michigan really needs JJ or some other skill player to do something in the NFL if only for perception sake. The fact that it has been nearly 20 years since Michigan had a Pro-Bowl offensive skill player get drafted is....not great.
October 30th, 2023 at 10:35 AM ^
Nico Collins seems to be on his way in Houston. He's leading them in receptions, targets, yards, and is tied for the lead in receiving TD's.
October 30th, 2023 at 9:24 AM ^
Congrats Rashan, well deserved!
October 30th, 2023 at 9:41 AM ^
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October 30th, 2023 at 9:43 AM ^
Packers are going to need all the help they can get...
October 30th, 2023 at 10:13 AM ^
Nice, and if I remember correctly, he wanted to be an entrepreneur, so maybe he has some business sense to him and can do good things with all that money.
October 30th, 2023 at 10:19 AM ^
Gary is an absolute force on an NFL field when he is healthy. May he wreck teams 15 games a year going into the future!
October 30th, 2023 at 10:21 AM ^
i take issue with people saying he didn't pan out at michigan. He drew double teams constantly and helped free up other lineman. It seemed like he was always a step away from a sack but he had a ton of pressures and made a huge impact
October 30th, 2023 at 11:21 AM ^
His impact on the field was massive. His impact in the stat lines was minimal (given his ranking as a recruit), and that's all the casual fans see. Would it have been nice to see him rack up some bigger fancy stat numbers? Sure, but the man was a beast and absolutely had an impact on the field at Michigan.
The Packers saw a 1st round talent and drafted him as such. That tells you all you need to know about how good he is.
October 30th, 2023 at 10:28 AM ^
Huge for him, and glad he's turned into one of the better LBs in the league after sorta being in the wilderness early in his career.
October 30th, 2023 at 10:44 AM ^
Nice and he’s still his own agent. Or agency.
October 30th, 2023 at 10:56 AM ^
Way to get paid, big fella. Another highly-successful graduate of Pass Rush U.
October 30th, 2023 at 11:10 AM ^
Great to see.
October 30th, 2023 at 11:39 AM ^
It had his biggest impact in 2017, when Hurst and others helped prevent consistent double-teams. I never felt he was dogging it. But instead seemed to be outschemed by his own DC. I remember him being unstoppable at the end of the 2018 Indy game when we needed someone to step up in a game closer than expected. Look at what McDonald did with Aidan. Same for Minter and Mazi being a dissolver in the middle of the line.
The D was designed to enable stars like Bush in the middle. Before that, Peppers.
DB's D was like the Rubik's Cube. Hard to figure out until it wasn't. Then you could solve it in a minute.
October 30th, 2023 at 7:22 PM ^
Congrats!