yellowstone's Journal: Packers: more news that isn't taking me to my happy place

Ryan Grant doesn't have a contract, and is looking for a longer, far more lucrative deal than minimum tender.

On one hand, his performance last season (5.1 yards per carry, 4.8 yards per catch) deserve more than minimum tender. On the other hand, he hasn't even started for a whole season yet, and there were at least two games (@ Chicago and the Championship game) where he got shut down pretty decisively.

Hopefully this is just a bit of negotiating strategy, and the Packers will get Grant's contract squared away ASAP. The last thing Aaron Rodgers needs is to take the field with the same gaping hole the Packers called a running game for the first half of last season.