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[GonzoCat]

Right about Farley, wrong about Ferentz. I think the Packers job would be the only NFL job outside of Pittsburgh that could interest him. No way he would go to the Vikings or Chiefs. Coaching the GBP is the pinnacle of the football coaching profession.

[BCPanther]

But, if the NFL goes uncapped as is what is scheduled for 2007, the Packers have no owner and can not increase payroll to be competitive. If the uncapped thing happens the Packers may go years at a time without winning games, even if Lombardi himself came back!!

[Matt Trump]

But, if the NFL goes uncapped as is what is scheduled for 2007,

Since when was this going to occur? The bigwigs in the NFL love the cap they have. I watch and read NFL coverage everyday and have never heard of this.

[panther2317]

The NFL has so much parity because of the cap and it would be financial suicide for that league to go without one. They are the most successful professional league and the healthiest financially speaking because they've stuck to the salary cap (but they also have a salary minimum, so teams have to spend and compete). It's been great for the league and look at the parity...heck...two 10-6 teams missed the play-offs. I am not an NFL guy (prefer college) but they've got a good thing going there...and removing the cap wouldmbe a bad idea.

[GonzoCat]

I didn't know about this either, so I did a little research. The NFL is not going to no salary cap, that's the first thing you can bet on. Right now the final year of the current agreement between the owners and players union is 2007 and the agreement calls for the final year to be uncapped. That will only happen if they don't extend the agreement or reach a new one before that time.

So it's possible there could be no cap for one year, but the owners will never agree to that long term. I would bet they reach a new agreement before that ever comes into play. If they can't the owners would probably go with replacement players again while the players strike. Even the players do not want a system with no salary cap, they recognize that would destroy the league.

No matter what Green Bay will always be home of the greatest team in history. IMHO.

[UNIAlum95]

... The program is of high enough stature right now to go out and get a big time coach or big time coordinator (Mike Stoops??)

Mike Stoops is the head coach at Arizona. That's not to say he couldn't be offered the job, but I would suspect that he would not be high on the list of candidates either.

Kirk has said there were only a couple of places he would be interested in going. Those places, I'm sure have to do with his former contacts in the NFL and I'd be surprised if any of these were on his list. But as far as I'm concerned KC is probably in the best position of the three teams as they simply have the most talent. I can't see him being interested in the Minnesota job as there just doesn't seem to be that much appeal there. If Green Bay was interested it would be hard not to consider them with the history. But the talent level is not very good.