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I guess the Packers like what they see in Tolzien and didn't want to lose him so offered him quite a bit more money.
Packers practice squad QB Scott Tolzien gets big raise
Packers practice squad QB Scott Tolzien gets big raise
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Green Bay — The Green Bay Packers like practice squad quarterback Scott Tolzien so much that they were willing to jack up his salary to the second-year veteran minimum in order to keep him from signing with another team.
The Packers increased Tolzien's salary from $6,000 per week to a base salary of $544,999, according to figures listed on the NFL Players Association website. The upgrade appears to have been made late last week.
Because NFL base salaries are paid over a 17-week schedule, Tolzien will receive $32,058 per week for the remaining nine weeks of the season. If the Packers keep him on the practice squad the rest of the season, he will receive $288,529 total.
He has made $48,000 during the first eight weeks of the season.
The team's decision to pay Tolzien what he would be making were he signed to another team's 53-man roster is not unprecedented.
Two years ago, the Packers doubled quarterback Graham Harrell's practice squad salary of $102,000 and paid minimum base salaries to wide receivers Tori Gurley and Diondre Borel and cornerback Brandian Ross late in the season in order to keep them on the practice squad.
In Tolzien's case, another team wanted to sign him and the Packers were in danger of losing him. According to WTMJ-TV, the team was the Cleveland Browns.
The fact the Packers were willing to bump up Tolzien's salary speaks to how much they like him and want him to compete for a roster spot next season. The former University of Wisconsin quarterback has been with the San Francisco 49ers and San Diego Chargers, but he seems to have found a home with the Packers.
"There's great people," Tolzien said recently. "It has been an easy transition. It's a great working environment. It's always business first, but guys get in their laughs, too."
Tolzien said he has soaked up as much as possible watching quarterback Aaron Rodgers and has already learned a great deal being in the same meeting room and practice field with him. He said veteran backup Seneca Wallace has taken him under his wing and been a huge resource.
"You'd be an idiot not to be a sponge," he said.
Quarterbacks coach Ben McAdoo said recently that Tolzien was making strides in learning the offense and that his work ethic was outstanding. He said Tolzien would benefit greatly from going through coach Mike McCarthy's quarterbacks school in the off-season.
In the meantime, though, he and McAdoo work alone on sharpening his skills. Before the Minnesota game, Tolzien went through every possible drop-back and roll-out maneuver during a Metrodome workout that lasted at least 45 minutes.
Green Bay — The Green Bay Packers like practice squad quarterback Scott Tolzien so much that they were willing to jack up his salary to the second-year veteran minimum in order to keep him from signing with another team.
The Packers increased Tolzien's salary from $6,000 per week to a base salary of $544,999, according to figures listed on the NFL Players Association website. The upgrade appears to have been made late last week.
Because NFL base salaries are paid over a 17-week schedule, Tolzien will receive $32,058 per week for the remaining nine weeks of the season. If the Packers keep him on the practice squad the rest of the season, he will receive $288,529 total.
He has made $48,000 during the first eight weeks of the season.
The team's decision to pay Tolzien what he would be making were he signed to another team's 53-man roster is not unprecedented.
Two years ago, the Packers doubled quarterback Graham Harrell's practice squad salary of $102,000 and paid minimum base salaries to wide receivers Tori Gurley and Diondre Borel and cornerback Brandian Ross late in the season in order to keep them on the practice squad.
In Tolzien's case, another team wanted to sign him and the Packers were in danger of losing him. According to WTMJ-TV, the team was the Cleveland Browns.
The fact the Packers were willing to bump up Tolzien's salary speaks to how much they like him and want him to compete for a roster spot next season. The former University of Wisconsin quarterback has been with the San Francisco 49ers and San Diego Chargers, but he seems to have found a home with the Packers.
"There's great people," Tolzien said recently. "It has been an easy transition. It's a great working environment. It's always business first, but guys get in their laughs, too."
Tolzien said he has soaked up as much as possible watching quarterback Aaron Rodgers and has already learned a great deal being in the same meeting room and practice field with him. He said veteran backup Seneca Wallace has taken him under his wing and been a huge resource.
"You'd be an idiot not to be a sponge," he said.
Quarterbacks coach Ben McAdoo said recently that Tolzien was making strides in learning the offense and that his work ethic was outstanding. He said Tolzien would benefit greatly from going through coach Mike McCarthy's quarterbacks school in the off-season.
In the meantime, though, he and McAdoo work alone on sharpening his skills. Before the Minnesota game, Tolzien went through every possible drop-back and roll-out maneuver during a Metrodome workout that lasted at least 45 minutes.
