Stephen Hill update?

[lindseyj14]

IF, and it's a huge if, Proehl can work his magic & turn Hill into the player the NYJ thought he would be....

WR1- Benjamin

WR2- Hill

WR3- Cotchery

TE1- Olsen

TE2- Dickson

....Suddenly becomes an unstoppable group.

[Peppers90 NC]

Every other team passed on him based on his film to date and will continue to do so.

that is, until injuries start to accumulate and desperation takes over

[Marguide]

To be clear, practice squad players can refuse offers from other teams. They can't be 'claimed' like a player on waivers can.

Most do take offers to be on a regular roster when they get them, but they don't have to.

 

Not that I doubt you, but do you have a reference on the part that claims he can turn down another team? I looked for something along those lines and couldn't find anything.

 

Who knows, we may be paying him very nicely with an agreement that he sticks with us for some extended period. Otherwise, it seems some WR needy team is going to grab him on the cheap.

[the_philosopher]

I would assume it'd be standard practice for the existing team to have an opportunity to match the offer the other team is making. But I don't really have any evidence for that.

[Mr. Scot]

Not that I doubt you, but do you have a reference on the part that claims he can turn down another team? I looked for something along those lines and couldn't find anything.

 

Who knows, we may be paying him very nicely with an agreement that he sticks with us for some extended period. Otherwise, it seems some WR needy team is going to grab him on the cheap.

 

Go you one better.  I can give you the name of a guy who actually did it.

 

From PFT, December 2011:

 

Tori Gurley chooses Packers practice squad over Vikings active roster

 

Rookie receiver Tori Gurley is a member of the Packers’ practice squad.  The Vikings offered him a spot on their active roster for the final three games of the 2011 season.

And Gurley declined.

“If you look statistically, their season is going to be over in three weeks,” Gurley said of the Vikings, according to Rob Demovsky of PackersNews.com.  “We’re already locked to have a playoff spot.”

It’s not the first time this year that Gurley has opted to remain as a “Rudy” in Green Bay over landing an official roster spot elsewhere.

“I’m learning from some of the best receivers in the game right now,” Gurley said.  “The way our offense is clicking, the grass isn’t going to be greener on the other side.  So just learning and taking it one day at a time, my opportunity is going to come.”

 

It does say the Packers gave him a raise after this happened.  They didn't have to, but chose to in order to reward his loyalty.

 

Still, it wound up being a bad decision on Gurley's part because less than a year later the Packers released him.  He actually wound up on the Vikings practice squad (briefly) and has bounced around to some others since.

 

Mind you, it's extremely rare for someone to turn down a shot at being on a regular roster to stay on a practice squad.  Gurley did it thinking he had a future with the Pack, but it turned out he didn't.

[Marguide]

Thanks Scott, that's the kind of thing I was looking for.

 

So we may, in fact, be able to keep him on the PS until he develops sufficiently or proves to be not worth the trouble. Good stuff.

[Mr. Scot]

Thanks Scott, that's the kind of thing I was looking for.

 

So we may, in fact, be able to keep him on the PS until he develops sufficiently or proves to be not worth the trouble. Good stuff.

 

I'd suspect they've discussed a plan of some sort with him about when and how they'd like to use him.

 

And yes, they easily could be paying him more than just the practice squad base.  Those numbers aren't set in stone.

 

Is that enough to keep him here if another team makes an offer though? 

 

Unknown.