Agent: Packers S Collins will report to camp

By CHRIS JENKINS, AP Sports Writer Jul 29, 8:21 pm EDT

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MILWAUKEE (AP)—Green Bay Packers safety Nick Collins(notes) won’t be a training camp holdout, although he hinted strongly last month that he wasn’t happy with his contract.

Agent David Butz told The Associated Press on Wednesday that Collins plans to report to the Packers’ camp on time. Players report Friday and will begin practice Saturday.

Collins’ commitment eliminates one of the team’s biggest concerns heading into camp, although first-round draft picks B.J. Raji(notes) and Clay Matthews(notes) III remained unsigned Wednesday.

Collins had a tumultuous offseason after a standout 2008 that included seven interceptions, three touchdowns and his first Pro Bowl.

His father died in May, and he skipped voluntary offseason workouts— leading to speculation that he wasn’t happy with his current deal, which will pay him $3.045 million and expires at the end of the season.

Collins did show up for a mandatory minicamp last month. And while he didn’t directly complain about his deal to reporters, he also didn’t rule out the possibility of a holdout.

Asked at the time if he would show up for training camp if he didn’t have a new contract in place, Collins said simply, “We’ll see.”

Despite missing voluntary workouts, Collins insisted last month that he is fully up to speed on the Packers’ switch from a 4-3 defensive alignment to a 3-4 scheme under new defensive coordinator Dom Capers and a new cast of defensive assistants.

Collins said he studied the team’s new playbook and terminology while he was away.

Packers coach Mike McCarthy talked with Collins upon his arrival at minicamp, and McCarthy came away convinced that Collins wouldn’t take any lingering contract concerns to the field.

“I feel like his heart and mind are in the right place, and he wants to play some football,” McCarthy said last month.

Updated Jul 29, 8:21 pm EDT
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  1. mike p
    50. Posted by mike p Thu Jul 30 8:30pm EDT

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    You sign a contract you honor it! Be a man.
  2. Michael B
    49. Posted by Michael B Thu Jul 30 3:10pm EDT

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    packers suck!!!!!!!! another 6-10 season coming your way
  3. Seasonal Castle Rocker
    48. Posted by Seasonal Castle Rocker Thu Jul 30 2:14pm EDT

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    you know what people are crazy cuz they hate brett farve i'm glad hes not going to the vikings!
  4. Ryan
    47. Posted by Ryan Thu Jul 30 1:44pm EDT

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    Collins was severely overrated last season. He didn't deserve a Pro Bowl appearance. One thing Ted Thompson has been good at is knowing what a good investment is. And paying Collins what he wants right now isn't a good investment.
  5. JAZ
    46. Posted by JAZ Thu Jul 30 10:06am EDT

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    Quit tripping about pro players wanting more money. If you were on the job and knew a coworker was getting $5 an hour more than you - you'd be upset and want your money too. The only difference is the number of zeros in thier pay.

    GO PACK!!!
  6. krist j
    45. Posted by krist j Thu Jul 30 9:47am EDT

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    Pay the man what he thinks is fair--or tell him to start looking for a better place for himself. if your not happy at working on this team, we don't need him on this team. happiness is all that counts
  7. cowpoke67
    44. Posted by cowpoke67 Thu Jul 30 8:12am EDT

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    OMG 3.045 million a year and he is crying for more, if we meaning soldiers had 5% of what this players make we can care for our familes! I am sorry that he father passed away the issue here is that all mlb,nba, and nfl are always crying I want more money! Money Money Money, grow-up for pete-sakes and smell the roses! In case you do not most if not all soldiers in the military have to get other jobs, food stamps in other to make ends meet. Think about that before you place any jugdement on my comments!
  8. SCORPIO70501
    43. Posted by SCORPIO70501 Thu Jul 30 3:57am EDT

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    Who cares, the packers been garbage since favre left them!
  9. Lucas
    42. Posted by Lucas Thu Jul 30 2:23am EDT

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    Go Pack!!!
  10. Nick M
    41. Posted by Nick M Thu Jul 30 12:51am EDT

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    Collions is are best defensive player!PAY THAT MAN HIS MONEY!He is only 25 and a top 5 saftey, check his stats. Woodson and Kampman are the only 2 close to him in playmaking abilities. He is the fastest starter on D maybe the enire D. He will be just like Ed Reed next season, playing the fs in a 3-4 is just roaming around reading qb's and rb's. He will do great, the play calling is the only ? mark, if he can't do it I hope barnette or hawk can take the job. What I hope is that they don't let him go and plug in A Smith that they got from Pittsburg, he may know the system but he isn't as talented.PEOPLE STOP CRYING ABOUT PLAYERS NOT HONORING CONTRACT'S, TEAMS DON'T HAVE TO HONOR THEM, WHY SHOULD A PLAYER HAVE TO?
  11. IL.PKR. FAN
    40. Posted by IL.PKR. FAN Thu Jul 30 12:11am EDT

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    BOOB THE VIQUEEN FAN,BRETT THANKS ALL YOU VIQUEENS,CAUSE GUESS WHO GETS A BIG PAY-OFF ON ALL THOSE "PURPLE" NO. 4 JERSEYS??? AND YOU GET "SAGE" & T.J. ! SIGN VICK PLEASE "VICK da VIQUEEN" GEE FAVRE SHAFTED YOU AS A PACKER,AND HE " STUCK " IT TO YOU RETIRED !!! Daaaaaaaaah !! did he kiss you too?
  12. lions, vikings, and bears suck
    39. Posted by lions, vikings, and bears suck Wed Jul 29 9:05pm EDT

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    why would nick collins want to holdout
  13. Big Nate
    38. Posted by Big Nate Wed Jul 29 8:47pm EDT

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    There you are, Bob the Viking. Sulking around a Packers article, I haven't seen you on any of the Vikings/Brett stuff the last couple days. Gotta get on and defend your teams turf! Or maybe you're just hanging around here to show us how jealous you are of the Packers organization and their fans.
  14. Jeff
    37. Posted by Jeff Wed Jul 29 8:44pm EDT

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    The Vikqueens aren't going to own anybody this year now that Farve isn't going to play for them. Poor, poor, poor Vikqueen fans still don't have a quarterback. Oh, I know why don't they go after convict Vick. Meanwhile that trophy room remains the smallest room in the Metrodome.
  15. Ron
    36. Posted by Ron Wed Jun 24 11:49am EDT

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    You all need to stop drinking Hater-Ade..It's Bad for your health...Go Packers...Cheesehead for Life...
  16. tbone
    35. Posted by tbone Wed Jun 24 10:00am EDT

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    Bob The Viking.
    How are those grammar lessons going?
    Packers 3rd in the Nfc North. Well, you're really going out on a limb there considering that's where they finished last year. I'd accuse you of stealing SI predictions but I know you can't read anyway. It blows me away that you can type. You are the best recent example of a Viking fan that I've heard or read from. You yearn for Packer leftovers(Brett Favre) fueling some false hope that your team can make it to the Superbowl. Before you throw stones in glass houses take a look at your team. You have an awful secondary(Nick Collins would be the best DB on that team if he were there), your coaching staff is awful(Brad Childress is well known for making terrible on the field decisions and not having control of his player off the field) and my last point is that your special teams will cost you games again this year. Percy Harvin may help in the return game but he can't teach the rest of them how to block and tackle. Your linebacking core is mediocre, your secondary is bad, and your defensive tackles aren't going to be anything without their steroids. So if you're going to trash talk you might want to cheer for a team in a different division because this always has been and always will be a fight between the Bears and the Packers. The irony in all of this is that the Vikings are more likely to finish third in the division than anyone else.
  17. Edward M
    34. Posted by Edward M Wed Jun 24 7:06am EDT

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    I like when some of these coments are...who are the packers or some other team....then they say
    "go steelers'.... so what the ignorant one is saying he doesn't folllow football cuz he only knows one team...I'd keep my coments to myself if I only knew of one team in football...they'd have to play by themselves..oh well maybe that's what that guy does!!!
  18. Micheal G
    33. Posted by Micheal G Wed Jun 24 6:17am EDT

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    Bla!Bla! Nick Collins. Send him to the Bills.
  19. ted w
    32. Posted by ted w Wed Jun 24 1:40am EDT

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    Clean up your act aarpops!!!!!!!!!! hows this for correct english....can aarpopos spell uncouth,ill mannered,or just plain stupid!!!!
  20. Bob the Viking
    31. Posted by Bob the Viking Wed Jun 24 1:34am EDT

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    Vikes are gonna OWN dees lil biotches this year!!!!!!....HEHEHE No matter how much Al Harris tries his ol cheap shot tricks...
  21. <i>aarpops</i>
    30. Posted by aarpops Tue Jun 23 11:33pm EDT

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    felo3769 suck my co(k is that good english? get the hell off the sports page and go read a book or whatever you geeks do
  22. John A
    29. Posted by John A Tue Jun 23 5:08pm EDT

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    nick collins, often injured, slow, he would have been better served to listen to himself instead of his damn agent, play and shut the f up, or go to work in a grocery store or walmart.
  23. <i>felo3769</i>
    28. Posted by felo3769 Tue Jun 23 4:45pm EDT

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    qoute "aarpops who is nick collins...........who is packers? lets go steelers"

    Really? learn english and stop being a front runner.
  24. Shopper Mom
    27. Posted by Shopper Mom Tue Jun 23 12:47pm EDT

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    The Packers have more contract disputes....good grief they sign and then they Whine !
    Surely a sign they do not respect the Mgmt of Ted and McCrappy to take care of them
  25. Liver Paste
    26. Posted by Liver Paste Tue Jun 23 12:38pm EDT

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    Steelers are a fun team to watch, it was a good Superbowl.
    Nick Collins is going to struggle in the new scheme, he better not hold out.
    Because if Nick Collins wasn't playing football, he would be cooking chicken for the coronel for sure.
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