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Will Johnson, CB, Michigan, rated 3rd overall on the big board, and GB gets him at #23?
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I’m not as convinced of the direction the Jaire issue will take as you are. Nor do I read as much in to the comments about Morgan getting a shot at LT this year. He’d better darn well have a shot because he’s at worst tackle 3 and no one is replacing Tom absent injury. As to resigning Walker (and Tom), I don’t see that as being as difficult as you do either.

Where I do agree with you is that am increasingly concerned that they do think their DL pool is good enough. In that I think they are misguided. Rebrovich would have to have been a horrendous coach and retention decision for that to be credible.

Clark may be on the downturn, Slaton has gone, Wyatt has flashed but briefly and is an issue against the run. Gary is a threat, but less than hoped for and the next most potent performer last year may well have been Cox.

Moreover, aside from Moseby, they are all bull rushers bigger/power straight line players with little bend or agility and no elite speed. That’s simply one dimensional and, aside from Gary, last year none were truly effective as rushers. Baffling. I hope the new coach can transform that group, but I fear it’s actually a group that’s got fundamental flaws in its construction that the move to 4:3 had magnified further.

The draft will tell, but either LaFleur needs to be grilled on why Rebrovich was retained last off season and, if so culpable, through the season as well.

Meanwhile, if Gute doesn’t take advantage of a very strong DL class to rejuvenate, upgrade and add diversity of threat then he’d better hope the new coach can work miracles, because I think that will be hard to explain or excuse and we are going to have little depth and significant unjustified cap tied up on players who are likely still the best we have despite everything.

I suspect lack of development regarding th DLs cannot all be attributed to lack of talent. They seem to have the requisite intelligence so it is either a scouting deficiency or poor coaching. Here’s hoping Covington succeeds where others have failed.

Before I continue I acknowledge that Jordan Love played through injuries last season and those injuries put him off his game.
That said, Jordan Love has to prove this season that he is among the elite quarterbacks in the league, as he is paid. He will be the engine driving the bus. I still would give Willis a shot at starting. Competition sharpens the senses. I hope Love isn't another player who got paid then retired with his jersey on.
I won't be 'unconvinced' that the Packers have largely sat pat(filling two needs through free agency admittedly) but the losses to Detroit, Minnesota and the Bears still sit in my craw. They were outplayed in each case. The Eagles were that good, but the Packers clearly were beaten by the division rivals. Regaining the division means the Packers will be on the platform to compete for something more. We'll wait until after the draft but I'm not convinced they have improved that much.

One more person who needs to step up is Matt LaFleur. He's dangerously close to the Mike McCarthy 'good enough never is' position.

It's a holding pattern for the next 4-5 months.

''Detroit, Minnesota and the Bears still sit in my craw. They were outplayed in each case'''

A 3 point loss to Detroit on the last play of the game. Two 2 point losses to Minnesota. And a loss to the Bears in a game that didn't matter at all and we rested several starters.

I'm not seeing that as getting 'outplayed'. I'm seeing this as being 3 FGs from a 14-3 record.

All smoke and mirrors. Of course they're going to say they don't need D-line.

Next year's O-line (26 season) left to right. Morgan, Banks, Tom, Ryan, Walker. That's unless they reconfigure/extend Jenkins's contract this season.

I'm glad to hear they are going to give Jordan Morgan a shot at the left tackle job. Of course they said that last year and then immediately put him at guard, but they're not going to lie two years in a row, are they?

I don't expect Morgan to win the left tackle job this year. He just needs to be good enough to be the backup and then start next year if they don't re-sign Rasheed Walker.

"Jenkins moving to center makes a ton of sense and tells you Aaron Banks was a player the Packers had targeted before free agency. Gutey mentioned that he had discussed the move to center with Jenkins beforehand as well. That would indicate to me they were hell bent on signing Aaron Banks (why?) which might have worked in Banks' favor in terms of the generous contract he received."
I really like signing Banks. I believe Jenkins will be really good at C. To me this is an upgrade on the OL. Banks should be a good upgrade over Myers. Myers was probably the weakest link on the OL. Upgrading that should really help.

"I had a good chuckle watching Matt LaFleur's response to the question posed to him about why he thinks the tush push should be banned. After the requisite BS about concern for player safety, it was pointed out that the Packers have used the play."
I could have a bad memory but I don't remember the Packers running the "tush push". They ran Kraft on sneaks, but I don't remember having the RB's lining up 3 yards behind the ball and pushing the QB in the back at the snap. I could be wrong I just don't remember that part happening.
I just know something needs to change because they can't be having what happened with Washington anymore.

"When asked about the Packers pass rush, Gutey said he believes they have everything they need to improve the pass rush with the players currently on the roster. For awhile now, my gut has told me this is how he feels and I even went public with this polluted thought a week ago."
I do believe they have the pieces. The one type that I would love to see them add to the room though is someone with more speed around the corner. I really feel like they are lacking that. Someone that could be a change of pace off the edge. Someone that can bend the corner and apply instant pressure. If they could add a player like that to the room. i'd be happy. But I believe year 2 in the system will be the most beneficial.

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Well this is the 3rd time I have spent trying to type something because I have been redirected twice now. I didn't pay attention to what I got redirected to. I will email explaining what happened to me.

The draft guide is beautiful, Al, and the perfect thing to take the edge off this wet, blustery day in my corner of Wisconsin. Great story by Ken to leadoff.

Thanks for all the work you and the team put into the guide. Well done!

I heard Gute's comments about the Dline and the pass rush. I agree. I think the people we have under contract ....Gary, VanNess, Enagbare, Brooks/Cox....do a fine job, and there's no reason to draft a guy just so we can cut one of them.

We need a guy to replace Slaton on first down. That's what we need. Everything else on defense is a Want, not a Need.

Working through a mess.?
Doubt it’s at CB.

Replacing A All-pro 2020 & 2022 Guard.
(Expecting him to move back to center.)
Where he must hike with accuracy.
Avoid getting stood up when firing off the ball.
And still help the guy at Rg, who should be replaced.

No respect for Walker- He’s not coming off a injury.
Signing a LG who must play LG.
And letting the RG problem fix itself.
Can’t wait for the headlines!

So a dL coach is going to teach.
You can’t teach a Bust!

And lets just get those WRs to focus-
Fixing stupid, only requires a new WR @#23

Role of GM = Houdini = mislead, redirect

Shemar Stewart...Boom or bust....you tell me? Can say I've yet to see a player shed a block and thrust 90 degrees to the sideline more quickly than he; however, EDGE requires sacks and without production you're betting on potential. Potential without production hasn't fared too well for Mr. Gutenkunst, has it? There are plenty of 9+ RAS projects in later rounds. Despite being undersized, James Pearce Jr certainly looks productive on tape.

Lamar Jackson born 01-07-1997 7 life path 🐀 born on 7 day
Cam Ward born 05-25-2002 7 life path 🐎 born on 7 day
will Cam be great like LJAX? maybe...oft injured: -->LIKELY<--

Have seen a poster or two (finally) bring up Willis to PIT. PIT or not, Gute did well with a low-risk acquisition building value, but his job remains unfinished. He now either plays insurance broker for another year or turns this asset into draft capital. Would Malik Willis to PIT, swap 1sts, PIT 3rd, PIT 4th (2026) be unrealistic? #TANKFORARCH will soon be underway.

Aaron Rodgers is probably best suited to sit & wait for a closing opportunity being born in a 🐷 year, enemy sign of current 🐍 year. I have little doubt he's fully aware of his predicament. Mahomes, Mayfield, and Watson also 🐷 year born QBs, so cross KC & TB off as Lombardi recipients this year.

I see Grey Zabel picking up steam as our potential #1, especially if we trade down a few spots. Few things (other than RAS perhaps), get our GM excited more than OL versatility😃

CB Darien Porter....aged, raw, currently subpar tackler, BUT special teams ace...could he be....Sam Shields 2.0?

Enemy year 🐍 for 🐷s: Kenny Clark, Elgin Jenkins
Also increased injury risk: Devonte Wyatt
draft accordingly

by god you should open a consultancy

With Morgan slated to compete with Walker it likely tips off Gutey targeting an IOL before a T, unless the available tackle in the "round" OL is drafted is easily better.

Looking forward to the Draft Guide!

Some may recall that AR's head was turned to mush quarterback sneaking. That the Packers wish to end the practice of the QB being used as a battering ram can't be dismissed as sour grapes. It's a legit health hazard for a league that claims to care about player health and whose former players suffer miserably from CTE.

also, sorry Tucker Kraft, your brain isn't as valuable as Jordan Love's.

The Packers appear to have parted ways with their DL coach due to lack of development there, but did not do the same with the receivers coach when that group also regressed. I’d love if one of the beat reporters would ask why. I’m not arguing that Ryan Mahaffey should have been fired, but I am curious about the different approach between position groups. When Jason Vrable lost the receivers coach title, the group got worse. Correlation or causation? I don’t know.

At this point in the off-season - I'm not very interested in "he said he said." Rather, I am mostly interested in the potential bounties from the Draft to the GBP. So the CHTV Draft Guide will certainly be a voluntary study for me. In the meantime - I'm also keeping watch on all the pre-draft visits - as approximately 25% of visits– from the last 3 years - whether that be as a draft pick or signing as an undrafted rookie - ended up on the Packers roster.

The most important thing is that we shouldn't take all they say for granted. On the other hand we also shouldn't overthink it. Some things they say as they are the others are only a play, smokescreen. I think we all try to analyze it too much because we have too much free time (this part of it devoted for football) as there are no games. We should go for a walk more often, relax in the garden and wait for the draft to come and reveal something. Myself included.

We all know we need: DT, DE, LB, CB, WR, OL. Who knows right now what are the priorities? Maybe it is true that our internal talent on DE will blossom this year? Coaches and management know 100 times more than we know and they'd plan the draft to help Green Bay best. The fact is no matter how it rolls out, max 3 positions (as for now) could be addressed on what is considered premium 3 rounds of draft with known surnames. So most of us having any kind of personal strategy will be disappointed. In my opinion this year should be DT in 1st - because of 1. talent of the class 2. our contract situatioin 3. pass rush help. There are few great prospects and one of them could fall to #23 and in 2026 (if not now) we'd need someone in place for Wyatt or Clark. I wonder if I will be disappointed too :)