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I can’t wait to see what this team looks like when Gutey’s guy Love is under center. The lack of talent on this team is astounding.
Yep.
aaron Jones is easily one of the best rbs in the league. Some talent exists. Just no wrs unfortunately
2 1st round picks, 2 nd round picks, a few other picks, and 3 players in trade would have helped that talent deficiency. But now, all gone.
No OL depth either.
Packers 1st round draft since 2019Rashan Gary- Good pickDarnell Savage - gets worse and worse, just runs past players instead of tacklingJordan Love - worthlessEric Stokes - got benched last nightQuay Walker - got ejected last nightDevonte Wyatt - 3 total tackles
The Packers 2020 Draft class is unbelievable to look back on. You lost in the NFC Championship game, and your decision is to take a backup QB round 1, a backup running back round 2 (letting a solid backup running back walk), a backup tight end round 3, and then traded your 4th rounder to get your backup QB. Taking backups at 2 of the last important positions in football.
I think this is the problem (philosophy) more than the hit rate on the players themselves. Ted Thompson's hit rate on first rounders wasn't particularly good either. But he just kept drafting for depth to the point where it seemed redundant and drove the fanbase nuts because they wanted to see him draft skill position players. But he refused outside Eddie Lacy and the occasional WR. If you take even one draft off in the search for high end depth, you fall behind.
In his early years, he drafted receivers all the time.2006: Greg Jennings, 2nd round2007: James Jones, 3rd round2008: Jordy Nelson, 2nd 2008: Jermichael Finley, 3rd2011: Randall Cobb, 2nd2014: Davante Adams, 2ndRegardless, Thompson was simply brilliant at his job early in his tenure. He clearly fell off near the end, but between 2005 and 2010, I don't think there were many better.And that's kinda the point. IOW the philosophy is fine IF you pick good players. It seems like Gutey really isn't doing that.
That, and it doesn't seem the coaching staff is on the same page with the GM. The roster that is put together is one that is built to run the ball on offense and then scheme wide receivers open, and the defense has strong DBs that should be playing man defense. What they're really running is whatever Aaron Rodgers once after the first two drives (which isn't sticking with the run, except when the game was over last night) and play drop zone coverage. It just doesn't make any sense.
Speaking of this horrible defense, this is from an article in the Athletic today:"The Packers start six first-round picks on defense — defensive lineman Kenny Clark, edge rusher Rashan Gary, inside linebacker Quay Walker, cornerback Jaire Alexander, cornerback Eric Stokes and safety Darnell Savage Jr. They also have a 2021 first-team All-Pro inside linebacker in De’Vondre Campbell, a 2021 Pro Bowl alternate cornerback in Rasul Douglas, a sturdy safety in Adrian Amos and an edge rusher in Preston Smith who they’ve given two big-money contracts to.Green Bay’s defense shouldn’t be this bad. You’d be hard-pressed to find a bigger disparity between individual talent on paper and group performance on the field on any other unit in the NFL.It’s an indictment on defensive coordinator Joe Barry, more than anything, but also the head coach in Matt LaFleur who hand-picked him and the players who have failed to tackle and cover (see: Savage and Stokes, more than others) far too often."This is basically what I have been saying all year.
This is entirely different than anything you've said about the defense this year, though. I can't find anything remotely resembling this sentiment.
Neither buyers nor sellers, future does not look bright with status quo Gutey…
He’s Captain Smith staring at the iceberg