Hey everybody, this is your GM, your bad bro
Domus, your hopium, hopium, hopium, hopium, hopium
dealer, your GM who currently is not on a team
right now, but don't you worry about it, Kale,
here to bring you episode 12 of the Stack and
Shed series. Now in this series, we're covering
all 32 teams, so everybody gets a chance to be
talked about, all right? Now in this series,
we're covering a few different topics and they
include what went wrong, what do they need, Stack
or Shed, their draft picks, One move I would
do in their cap space. Right now, in this episode,
we're going up north. We're going where all the
cheese is at. We're talking about the Packers.
So for all you Packers fans out there that's
still wearing that Super Bowl 31 shirt, for all
of you that's still wearing that Super Bowl 31
cheese head, for all of you that's still wearing
that Super Bowl 31 hoodie, throw that stuff away,
get you some new stuff, and let's lock in. All
right, let's get into it. So what went wrong
in the Packers season? And I will venture to
say it was more lows than highs. Going into last
season, I believe the Packers were one of the
best teams in the NFC, and I believe they were
a playoff team. But I also realized that they
were just missing one pivotal piece to really
take this team to the next level. And that missing
piece was Micah Parsons. Now, in no way was I
expecting this team to have the perfect season
like how the Dolphins did back in the day, but
I was expecting this team to be a little bit
more dominant. When we look at some of the losses
they had this past season, it's a little bit
of a head -scratcher. You lost to the Browns,
13 -10. You lost to the Panthers, 16 -13. You
lost to the Eagles, 10 -7. You lost to the Broncos,
34 -26. You lost to the Bears, 22 -16. You lost
to the Ravens, 41 -24. And then you lost to the
Vikings 16 -3. You literally ended the season
on a four -game losing streak. Now, I know there's
some Packers fans out there that are saying,
well, we lost Micah Parsons during the Broncos
game. And to those people, I say this. Whenever
you make a significant trade like how you guys
just did for someone like Micah Parsons, the
level of excuses is minimized. Because at the
end of the day, you have just as much talent
as all the other contending NFC teams did. So
there's no excuse for you at this point. Either
you can get the job done or you can't. There
were also times where Jordan Love wasn't playing
his best ball. He'll go through a stretch in
maybe two or three games where he's pushing the
ball down the field, the receivers are eating,
the tight ends are eating, the running backs
are eating, and then they'll go through a phase
where they're not playing their best ball, Jordan
Love can't push the ball down the field, the
offense is stagnant, the run game is non -existent,
and you're questioning what's going on. And there
were also times where Matt LaFleur's play calling
was very questionable. Some games, his play calling
was a little bit more aggressive. And then there
were other games where his play calling was a
little bit more reserved or just downright unorthodox.
Even when we look at the defense, there were
times where the secondary looked really good.
They were locked down. They were making plays.
They were all over the field and they were physical.
And then there were other times where the pass
rush, for instance, couldn't get to the quarterback,
couldn't stop the run, couldn't make any tackles,
couldn't shed their blocks, couldn't do anything.
Now, with that being said, what do the Packers
need? And that is more consistency. And this
isn't directed at just one player or one coach
or one side of the ball. Everybody needs to be
more consistent because you need to maximize
this window that you have right now because you
can't trade away the assets that you just traded
away to get someone like a Micah Parsons and
not go to the Super Bowl and win. Even Matt LaFleur's
play calling needs to be more consistent because
at the end of the day, what separates the winners
from the losers is the small details. So if you
allow the small details to go unnoticed and unchecked
for an entire season, guess what? Those problems
are going to emerge in the playoffs. But if you
are an ass about it and you are very meticulous
about those small details, I guarantee you, you're
going to see a better result and I guarantee
you, you will make it to the Super Bowl. Now,
with that being said, the question. we all need
to ask ourselves is stack or shed and I will
eventually say stack and the reason why I say
that is because this team is still competitive
this team is still one of the better teams in
the NFC all they need to do is get their act
together and the only way that they do that is
if they come in with the same mindset that we
are all here for one goal and one goal only and
that's to win it all Because if this Packers
team cannot win with the amount of talent they
have on both sides of the ball, then this will
go down as one of the worst trades in NFL history.
And I don't think they want that title hanging
over their heads. Now, with that being said,
when we look at their draft picks, they have
their second, their third, their fourth, fifth,
sixth, and three seventh round picks. Now, luckily,
the Packers have a great track record of drafting
and developing players outside of the first round.
So I think the Packers are contempt of where
they are right now, and I truly believe they're
not going to do anything crazy on draft day to
try to get into the first round. Now with that
being said, the one move that I would do if I
was the GM for the Packers is draft a defensive
player. By losing Quay Walker, Rashawn Gary,
and Kenny Clark, the Packers need to find a way
to refill those positions with young, cheap,
and productive talent. Now luckily this is a
defensive draft class, so I believe they'll be
able to accomplish that. Now the question is
this, what defensive position are you going to
address first? Are you going to go after a defensive
tackle? Are you going to go after a pass rusher?
Because personally, I'm attacking the defensive
line first. If you can get someone like a Dante
Corleone, if you can get someone like a Daryl
Jackson, if you can get someone like a Lee Hunter,
I think that's a really good start. Because at
the end of the day, you want a defensive line
that is just as productive with or without Micah
Parsons. Now, I know there's some Packers fans
that disagree with my stance, but let me just
explain it to you. What we're starting to see
now is that offenses are starting to operate
in 12 and 13 personnel double tight end formations.
And the only way that you can mitigate that is
if you have a ferocious defensive line who was
able to get through the chip blocks, create pressure
on the quarterback, stop the run, and do everything
else that a highly productive defensive line
is supposed to do. Looking at their cap situation,
they have 23 .1 million. And I don't expect for
them to do anything with that anytime soon. A
majority of that is going to go to them. draft
picks, and then the rest of it is probably going
to go to that second and third wave of free agents
that they're going to sign. Now, I remember last
year the Packers had interest in trying to trade
for David Njoku, but were unable to do so. Now
that he's a free agent, do you try to sign him?
Do you try to go after an offensive lineman?
Do you try to go after another corner? Do you
go after a veteran defensive lineman? Because
you have a lot of options. You can get someone
like a Cam Jordan. You can get someone like a
Yerter Gross Motos. You can get someone like
a Bobby Wagner. You can get someone like a Joey
Bosa, for instance. You have a plethora of different
options, and I guarantee you, not all of these
options are going to be super expensive. At best,
you're probably going to give one of these veterans
a one -year deal that's probably between $5 to
$12 million. That's not bad at all. But only
time will tell. But I'm going to end this episode
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