WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.879 Hey everybody, this is your GM, your bad bro 00:00:01.879 --> 00:00:04.679 Domus, your hopium, hopium, hopium, hopium, hopium 00:00:04.679 --> 00:00:06.679 dealer, your GM who currently is not on a team 00:00:06.679 --> 00:00:08.160 right now, but don't you worry about it, Kale, 00:00:08.259 --> 00:00:10.220 here to bring you episode 12 of the Stack and 00:00:10.220 --> 00:00:12.339 Shed series. Now in this series, we're covering 00:00:12.339 --> 00:00:15.359 all 32 teams, so everybody gets a chance to be 00:00:15.359 --> 00:00:17.379 talked about, all right? Now in this series, 00:00:17.420 --> 00:00:19.280 we're covering a few different topics and they 00:00:19.280 --> 00:00:23.100 include what went wrong, what do they need, Stack 00:00:23.100 --> 00:00:26.399 or Shed, their draft picks, One move I would 00:00:26.399 --> 00:00:28.760 do in their cap space. Right now, in this episode, 00:00:28.899 --> 00:00:31.219 we're going up north. We're going where all the 00:00:31.219 --> 00:00:33.460 cheese is at. We're talking about the Packers. 00:00:33.500 --> 00:00:35.560 So for all you Packers fans out there that's 00:00:35.560 --> 00:00:38.079 still wearing that Super Bowl 31 shirt, for all 00:00:38.079 --> 00:00:40.020 of you that's still wearing that Super Bowl 31 00:00:40.020 --> 00:00:42.000 cheese head, for all of you that's still wearing 00:00:42.000 --> 00:00:44.719 that Super Bowl 31 hoodie, throw that stuff away, 00:00:44.920 --> 00:00:55.340 get you some new stuff, and let's lock in. All 00:00:55.340 --> 00:00:57.020 right, let's get into it. So what went wrong 00:00:57.020 --> 00:00:59.100 in the Packers season? And I will venture to 00:00:59.100 --> 00:01:01.979 say it was more lows than highs. Going into last 00:01:01.979 --> 00:01:03.920 season, I believe the Packers were one of the 00:01:03.920 --> 00:01:06.379 best teams in the NFC, and I believe they were 00:01:06.379 --> 00:01:08.980 a playoff team. But I also realized that they 00:01:08.980 --> 00:01:11.859 were just missing one pivotal piece to really 00:01:11.859 --> 00:01:14.099 take this team to the next level. And that missing 00:01:14.099 --> 00:01:17.269 piece was Micah Parsons. Now, in no way was I 00:01:17.269 --> 00:01:19.730 expecting this team to have the perfect season 00:01:19.730 --> 00:01:22.310 like how the Dolphins did back in the day, but 00:01:22.310 --> 00:01:24.510 I was expecting this team to be a little bit 00:01:24.510 --> 00:01:26.650 more dominant. When we look at some of the losses 00:01:26.650 --> 00:01:28.989 they had this past season, it's a little bit 00:01:28.989 --> 00:01:31.409 of a head -scratcher. You lost to the Browns, 00:01:31.409 --> 00:01:35.489 13 -10. You lost to the Panthers, 16 -13. You 00:01:35.489 --> 00:01:38.530 lost to the Eagles, 10 -7. You lost to the Broncos, 00:01:38.650 --> 00:01:42.890 34 -26. You lost to the Bears, 22 -16. You lost 00:01:42.890 --> 00:01:46.030 to the Ravens, 41 -24. And then you lost to the 00:01:46.030 --> 00:01:49.590 Vikings 16 -3. You literally ended the season 00:01:49.590 --> 00:01:52.829 on a four -game losing streak. Now, I know there's 00:01:52.829 --> 00:01:54.250 some Packers fans out there that are saying, 00:01:54.310 --> 00:01:56.250 well, we lost Micah Parsons during the Broncos 00:01:56.250 --> 00:01:59.189 game. And to those people, I say this. Whenever 00:01:59.189 --> 00:02:01.349 you make a significant trade like how you guys 00:02:01.349 --> 00:02:03.590 just did for someone like Micah Parsons, the 00:02:03.590 --> 00:02:06.590 level of excuses is minimized. Because at the 00:02:06.590 --> 00:02:08.710 end of the day, you have just as much talent 00:02:08.710 --> 00:02:11.740 as all the other contending NFC teams did. So 00:02:11.740 --> 00:02:14.000 there's no excuse for you at this point. Either 00:02:14.000 --> 00:02:16.620 you can get the job done or you can't. There 00:02:16.620 --> 00:02:18.620 were also times where Jordan Love wasn't playing 00:02:18.620 --> 00:02:20.599 his best ball. He'll go through a stretch in 00:02:20.599 --> 00:02:22.419 maybe two or three games where he's pushing the 00:02:22.419 --> 00:02:24.479 ball down the field, the receivers are eating, 00:02:24.680 --> 00:02:26.620 the tight ends are eating, the running backs 00:02:26.620 --> 00:02:28.800 are eating, and then they'll go through a phase 00:02:28.800 --> 00:02:31.080 where they're not playing their best ball, Jordan 00:02:31.080 --> 00:02:33.159 Love can't push the ball down the field, the 00:02:33.159 --> 00:02:36.180 offense is stagnant, the run game is non -existent, 00:02:36.199 --> 00:02:38.520 and you're questioning what's going on. And there 00:02:38.520 --> 00:02:40.659 were also times where Matt LaFleur's play calling 00:02:40.659 --> 00:02:43.349 was very questionable. Some games, his play calling 00:02:43.349 --> 00:02:45.710 was a little bit more aggressive. And then there 00:02:45.710 --> 00:02:47.650 were other games where his play calling was a 00:02:47.650 --> 00:02:51.370 little bit more reserved or just downright unorthodox. 00:02:51.530 --> 00:02:53.949 Even when we look at the defense, there were 00:02:53.949 --> 00:02:56.110 times where the secondary looked really good. 00:02:56.250 --> 00:02:58.430 They were locked down. They were making plays. 00:02:58.669 --> 00:03:01.030 They were all over the field and they were physical. 00:03:01.250 --> 00:03:03.050 And then there were other times where the pass 00:03:03.050 --> 00:03:05.289 rush, for instance, couldn't get to the quarterback, 00:03:05.530 --> 00:03:08.069 couldn't stop the run, couldn't make any tackles, 00:03:08.069 --> 00:03:10.090 couldn't shed their blocks, couldn't do anything. 00:03:10.639 --> 00:03:12.280 Now, with that being said, what do the Packers 00:03:12.280 --> 00:03:14.719 need? And that is more consistency. And this 00:03:14.719 --> 00:03:17.800 isn't directed at just one player or one coach 00:03:17.800 --> 00:03:21.060 or one side of the ball. Everybody needs to be 00:03:21.060 --> 00:03:23.580 more consistent because you need to maximize 00:03:23.580 --> 00:03:26.039 this window that you have right now because you 00:03:26.039 --> 00:03:28.400 can't trade away the assets that you just traded 00:03:28.400 --> 00:03:30.800 away to get someone like a Micah Parsons and 00:03:30.800 --> 00:03:34.240 not go to the Super Bowl and win. Even Matt LaFleur's 00:03:34.240 --> 00:03:36.180 play calling needs to be more consistent because 00:03:36.180 --> 00:03:38.960 at the end of the day, what separates the winners 00:03:38.960 --> 00:03:42.340 from the losers is the small details. So if you 00:03:42.340 --> 00:03:45.460 allow the small details to go unnoticed and unchecked 00:03:45.460 --> 00:03:48.060 for an entire season, guess what? Those problems 00:03:48.060 --> 00:03:50.800 are going to emerge in the playoffs. But if you 00:03:50.800 --> 00:03:53.860 are an ass about it and you are very meticulous 00:03:53.860 --> 00:03:57.240 about those small details, I guarantee you, you're 00:03:57.240 --> 00:03:59.240 going to see a better result and I guarantee 00:03:59.240 --> 00:04:01.319 you, you will make it to the Super Bowl. Now, 00:04:01.319 --> 00:04:02.960 with that being said, the question. we all need 00:04:02.960 --> 00:04:05.539 to ask ourselves is stack or shed and I will 00:04:05.539 --> 00:04:07.300 eventually say stack and the reason why I say 00:04:07.300 --> 00:04:09.379 that is because this team is still competitive 00:04:09.379 --> 00:04:11.979 this team is still one of the better teams in 00:04:11.979 --> 00:04:14.680 the NFC all they need to do is get their act 00:04:14.680 --> 00:04:17.339 together and the only way that they do that is 00:04:17.339 --> 00:04:20.139 if they come in with the same mindset that we 00:04:20.139 --> 00:04:23.680 are all here for one goal and one goal only and 00:04:23.680 --> 00:04:25.980 that's to win it all Because if this Packers 00:04:25.980 --> 00:04:27.899 team cannot win with the amount of talent they 00:04:27.899 --> 00:04:30.139 have on both sides of the ball, then this will 00:04:30.139 --> 00:04:32.920 go down as one of the worst trades in NFL history. 00:04:33.079 --> 00:04:35.040 And I don't think they want that title hanging 00:04:35.040 --> 00:04:37.420 over their heads. Now, with that being said, 00:04:37.459 --> 00:04:38.879 when we look at their draft picks, they have 00:04:38.879 --> 00:04:41.279 their second, their third, their fourth, fifth, 00:04:41.459 --> 00:04:44.060 sixth, and three seventh round picks. Now, luckily, 00:04:44.139 --> 00:04:46.459 the Packers have a great track record of drafting 00:04:46.459 --> 00:04:48.939 and developing players outside of the first round. 00:04:49.389 --> 00:04:51.350 So I think the Packers are contempt of where 00:04:51.350 --> 00:04:53.829 they are right now, and I truly believe they're 00:04:53.829 --> 00:04:56.629 not going to do anything crazy on draft day to 00:04:56.629 --> 00:04:59.129 try to get into the first round. Now with that 00:04:59.129 --> 00:05:01.310 being said, the one move that I would do if I 00:05:01.310 --> 00:05:03.529 was the GM for the Packers is draft a defensive 00:05:03.529 --> 00:05:06.170 player. By losing Quay Walker, Rashawn Gary, 00:05:06.329 --> 00:05:08.709 and Kenny Clark, the Packers need to find a way 00:05:08.709 --> 00:05:11.129 to refill those positions with young, cheap, 00:05:11.269 --> 00:05:13.769 and productive talent. Now luckily this is a 00:05:13.769 --> 00:05:15.949 defensive draft class, so I believe they'll be 00:05:15.949 --> 00:05:18.209 able to accomplish that. Now the question is 00:05:18.209 --> 00:05:20.709 this, what defensive position are you going to 00:05:20.709 --> 00:05:22.959 address first? Are you going to go after a defensive 00:05:22.959 --> 00:05:25.300 tackle? Are you going to go after a pass rusher? 00:05:25.319 --> 00:05:27.399 Because personally, I'm attacking the defensive 00:05:27.399 --> 00:05:29.899 line first. If you can get someone like a Dante 00:05:29.899 --> 00:05:32.319 Corleone, if you can get someone like a Daryl 00:05:32.319 --> 00:05:34.560 Jackson, if you can get someone like a Lee Hunter, 00:05:34.740 --> 00:05:36.920 I think that's a really good start. Because at 00:05:36.920 --> 00:05:38.660 the end of the day, you want a defensive line 00:05:38.660 --> 00:05:41.759 that is just as productive with or without Micah 00:05:41.759 --> 00:05:43.800 Parsons. Now, I know there's some Packers fans 00:05:43.800 --> 00:05:45.720 that disagree with my stance, but let me just 00:05:45.720 --> 00:05:47.680 explain it to you. What we're starting to see 00:05:47.680 --> 00:05:50.319 now is that offenses are starting to operate 00:05:50.319 --> 00:05:53.660 in 12 and 13 personnel double tight end formations. 00:05:54.000 --> 00:05:56.639 And the only way that you can mitigate that is 00:05:56.639 --> 00:05:59.019 if you have a ferocious defensive line who was 00:05:59.019 --> 00:06:01.639 able to get through the chip blocks, create pressure 00:06:01.639 --> 00:06:04.399 on the quarterback, stop the run, and do everything 00:06:04.399 --> 00:06:06.660 else that a highly productive defensive line 00:06:06.660 --> 00:06:08.600 is supposed to do. Looking at their cap situation, 00:06:08.980 --> 00:06:12.040 they have 23 .1 million. And I don't expect for 00:06:12.040 --> 00:06:14.560 them to do anything with that anytime soon. A 00:06:14.560 --> 00:06:16.139 majority of that is going to go to them. draft 00:06:16.139 --> 00:06:18.319 picks, and then the rest of it is probably going 00:06:18.319 --> 00:06:20.720 to go to that second and third wave of free agents 00:06:20.720 --> 00:06:22.660 that they're going to sign. Now, I remember last 00:06:22.660 --> 00:06:25.040 year the Packers had interest in trying to trade 00:06:25.040 --> 00:06:28.120 for David Njoku, but were unable to do so. Now 00:06:28.120 --> 00:06:30.259 that he's a free agent, do you try to sign him? 00:06:30.720 --> 00:06:32.899 Do you try to go after an offensive lineman? 00:06:32.980 --> 00:06:35.319 Do you try to go after another corner? Do you 00:06:35.319 --> 00:06:37.620 go after a veteran defensive lineman? Because 00:06:37.620 --> 00:06:40.579 you have a lot of options. You can get someone 00:06:40.579 --> 00:06:43.000 like a Cam Jordan. You can get someone like a 00:06:43.000 --> 00:06:45.300 Yerter Gross Motos. You can get someone like 00:06:45.300 --> 00:06:47.779 a Bobby Wagner. You can get someone like a Joey 00:06:47.779 --> 00:06:50.300 Bosa, for instance. You have a plethora of different 00:06:50.300 --> 00:06:53.220 options, and I guarantee you, not all of these 00:06:53.220 --> 00:06:56.019 options are going to be super expensive. At best, 00:06:56.019 --> 00:06:57.779 you're probably going to give one of these veterans 00:06:57.779 --> 00:07:01.060 a one -year deal that's probably between $5 to 00:07:01.060 --> 00:07:03.759 $12 million. That's not bad at all. But only 00:07:03.759 --> 00:07:05.379 time will tell. But I'm going to end this episode 00:07:05.379 --> 00:07:06.740 here. 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