Cheesehead
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- Mar 19, 2019
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Scott from Grovetown, GA
Greetings Mike. You said it's better to stick with your known versus unknown. If I may play devil's advocate and say sometimes you need to move on from that known player. Please don't construe this as a strike against KK, but there are situations where a player that's known can't cut it and it's better to give the unknown a chance. Like GB did a few years ago.
True enough, but again, it's about the size of the commitment and assignment of values. When options are limited, one venture into the unknown can consume the entire budget. Value discipline can bridge the gap until better options for improvement are available.
Jesse from Andover, MN
In response to your comment about us not preparing for the Niners, we got extremely lucky in that their entire team got hurt so we can't really surmise whether or not we would have been better than them. On that topic would your response be the same in that we don't need to do anything to improve our team to beat TB? Seeing as how they beat us 2/2 times last year. I'll wait for your company response.
Ha, well, I'm glad you find my "company response" so contemptible you read it anyway. But derision aside, you're missing the point, which is that no offseason can be geared toward beating a single opponent because you never know what's going to happen to that club, which was proven last year with the 49ers' injuries. You make it sound like my approach is to not improve the team at all. Of course you push to improve, but none of the Packers' moves this offseason should be geared specifically toward beating the Buccaneers. That would be a fool's errand, as it would have been last year relative to the 49ers.
Mike from Hastings, MN
Mike, I think you're rushing back too fast from your two weeks off. Shouldn't you take it easy for a while?
Nicely done, among many similar submissions, plus several "The Big Lebowski" references I honestly did not intend. I think we've reached the point in the offseason where the Inbox is officially out of control. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Doug from Neenah, WI
Good morning, Mike. The Seattle Football Team (SFT) traded away first- and third-round 2021 draft picks to acquire safety Jamal Adams from the Jets. Plus a first in 2022. As a result of this and other trades, SFT only has three picks left in this year's draft...second, fourth and seventh rounds. Is this what "going all-in" looks like?
As I said yesterday, I'm not reopening that discussion. But having only three picks, and just one in the top half of the draft (total draft capital of 384 points, by the way, the equivalent of one mid second-round pick), is not an ideal spot for a team that just got bounced in the wild-card round and hasn't reached an NFC title game since having to show its QB the money.
James from Asheville, NC
Tight end seems be among the deepest positions for the Packers. We know what Big Bob can do stretching the field, Marcedes Lewis brings a veteran presence and great blocking skills, and even in his short sample I saw enough of Dominique Dafney to think he's a "real football player." Because of injuries we've yet to see what the full potential of Josiah Deguara or Jace Sternberger might be. Regarding Josiah and Jace, what specific skill sets do they offer that make management so high on them?
Sternberger has the kind of size, speed, and catch radius that makes him a matchup problem in the open field, and he showed in his limited playing time as a rookie the knocks on his blocking skills were exaggerated. Deguara is the type who can line up anywhere – tight, wide, slot, backfield – and do whatever's asked, giving the offense a way to keep defenses guessing as to what he's up to, and have him execute different assignments from the same formation. Health is paramount for both.
Spencer from Fulda, MN
Has Allen Lazard or Robert Tonyan signed their tenders yet? Are we at risk of losing both or are they possibly looking at longer deals for those guys?
There's no risk of losing Lazard, whose tender is exclusive rights. Tonyan has not signed his RFA tender yet, but there's been no news on him getting offers from elsewhere.
Daniel from Waukesha, WI
I would consider the following six CBs in the Favre-Rodgers era to be somewhere between very good and elite – Charles Woodson, Doug Evans, Sam Shields, Tramon Williams, Craig Newsome (loved Newsome!) and Al Harris. Jaire Alexander has had a great start to his Packers career. Will he eventually be in the same class as the others mentioned?
Yes, if he's not already.