Cheesehead
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Dick from Pound, WI
Hi, great job guys. Just a statement to all Packers fans, I have seen lots of football in my years: NFL, college, 35 years as a WIAA football official. That being said, I can name over a dozen quarterbacks drafted in the first round who were out of the game in less than five years. They all could throw the ball but are they special? That is the unknown. My money is on No. 12 as long as he runs onto the field.
First, thank you for your service as a WIAA official. I could never do that job. In my time on the beat, I've identified two can't-miss QBs: Lamar Jackson and Jake Locker. So you just never know. Also, there's no moving truck backed up to Lambeau Field right now to collect Rodgers' possessions. This is his team and it's going to remain his team.
Phil from Madison, WI
It seems like a lot of people have already anointed Love quarterback of the future. I hope he does great, but the overwhelming majority of first-round QBs never become a franchise QB, and many never even start. Maybe Gute knows it may take more than one swing to hit it out of the park.
But this applies to every first-round pick, right? It's not just QBs, especially when a team is drafting in the 20s and 30s. A GM has to trust his eye for that reason and pick the prospect with the best chance of becoming an established playmaker.
Joshua from Houston, TX
It's always interesting to see a line from an interview like Rodgers get taken and made into a whole story about how he's not happy in Green Bay or with Jordan Love.
Rodgers spoke with reporters for nearly 40 minutes, which is easily his longest news conference during my time on beat. Over the weekend, it was interesting to see what was pulled out of the approximately 5,000 words he spoke and then formed into headlines.
Matt from Minneapolis, MN
Christian Kirksey actually ran a 4.58, not a 4.72. That is significant because most of the best ILBs that make plays sideline to sideline run in the high 4.4s to low 4.6s.
The Packers weren't going to be able to re-sign Blake Martinez and needed a plug-and-play veteran to move into that every-down role. Kirksey checks all the boxes.
Bob from Fort Atkinson, WI
Saw a recent article that was rating quarterback pressures by interior defensive linemen on obvious passing situations and No. 1 on the list was Kenny Clark. How is it that this guy is not a perennial Pro Bowl and All-Pro player?
There's a lagging indicator with offensive and defensive linemen. B.J. Raji, T.J. Lang and Mike Daniels all experienced that. As I talked about with Clark last month, it's his hope that since he's made a Pro Bowl now he'll stay in the conversation after performing at an elite level the past two seasons.
Derek from Davis, CA
Curious about the "chip on the shoulder" the Packers wide receivers (outside Davante Adams) might have after all the negative perceptions the media has labeled them with. I'm sure they realize the opportunity in front of them. Any one of them has the chance to become the No. 2.
This is a prideful group. The Packers' receiving corps wants to show it's being slept on. Whether it's Allen Lazard showing last year was no fluke or Marquez Valdes-Scantling bouncing back, the chip is on everyone's shoulder to rise above the doubters. Heck, Adams probably feels it, too.
Derek from Norton, KS
What are the requirements to deem a player "injured," so that he could go to the team facility for rehab? If there is a loophole there, I expect to see a spike in injured players throughout the NFL.
It has to be pre-existing injury suffered last season.
David from San Antonio, TX
What do you specifically see in Rashan Gary that many of us don't? He was known as a physical beast with little production in college. In his rookie year, he was more of the same, leading the team in almost making plays. Besides upside and spin from his coaches, what evidence is there that he is more than he has shown?
Speed (4.56 40), size (6-5, 277) and upside (22 years old) are easy to point to. And if you've been watching Gary's training videos this offseason, this is a young man who is serious about fulfilling his potential. But it was David Bakhtiari's individual work with Gary last year that shows me how high the Packers are on this guy. Veterans don't do that for every young player who walks through the door. They see Gary's promise.