First post in the Packer Forum in a quite a long time. The High School Football season took quite the toll on my time in 2017. The team managed to make it to State with an undefeated record, but lost the championship by one point. It was a great season to be a part of the coaching staff. With the high investment in the high school program it was difficult to spend a lot of time on the below average product of the NFL and the Packers.

The Packers Roster lacks talent, and lacks depth of talent at just about every position. The receiving corps isn't as good without Rodgers. The tight ends are basically nonexistent under McCarthy for the last 10 years, and the offensive line which is supposed to be one of the better ones in football can't stay healthy. The Packers brain trust was smart, and drafted 3 running backs in 2017 that look like they can all contribute and solidify the position. There is no Ahman Green in that group but they can all be effective. Rodgers was the magic that holds this offense together. He make Nelson look like Jerry Rice, because without Rodgers Nelson is a ghost. The Packers have a lot of holes to fix this off season to get the offense back to being one of the better ranked units in the NFL. Right now they have no right tackle, their right guard is old as dirt and probably won't be back. The receiving corps is holding up a lot of cap space and you can speculate that Cobb will be cut, and Nelson might also have to look to take a pay cut. Rodgers will not like the fact that two of his targets could be sent packing but too bad. If Rodgers wants another run at a Super Bowl he might have to wait as the team reloads to have a legit shot at making back to a Super Bowl. Favre had to do it, and he was unhappy about it and complained, and I expect Rodgers to do the same under new management.

The defense is so bad for so many reasons. Dom's 3-4 zone blitz scheme seems to have run it's course. Part of the reason is that Dom never got the right players for his defense with any consistency. Outside of 2008 when Thompson drafted Raji and Matthews Thompson struggled to find the right players for this defense. His idea of converting defensive ends to linebackers was pretty much a failure at every turn. Nick Perry should have never been resigned, he was a one year wonder. The secondary has had no consistency since 2010. Because Dom and Ted could never get on the same page both of them have lost their jobs. I think it was a fair move for both of them. The Packers need to lose Matthews. He is done. They need to find someone to play next to Martinez, and invest in defensive line depth. The Packers still don't have a proven number one corner and were down to the bottom of the barrel at the end of the season. The safety play was as bad this year as it has ever been, but that can be fixed as long as guys are healthy and motivated.

McCarthy is right this team needs more talent to meet expectations. McCarthy has had two losing seasons in Green Bay. He should have a chance in 2018 to show he can be the coach to win another Super Bowl in Green Bay.