Packers Initial 69-Man Roster

[texaspackerbacker]

I thought Sternberger was suspended two games. Did it somehow now become four?

[HarveyWallbangers]

He’s out 2 games

[smuggler]

I'm not so sure he makes the roster after his suspension. Time will tell.

[Fritz]

I'm glad Gaines was signed to the PS. I think he has a chance to become a really good player for them.

And I'm glad they parted ways with JK Scott.

[Sparkey]

And I'm glad they parted ways with JK Scott.

I'll to that!

[bobblehead]

Only 2 shockers for me. Hansen made the 53 and Ento did not. JH, Hansen looks really good so far. Yosh did everything he had to this offseason and preseason. Wonder what happens if he takes another step. Glad they took my advice and jettisoned the punter.

A bit worried that Z is one giant ?? heading into the season. Seriously, wtf is going on with him?

Career year from MVS. We will all be D'vondre Campbell fans soon.

Will our DL be sneaky good with depth? How good is the OL when Bak returns? How bad are the CBs if King isn't healthy and Stokes isn't quite ready? Why can't packer fans have nice things like good STs.

[RashanGary]

Bobble, Nijman is looking like he might the guy you said he could be. That’s exciting if he ends up being a solid starting left or right tackle in his third year. He might still be a year away.

If Nijman turns into a legit starting tackle, the future of our OL is ridiculously good.

All three of Meyers, Newman and Nijman being legit makes the Love era a very comfortable place to step into.

[texaspackerbacker]

The new Practice Squad situation and the fact we had good luck getting players through waivers mitigates all the negatives. As pleased as I am about that, though, I get pissed off real quick when I here this bullshit about the "Love era". Anything less than continuation of the Rodgers era until Love is too old for it to matter is pure crap IMO.

[bobblehead]

Bobble, Nijman is looking like he might the guy you said he could be. That’s exciting if he ends up being a solid starting left or right tackle in his third year. He might still be a year away.

If Nijman turns into a legit starting tackle, the future of our OL is ridiculously good.

All three of Meyers, Newman and Nijman being legit makes the Love era a very comfortable place to step into.

Yea, Newman. I posted Hansen above, right after I said I was shocked he made the 53. Newman is the one who looks really good. Hansen blows and I'm surprised they didn't keep nearly anyone else. Newman looks better as a rookie than Lang did and Lang looked solid out the gate.

They should bring Clifton back to coach Nijman on his punch. If he can get just a tad of nasty in him the sky is the limit. He lets guys get into him a little more than he should, but he has the mass to overcome the flaw. If he can add a punch, he could become special.

[bobblehead]

The new Practice Squad situation and the fact we had good luck getting players through waivers mitigates all the negatives. As pleased as I am about that, though, I get pissed off real quick when I here this bullshit about the "Love era". Anything less than continuation of the Rodgers era until Love is too old for it to matter is pure crap IMO.

Tex, haven't you heard? Arod is done with us. We all wanted him to play out his contract. Be pissed at him, not everyone else. I think even Gutes is thrilled ARod is playing back to his greatness and would like to drop another 4 year deal in his lap.

[texaspackerbacker]

Weren't you the one saying pretty much the opposite of that recently? To which I replied, I hope so? I think he's always wanted to finish his career here, but Gutekunst had the intention of fucking that up. The sustained excellence of Rodgers and the far from superstar quality shown by Love may now have Gutekunst, et al reconsidering. At any rate, I'm pretty sure if they "drop another 4 year deal in his lap", he will jump at it or at worst, just negotiate them up a few dollars just to make them pay for their original stupidity of intent.

I could be wrong - and if I am, the future is damn depressing, but I'm pretty sure the Rodgers era is far from over, and the Love era, if it ever happens, will be at least a year or so after his rookie contract is finished. Trading Love sooner rather than later would be the best case scenario.

[Fritz]

Actually, from the perspective of the team, the "best case scenario" is that the Packers trade Rodgers after the season, get a big haul in picks and young players, and Jordan Love goes on to follow the footsteps of Favre and Rodgers, and is a perennial All Pro quarterback for the Packers, a top-three-in-the-league guy.

[texaspackerbacker]

That last part is a humongous if that almost certainly will never happen. Big hauls in draft picks could help, but that's sort of a crap shoot in terms of success. I'd much prefer to stick with the GOAT. No way a team without him comes close in quality to a team with him - not 1, not 3, not 5-8 years from now. I'd bet money that a team led by Rodgers even 10 years into the future would be better than the team without him, with Love or pretty much anybody else we could possibly end up with.

If you want draft picks, trade Love.

[smuggler]

Of course the situation is unlikely, but it's still the best case outcome for the team.

Trading Love eliminates the short term need for draft picks, since we'd be committing to a full gut and rebuild in 1 or 2 seasons.

[texaspackerbacker]

Uh No. Love could play up to the highest expectation anybody could possibly have for him, and he would still be so far below even an overage Rodgers that even that shitload of draft picks ya'all are drooling about wouldn't come close to making up the difference. Rodgers at 45 > Love at 29 + 3 first round picks.