Official Packers Offseason/Free Agency Thread

[George Cumby]

^ Correct. He ain't no spring chicken. The wheels could fall off at any moment.

Also: what's the point of dumping any money into any other receivers if his high holy-rollerness only has eyes for Adams?

I think we're best served keeping one or the other but not both.

[Joemailman]

Albert Breer
@AlbertBreer
Bears coach Matt Eberflus will interview coaches this weekend. Chicago will be open-minded. But a name to watch—Packers pass-game coordinator Luke Getsy. There's a relationship there, and Eberflus could offer Getsy play-calling, which he won't get in GB.

Getsy's been in demand.

Think Matt La Fleur's been having fun the last week?

[call_me_ishmael]

Think Matt La Fleur's been having fun the last week?

I just saw that the job is his if he wants on Twitter for Spoon. Well. Fuck!

Welp, looks like we're losing *at least one of 'em* between Getsy and Steno. I guess you keep Steno in this case because he gets the same job op in Denver or GB.

I am not principled or convinced of any of this, but every day it looks more like they're gonna blow it all up and go to JLo.

[Joemailman]

There is a serious possibility here that LaFleur could, in the addition to Hackett, lose Getsy and Stenavich. If that happens, I don't doubt his ability to put together another good offensive staff. If it happens, I'd be a little concerned if I were McVay and Shanahan. Packers might be raiding them.

Matt LaFleur in the offensive coaches meeting room next week.

[orpackfan]

I am not sure it is worth signing Rodgers. No team has won a superbowl with a QB eating up more than 13% of the cap. However, they restructure arod - he will get more than that. We need either a very good/great young QB on rookie contract or a vet who will take less pay (good luck with that). Spending 18-20%, or more of you cap on the QB leaves too many holes in the roster. Over the past 15 years the average cap % of the SB champ has been 8%

[Joemailman]

Ian Rapoport
@RapSheet
The #Packers interviewed #Chargers TEs coach Kevin Koger and are expected to interview #Eagles QB coach Brian Johnson for their vacant OC job, sources say. Luke Getsy and Adam Stenavich are the top in-house candidates.

MLF prepared for the possibility that Stenavich and Getsy will leave?

Koger was an offensive quality control assistant under LaFleur during the 2019 and 2020 seasons before taking the job as the tight ends coach with the Chargers in 2021. He has never been a coordinator.

Johnson, a former quarterback at Utah, has been an offensive coordinator at three stops in college but never at the NFL level. He spent the 2021 season coaching quarterbacks in Philadelphia.

[run pMc]

You’re suggesting that Rodgers will play another 5-6 years? Not for this team, nor do I think he will last that long.

Likewise.
He gently floated the idea of retirement last offseason so you know it's on the horizon and getting closer. I don't think he'll be playing past 42.
There's a big drop off in QB play as they reach 40 (look it up), plus you can see his legs aren't what they were and soon age will affect his arm. It won't be as bad as Big Ben but it sure won't get any better than it is.
In all likelihood you'll see it first in his fundamentals and accuracy getting worse.

Don't give me the Brady argument, TB's a unicorn and you can't just assume Rodgers will be a similar extreme outlier when he's already thinking about hosting Jeopardy and retirement.

[Sparkey]

NBC Chicago is reporting that Getsy has been offered the OC position for the Bears.

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/sports/chicago-football/report-bears-offer-luke-getsy-offensive-coordinator-job/2741288/?_osource=SocialFlowTwt_CHBrand

[Fritz]

Likewise.
He gently floated the idea of retirement last offseason so you know it's on the horizon and getting closer. I don't think he'll be playing past 42.
There's a big drop off in QB play as they reach 40 (look it up), plus you can see his legs aren't what they were and soon age will affect his arm. It won't be as bad as Big Ben but it sure won't get any better than it is.
In all likelihood you'll see it first in his fundamentals and accuracy getting worse.

Don't give me the Brady argument, TB's a unicorn and you can't just assume Rodgers will be a similar extreme outlier when he's already thinking about hosting Jeopardy and retirement.

For a guy who proclaimes he loves playing in the cold, the colder the better, Rodgers did not look like he enjoyed playing in the cold last week...

And another "what if" - what if Rodgers could've scooted past Bosa on that third-and-eleven, and gotten the first? Damn. That was big.

[texaspackerbacker]

You’re suggesting that Rodgers will play another 5-6 years? Not for this team, nor do I think he will last that long.

hahahaha Why the fuck not?

All this shit about losing coaches other than Hackett may or may not happen. The main relevance of it, though, is to give panicky fools something to whine and worry about. If they go, they go. I'm reasonably certain LaFleur could fairly easily round up a new crop of adequate subordinates.

[Joemailman]

Mike Klis
@mikeklis

Per source, Packers aren’t letting OL coach Adam Stenavich interview for Broncos OC job. Would think he might get OC job with the Pack. Interviewing coordinators a lil more involved process with league policies. Hackett, who will call plays, has other options. #9sports

I read they couldn't block coaches from seeking coordinator positions. At any rate, it likely means LaFleur will pick Stenavich for OC.

Jason Wilde
@jasonjwilde

Since NFL teams can't block assistant coaches from promotions anymore and Matt LaFleur was very clear in saying he'd never do that even if he could, this points to Stenavich being told that he'll be Hackett's replacement as the #Packers OC -- not officially yet, maybe, but ...

Thanks Jason

[kcpackman]

Except teams like the 49ers have NOT kicked it down the road....so they have a serious advantage in the here and now. TB was another team that hadn't kicked it down the road when they signed Tom. The Rams have sold out all their draft capital to get to the NFCC. Not sure about their cap, but the Goff contract was an albatross and they ditched it. But if they don't win now, they won't be drafting much talent in the next few years.

Just another reason why the primary way to build a team and stay relatively salary cap solvent is via the draft. Part of the problem with the cap next year is 4 free agent signings from 3 years ago. The Smith brother, Turner and Amos. I am not say they should not have done that - but what portion of next years cap is do to them, or for that matter what portion of this years cap numbers were do to those 4 before they were restructured? I dont know.

[King Friday]

Stenavich should be retained at all costs. Someone who understands line play gets high marks from me. I'm also not going to be in awe of a QB coach that is in charge of Rodgers. I could be the QB coach and look successful. If you turn Daniel Jones into an All Pro, I'll give you props. Being the fluffer for a HOF QB doesn't prove much.

[run pMc]

Agree. If I could only pick one of Hackett, Stenavich, and Getsy to keep, I'd take Steno.

[Joemailman]

I wonder if offering Steno title of Asst. Head Coach is enough to keep him here even if he's not OC.