Reflections on Gooter

[bobblehead]

Rasheed Walker seems a key to the future. IF he works on his weaknesses this offseason, and can become a better run-blocker and get his footwork in better shape (as run and I think Bobble have pointed out as an issue), they've got a starting left tackle. Whoa. That would change the draft. So no you don't have to focus on one with your first pick. You could wait until the second round and get a more developmental guy, and let him compete with Tom for RT. Then you can wait again until maybe the fourth or something - the fifth, once you trade Bakh to the Jest to get a fifth back (!) - and pick up another one. Then you've got competition and developing guys, and with luck could move Tom to center.

But if the Pack thinks Walker is not that guy, you're looking at going after a LT early early.

I'm not ready to anoint Valentine the next Sam Shields (who was undrafted) or Jaire Alexander, but he's certainly holding his own - and MVS in the KC game there at the end...

Walker has the tools, but even though Stenavich only critiques one of them for it, he has the same problem Yosh does. He occasionally gets lackadaisical and takes a snap off. Thats a drive killer. Its usually in the run game for Walker. Both guys have gotten better by forcing them to play for snaps.

[Sparkey]

Packers draft blueprint led to a historically significant 2023 rookie class (msn.com)

Really good read.

[Fritz]

i think the guy is blowing smoke on those first few drafts - outside of Alexander, Jenkins, and Gary, what did he bring in with the what, about fourteen draft picks he had in those two drafts? Not much. Though yes, those three were quite good. But the last two drafts certainly seem quite good, and IF Jordan Love ends up being a top-five QB in the league, well, you've got to say Guter has redeemed himself.

[RashanGary]

Damn, Joe, that Dijon guy sounds spicy. Sort of a poor man’s Charles Woodson. If Valentine improves from his shockingly high starting point and Jaire gets healthy, Dijon sounds like the ideal slot piece our secondary needs to take that next leap.

[Fritz]

Guter needs to complete his comeback from turd to superstar GM by finagling a fourth or fifth round pick for Bakh - preferably from the Jest.

[Bretsky]

Damn, Joe, that Dijon guy sounds spicy. Sort of a poor man’s Charles Woodson. If Valentine improves from his shockingly high starting point and Jaire gets healthy, Dijon sounds like the ideal slot piece our secondary needs to take that next leap.

It seems like when I create a spicy thread hammering a Packer my whammy kicks in and they prove me wrong.

I have SERIOUS concerns about Alexander and a ton of concerns he's giving us the Bachtiari treatment

[run pMc]

I think Jaire is a little guy (for a football player) who has a bad shoulder and as he ages the injuries will continue to pile up.
Would be nice if he could suit up, but until it happens I'm skeptical we'll get much from him this year. 2023 has not been a good season for Jaire.

[Fritz]

I don't expect Stokes to be good his first game back, but he really kinda needs to have a good couple of games at the end of the season here. We're almost to the trying-to-salvage-his-career point with him. Now, is that on Guter? Stokes had a very promising rookie season, then regressed. Was he a good pick or a crummy pick or we don't know?

[run pMc]

I don't expect Stokes to be good his first game back, but he really kinda needs to have a good couple of games at the end of the season here. We're almost to the trying-to-salvage-his-career point with him. Now, is that on Guter? Stokes had a very promising rookie season, then regressed. Was he a good pick or a crummy pick or we don't know?

We don't know. He was pretty solid as a rookie, started off year 2 very shaky, got a little better, then had a really bad injury. Injury has carried over to Year 3... so we really haven't seen enough IMO.
he's played ONE snap on ST this year, not good return on a R1 pick... but I'd put that on injury luck, not on Gute. I don't think Stokes had a concerning injury history coming out of college. Also: injuries pretty much end or derail every player's career... and if it ain't injuries, it's age (or suckitude).

[Fritz]

Often, age = suckitude. I predict that for Rodgers next year. It was already happening last year.