I hope you're right about more under the radar players and that Gute and Co. are good scouts since GB has 8 picks in rounds 3 through 7. They will probably sign 19 UDFAs as well, maybe more.

Just reported that the packers are not using the franchise tag on Aaron Jones. Too bad.

Does anyone know of a site that will be compiling all of the pro day results, similar to the NFL combine.

Yosh. Earn it. Or don't.

Gute seems a little over-fascinated with the RAS (see above). Maybe the reduction in the availability of data points will be a good thing.

I don't blame Rodgers or Leflueur for anything. I Blame Gute. Sure he didn't play. But his roster got exposed. How many years has he avoided the ILB and DL positions. He went All in for Love! Not the Super Bowl. And Now a simple Tag could have kept the most electric RB since Ahmad Green. Once again we find ourselves looking at Cb. But the reality is. If you want to win. A Gm still has to bring in the most explosive players he can find. Waiver wires are Gutes fix. With that said; I'm going to go against your Poll. Lets forget Need. It's time to draft the electric. Get the game changer. Cobb could return punts. It's time to shock the NFL. And screw up everyones boards. Forget Funchess. We need to get the most exciting players in the draft. A weapon in the hands of LeFlueur , will go much further then Need.

"Aaron Jones for one more year at $8M would have seriously tempted me"

I would have too. That's a hell of a player in his prime for that number. It would also allow Jones to hit FA in a normal cap year.

I am shocked that the WR advocates have not posted a single vote for WR as the position they would most like the Packers to address. Have they finally accepted that our receiving corps is at least okay if not better than okay?

It will be interesting to watch Jones' contract situation plays out - and then watch and see if he was really worth it. I don't think he is as electric as Kamara. I don't think he is a guy that you can just feed and not have him wear down. I think that is why the Packers were low-balling the guaranteed money. The Packers are a better team with him, healthy, but my bet is that he misses at least 25% of the games covered by the next contract he signs.

Good job Al, as usual. Not tagging Jones is a mistake in my opinion, unless the Packers know that he would sit out rather than play if he was tagged. Now we lose one of our best players for virtually no return and we've already sent a signal that we are not all in for 2021. We're literally basing our 2021 rushing attack on Dillon's 21 carries against Tennessee! Ridiculous.

Once again we'll be putting everything on Rodger's shoulders. Hopefully we will draft an actual, legit #2 NFL WR. Funchess may fit the bill but he's has hardly taken a snap in 2 seasons. The price is right but will he be ready to play?

Not tagging Jones means drafting at least one RB, probably two. One of those picks which could have been used on a WR, CB, DL or ILB which are sorely needed. RB has gone from a strength of the team to a question mark?

MLF is a standup guy and he correctly took the hit on the play calling during his Peter King interview. There is literally no excuse for poor communication at that point in a championship game. Poor preparation and coaching decisions killed the Packers during the NFCCG. No excuses, it's on the HC.

As for Yosh, I would like to see him play but apparently he cannot beat out the players ahead of him on the depth chart. My guess is that he's a big guy with poor footwork. But until we see him play who can know for sure.

So far, we lost Jones and added Funchess this offseason. That is a huge minus one for the Packers at this point. But it's early in the offseason game. Let's hope that Gute has some moves left as the offseason innings play out. Thanks, Since '61

Tag, Jones is not it:
I have seen the fact that the Packers haven't franchised a player since Ryan Pickett in 2010? Going through it though, how many players in that stretch were really truly worth of being Franchised? Out of any of them Jones was probably the most likely to be franchised based on the situation.

Ticket Prices:
Not going to lie I was surprised that they didn't raise the ticket prices. It just seemed like the norm to do it.

Mea Culpa:
While LaFleur can take the blame all he wants, LaFleurs decision would have worked out, had it not been for a ref deciding to throw a penalty for something that they have not thrown all game long.

Gosh, Yosh:
I expect the Packers to draft 1-2 OT's in this draft. I don't believe they believe Yosh is the answer. Just a stop gap guy until they find the answer.

A Bunch Less 4 Funchess:
By taking the paycut it tells me a couple of things. First it tells me the Packers were going to get ready to let him go. And it tells me that Funchess plans to play this year. The question for me is, will Funchess make the team. Adams, MVS, Lazard are the top 3. EQ is the 4th. After that a lot of questions. I would not be surprised to see them draft a couple of WR's this year. There is a really good mix of players in the draft. I also wouldn't be surprised if they looked at a veteran if the money is right. I think Funchess will be able to compete this summer, but I don't know if he will make the roster come fall.

The 2021 NFL Draft:
Last years draft there were a lot of uncertainties. This year, there are a lot more. I completely agree that this year there will be a lot of day 3 and UDFA's that turn out to be really good. I think this will be a really good year to obtain extra day 2 and day 3 picks. I would not be surprised if the Packers traded back in the first round to gain more picks. Packers are expected to gain 3 compensation picks. So right now they will start out with the original 7 picks and 3 more day 3 picks. When its all said and done I wouldn't be surprised if they ended up with 11-12 picks when all said and done.

I think Jones would have played for the Packers if the tag were used. The productive playing years for a running back are likely the shortest of any group in the NFL and going without the entire 8 million would be a great loss for him. Would he ever recoup that 8 million after sitting out a year with his later year salaries? That is an unknown.
I believe there have only been about three players who sat out a year with the Steelers running back LeVon Bell turning down the $14 plus million franchise tag. He never had the productivity later with the Jets that he had in Pittsburg and was released by them. The other two players were Washington's tackle Sean Gilbert held out for an entire season in 1997. Kansas City Chiefs defensive end Dan Williams did so in 1998.

...I'll bet this draft has the most third day picks and UDFAs that go on to productive NFL careers. The data on players will just not be there this year...

If Gutekunst moves up in this draft I will scream. If our scouting has done their job, we should be able to find "plenty of talent beyond the tape". It is a good year to be picking at the bottom of the order.

Tagging Aaron Jones may have served our purposes but it would have been unfair to the player. Jones takes a beating and, as a RB, his second contract is his retirement. To delay the payday, risk injury would have been a "shitty organization's" way of doing things. Draft a shifty RB in the 4th, pair him up with Dillon and keep the chains moving.

O-linemen depth is a major concern for this team. I love our O-line coach and the job he is doing. Getting him another stud and development body is money in the bank. I am not sure that I would work past 2 years on some of these project guys. As the players say "you know fairly soon if a guy can play". Besides, if they don't work out, you can always ship off your o-linemen to the Bears.

Great article - love the poll as well. I picked an inside linebacker but not many others did. We have not had an inside linebacker who is totally a game wrecker. And as much as I loved AJ Hawk and Blake - great reliability but most of their tackles were always after they gained a few yards. We need a KJ Wright, Roquan Smith , Fred Warner. We havent had our Urlacher/ Ray Lewis - since we had our Ray.

Maybe the NFL has changed and now it is the outside guys - like Clay 111 - but I would just love to see us hit on and inside guy .

Funchess is a good signing - low risk and we know what we have with Adams, Lazard, MVS, St Brown etc and he can rotate in and if some young speedster who can return kicks - good to bring one of those later round guys in.
I agree that we didnt try to get some snaps to more of the Oline guys other than Runyon - and Njimon is a big boy.

I guess we will see some action now that the cap has been set.

Cap went up 2.5 mill and teams have until 3/17 to get under the cap, so we will soon see where we stand with free agents. I guess Funchess has a high ceiling for the money, but I would have liked to take my chances with another same priced FA slot type that could have been available that breaks the LG WR mold. There's always the draft.

I think it's a class act for the Packers to not tag Jones so he can go where he will. It's a good message for all the other players on the roster that we're not going to hold you down if we can't sign you ourselves.
People work better when they know they are appreciated and treated the right way.
As far as not signing Jones, cautionary tales are Ezekiel Elliot, Christian McCaffrey, and Todd Gurley, plus in the past and close to home, Dorsey Levens and Ryan Grant.
In the NFL of today, there's a quandary for almost all running backs. If they get the ball all of the time, they get injured or worn down; if they share the load with another running back or two, then they're not worth as much money.
I think the way of the future in the vast majority of cases is two or more running backs sharing the snaps. We've got some real thunder in A. J. (Armored Jeep) Dillon; now we need some lightning.

“If you could be gifted one new player for the Packers that would start from day one, what position would you choose?” Doesn’t this have to be QB? If he or she starts from day one it means he beat out a seasoned backup, a 1st round draft pick, and the reigning MVP. Sign me up for that!

I’m quite happy with Rodgers’ standard of play from last year. For me it’s the biggest marginal difference at a position.

Clark Kent didn’t register to play this year, so I went CB.

Jones will be replaced by a bargain. Dillon will be fine if there is blocking.

If Yosh hasn’t convinced the coaches that he deserves a chance to get Rodgers hit, that’s fine by me. That’s why OL is my vote for most critical need.

Funchess is a big, proven vet. All 5 of our top WRs are vets. Maybe we won’t have to line up any UDFA rookies this year.

There is plenty of blame to go around in our loss to Tampa, just as there would have been lots of shared credit if we won. The mark of a champion is what happens AFTER they get knocked down. I like our chances of getting back to the championship game again.

Love that you mention Yosh. Ive been asking about him forever as where he's at makes a great deal of the why certain moves are/aren't made.

great point on not getting him some PT as well. Yes, he was a UDFA and a development player, cool. But what's the process in getting him ready for a bigger role? By keeping him on the 53 it means they have bigger plans for him or why not develop him on the PS. Part of that has to be PT in season.

Andy Herman sited Inside Information about Jace. So seldom so we ever hear about "inside information" now days. Is the packers locker room/Org very good and keeping everything in house and not talking to media? Is this the whole league now? I do know that practice access for media has been cut more and more over the years. No One should expect the HC or any one to say things on camera that's detrimental to the team but man it seems like if the coaches don't say it on camera it doesn't get outside the building.