Why do those who write, commentate about, blog, discuss, etc. the Packers insist on conjuring up scenarios in which Green Bay trades premium draft picks (or players) for a bona fide player on another NFL roster?

Quick, Andy and Justis tell us about how many round 1 picks Gutey has traded away for a player in his 8 years as GM. Now do round 2. And round 3. How about round 4? Is there a round 5 pick for a player trade worth discussing?

Now, go back over Ted Thompson's final 7 years (with Gutey at his knee every one of those years) and enlighten us about all the round 1-5 picks TT traded away for a player.

When folks acknowledge that GB never makes such trades perhaps that will stop the fantasy GM pieces in which the Packers are allegedly in the running to trade pick or picks for a player and everyone will finally accept the INDISPUTABLE FACT that in Green Bay round 1-5 draft picks are considered far too valuable to trade away for NFL players.

Besides, while Philly, KC, and the LA Rams have all traded away 1st round and other high draft picks (multiple times) for players in recent years, what exactly has it gotten them in return?

Remember, he played for the Saints first. He's too old for the Packers to trade that much for, as good as he still was last year. Cross him off your dream-list. Dream of something else, like maybe Marshawn Lloyd staying healthy? What kind of dream is that?
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Dream killers—“we can’t”; “won’t work”; “rent’s to high”; “we could never”; “sky’s falling”; “we’re all doomed”. I need therapy listening to the gloom and doom crowd.
We all know it’s not likely—but so what! I would bet dollars to donuts that even the cap worriers and gloomers would be privately celebrating if we pulled out a trade for Hendrickson…or Parsons. It would immediately create additional optimism about the defense and the SB potential.
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Here is a chance for Gutey to put his money where his mouth is on the sense of urgency he's been talking about recently about winning a SB. When thinking about Gutey doing unGutey like things, look no further than him investing a 1st round pick on a WR for the first time in 20 plus years. It's possible this could be his Reggie White or Brett Favre moment by channeling some of his inner Ron Wolf who wasn't afraid to trade away draft capital for quality players.

Yes I realize Reggie was a free agent and didn't require a premium draft pick but he was 29 or 30 when they signed him to a record contract, so that is more the point im making when mentioning him. Wolf did trade a 1st for Favre and other premium picks for guys like Santana Dotson so the blueprint is there for Gute to follow.

It's not very often that guys like Hendrickson become available via trade and even less often for a guy like Parsons whos only 26 years old. So I say, pull the trigger on one of them if there truly is a sense of urgency in Green Bay this season.

I don’t expect it to happen.

Of course, I remember that I felt the same way about Khalil Mack and a couple years later found out we actually were pretty close and the interest was real. Ya, never know.

Hendrickson isn't going anywhere.