Offense ~ Trench Warriors
LT David Bakhtiari
LG Elgton Jenkins
OC Corey Linsley
RG Billy Turner
RT Rick Wagner
OT Alexander Light
OG Lane Taylor
OG Cole Madison
OC Jake Hanson
OC Lucas Patrick
1 ~ Bakhtiari's a Star in his prime.
2 ~ Jenkins had an exceptional Rookie year, subbing for an injured Taylor, and favored to steal his job!
3 ~ Linsley's a Stud in his prime.
4 ~ Turner is a marginal Starter. Perhaps Taylor will steal his job!
5 ~ Wagner is a Stud, coming off a horrible year, signed to replace Stud Bryan Bulaga, who they foolishly allowed to walk.
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The Packers Offensive Line had an outstanding year in 2019. Most of the crew is projected to return in 2020, the exception being Wagner replacing Bulaga. That should go well enough, unless Wagner's horrible 2019 campaign was a sign of trouble to come, which doesn't seem likely. Turner is not really a Starter, though he's played one on TeleVision for the previous two campaigns. I really liked'm during the 2014 Draft, though. Perhaps he's starting to put it together, a late bloomer, as he's projected to start, with the admittedly mediocre Taylor ostensibly available to challenge him.
They look poised for an exceptional year ~ an outstanding one, if Wagner's good to go.
And a dominant one, if Turner is indeed putting it together.
LG Elgton Jenkins
OC Corey Linsley
RG Billy Turner
RT Rick Wagner
OT Alexander Light
OG Lane Taylor
OG Cole Madison
OC Jake Hanson
OC Lucas Patrick
1 ~ Bakhtiari's a Star in his prime.
2 ~ Jenkins had an exceptional Rookie year, subbing for an injured Taylor, and favored to steal his job!
3 ~ Linsley's a Stud in his prime.
4 ~ Turner is a marginal Starter. Perhaps Taylor will steal his job!
5 ~ Wagner is a Stud, coming off a horrible year, signed to replace Stud Bryan Bulaga, who they foolishly allowed to walk.
***
The Packers Offensive Line had an outstanding year in 2019. Most of the crew is projected to return in 2020, the exception being Wagner replacing Bulaga. That should go well enough, unless Wagner's horrible 2019 campaign was a sign of trouble to come, which doesn't seem likely. Turner is not really a Starter, though he's played one on TeleVision for the previous two campaigns. I really liked'm during the 2014 Draft, though. Perhaps he's starting to put it together, a late bloomer, as he's projected to start, with the admittedly mediocre Taylor ostensibly available to challenge him.
They look poised for an exceptional year ~ an outstanding one, if Wagner's good to go.
And a dominant one, if Turner is indeed putting it together.
Offense ~ FirePower
QB Aaron Rodgers
QB Jordan Love
WB Jace Sternberger
WB Josiah DeGuara
WB Marcedes Lewis
FB DaVante Adams
XE Allen Lazzard
XE Devin Funchess
XE Marquez Valdes Scantling
XE Equanimeous Saint Brown
XE Jake Kumerow
FB Darrius Shepherd
FB Darrell Stewart
SB Aaron Jones
SB Jamaal Williams
PB Algiers Dillon
SB Tyler Ervin
1 ~ Rodgers is a strange dude, and vastly overrated by a legion of fools who measure QuarterBacks entirely by their arms and legs, and ignore their heads. But he is an excellent QuarterBack, or at least: he was. He's been more on the "good" level for the last couple years. Those have been transitional years, but he is getting older, so we'll see. His prospective replacement, Love, doesn't strike me as an NFL caliber Starter, not even as an Option QuarterBack! But we'll see.
2 ~ Jimmy Graham looked like he was fading away, so he was let go. Sternberger didn't make a single Catch as an injured Rookie, but looked like a potential Stud, before the Draft, based far more on Intangibles than natural skill. We'll see.
3 ~ After Adams, the Packers have the world's largest collection of Slot Ends, but no definite Starter.
4 ~ Jones is a SuperStar in his prime. Williams is an exceptional #2. Dillon? A Grinder.
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This is an Offense whose Passing Game has a whole lot of questions, but one with a probably excellent Offensive Line and a good QuarterBack, although there are also questions about both the Right Tackle and when the QuarterBack is gonna hit the Age Wall. Their Offense was competitive, last year, and probably projects to that level in 2020, as well.
QB Jordan Love
WB Jace Sternberger
WB Josiah DeGuara
WB Marcedes Lewis
FB DaVante Adams
XE Allen Lazzard
XE Devin Funchess
XE Marquez Valdes Scantling
XE Equanimeous Saint Brown
XE Jake Kumerow
FB Darrius Shepherd
FB Darrell Stewart
SB Aaron Jones
SB Jamaal Williams
PB Algiers Dillon
SB Tyler Ervin
1 ~ Rodgers is a strange dude, and vastly overrated by a legion of fools who measure QuarterBacks entirely by their arms and legs, and ignore their heads. But he is an excellent QuarterBack, or at least: he was. He's been more on the "good" level for the last couple years. Those have been transitional years, but he is getting older, so we'll see. His prospective replacement, Love, doesn't strike me as an NFL caliber Starter, not even as an Option QuarterBack! But we'll see.
2 ~ Jimmy Graham looked like he was fading away, so he was let go. Sternberger didn't make a single Catch as an injured Rookie, but looked like a potential Stud, before the Draft, based far more on Intangibles than natural skill. We'll see.
3 ~ After Adams, the Packers have the world's largest collection of Slot Ends, but no definite Starter.
4 ~ Jones is a SuperStar in his prime. Williams is an exceptional #2. Dillon? A Grinder.
***
This is an Offense whose Passing Game has a whole lot of questions, but one with a probably excellent Offensive Line and a good QuarterBack, although there are also questions about both the Right Tackle and when the QuarterBack is gonna hit the Age Wall. Their Offense was competitive, last year, and probably projects to that level in 2020, as well.
Defense
BT Kenny Clark
LE Montravius Adams
BT Gerald Willis
WT Treyvon Hester
LE Dean Lowry
BT Tyler Lancaster
WT Kingsley Keke
DE Preston Smith ~ Will
MF Christian Kirksey ~ Mike
MF Oren Burks ~ Ted
DE ZaDarius Smith ~ Sam
DE Jonathan Garvin
DE Rashan Gary
MF Kamal Martin
BX Timothy Williams
BX Jamal Davis
MF Ty Summers
GB Curtis Bolton
RB Adrian Amos
CF Darnell Savage
CF Raven Greene
CF Vernon Scott
CF Frankie Griffin
CF Will Redmond
CF Henry Black
CB Jaire Alexander
CB Kevin King
CB Chandon Sullivan
CB Kadar Hollman
CB Joshua Jackson
1 ~ Clark is a Star in his prime, but the Inner Trench Warriors as a whole are on the shaky side.
2 ~ The Edge Defenders, on the other hand, are extraordinary. The Smith Brothers are ascending SuperStars.
3 ~ The MidFielders are an enormous question mark. Blake Martinez left in Free Agency. Burks is a 2018 3rd Rounder who hasn't been able to stay healthy. Neither has Kirksey, who's barely played half a season of the last two, yet he was a SuperStar and may yet be, again, if he's finally 100%. Beyond those 2, there simply isn't much!
4 ~ Their Secondary is loaded with young Studs and Stars in their prime.
***
Defensive Coordinator Michael Pettine quickly and considerably improved the Packers Defense, last year, perhaps mostly due to signing 2 good, young Dragons ~ the Smith Brothers! ~ and then immediately developing them into great young Dragons. The Packers Run Defense wasn't all that much, last year, but their Pass Defense was phenomenal.
They didn't help themselves any in the Draft, but the Defense is young, talented, and well coached. If Kirksey and Burks can stay healthy, they have a good chance of another excellent year, now that Pettine's system is in place.
LE Montravius Adams
BT Gerald Willis
WT Treyvon Hester
LE Dean Lowry
BT Tyler Lancaster
WT Kingsley Keke
DE Preston Smith ~ Will
MF Christian Kirksey ~ Mike
MF Oren Burks ~ Ted
DE ZaDarius Smith ~ Sam
DE Jonathan Garvin
DE Rashan Gary
MF Kamal Martin
BX Timothy Williams
BX Jamal Davis
MF Ty Summers
GB Curtis Bolton
RB Adrian Amos
CF Darnell Savage
CF Raven Greene
CF Vernon Scott
CF Frankie Griffin
CF Will Redmond
CF Henry Black
CB Jaire Alexander
CB Kevin King
CB Chandon Sullivan
CB Kadar Hollman
CB Joshua Jackson
1 ~ Clark is a Star in his prime, but the Inner Trench Warriors as a whole are on the shaky side.
2 ~ The Edge Defenders, on the other hand, are extraordinary. The Smith Brothers are ascending SuperStars.
3 ~ The MidFielders are an enormous question mark. Blake Martinez left in Free Agency. Burks is a 2018 3rd Rounder who hasn't been able to stay healthy. Neither has Kirksey, who's barely played half a season of the last two, yet he was a SuperStar and may yet be, again, if he's finally 100%. Beyond those 2, there simply isn't much!
4 ~ Their Secondary is loaded with young Studs and Stars in their prime.
***
Defensive Coordinator Michael Pettine quickly and considerably improved the Packers Defense, last year, perhaps mostly due to signing 2 good, young Dragons ~ the Smith Brothers! ~ and then immediately developing them into great young Dragons. The Packers Run Defense wasn't all that much, last year, but their Pass Defense was phenomenal.
They didn't help themselves any in the Draft, but the Defense is young, talented, and well coached. If Kirksey and Burks can stay healthy, they have a good chance of another excellent year, now that Pettine's system is in place.
Green Bay Packers Prospectus
New Head Coach Matthew LeFleur led the Packers to a spectacular improvement in his first year, as they went from 6-9-1, in Michael McCarthy's last year, to 13-3, and that's without Rodgers making any notable improvement.
Coaches LeFleur and Pettine are Revolutionaries. And what they're doing seems to be working. They had a horrible Draft, though, and even Revolutionaries are sometimes prone to take a step backward, after the first surge of success. Complicating matters further is that Rodgers is such a weirdo, and has strange relationships with WideOuts.
I'm gonna predict that step backward...But I wouldn't be shocked if they made it to the Super Bowl!
Coaches LeFleur and Pettine are Revolutionaries. And what they're doing seems to be working. They had a horrible Draft, though, and even Revolutionaries are sometimes prone to take a step backward, after the first surge of success. Complicating matters further is that Rodgers is such a weirdo, and has strange relationships with WideOuts.
I'm gonna predict that step backward...But I wouldn't be shocked if they made it to the Super Bowl!
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