Tremendous Bowls aren’t gained within the offseason, however Howie Lengthy thinks that the Inexperienced Bay Packers have no less than solidified themselves as a title contender with the strikes they’ve made.
After all, the Packers landed arguably the perfect defensive participant in soccer once they acquired Micah Parsons from the Dallas Cowboys in August. However along with that commerce, Lengthy additionally pointed to a different transfer that Inexperienced Bay made to assist put itself in prime place to make a run in 2025.
“They could not get stress. Micah Parsons takes care of that,” Lengthy mentioned. “In the event that they get the Jordan Love that they’d two years in the past down the stretch, they’re golden. Talking of [Matthew] Golden, their No. 1 choose, there’s quite a lot of buzz about him being the No. 1 receiver they’ve needed for a few years.
“I feel this workforce couldn’t solely win this division, but in addition be a Tremendous Bowl contender with the expertise that they’ve.”
The affect that Parsons may make to the Packers’ protection is fairly comprehensible. He is arguably been the perfect cross rusher in soccer over the previous few years, recording no less than 12 sacks in every of his first 4 seasons within the league. The Packers, in the meantime, have been sixth in yards allowed final season, however have been twenty second in workforce stress price.
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As for why Golden may very well be an impactful add, Inexperienced Bay solely had one extensive receiver who logged over 700 receiving yards final season (Jayden Reed) and Christian Watson can also be for the foreseeable future. However Golden was additionally touted as arguably the perfect extensive receiver within the 2025 NFL Draft class after recording 58 receptions for 987 yards and 9 touchdowns at Texas final season.
If Golden can reside as much as the hype, it is easy to see a Tremendous Bowl contending path for the Packers contemplating the variety of video games they gained final season regardless of some underwhelming play, accidents and inheritor age.
“Inexperienced Bay is type of an fascinating workforce,” Lengthy mentioned. “They’re the youngest workforce in soccer. They gained 11 video games final yr. They went 1-5 within the division. Jordan Love, injured Week 1 in Brazil, and I do not assume he was wholesome for almost all of the season. I am unsure if he was ever wholesome. He struggled with turnovers. The extensive receiver room struggled with drops. They have been backside 5 in drops.”
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