This is my thing with Gary and the argument of he doesn't play because of the Smith Bro signings and development. He's a high DE/OLB pick. 1 year to develop (2 max) behind Z and P, great. I'm thiking 1 year max with this supposed crazy talent. If he isn't playing significant snaps next year WTF was he drafted? Conversely, why were both P and Z signed?
If he isn't playing in lieu of guys like Lowry or even Lancaster with different looks on the Dline by next year (and no, I don't mean specifically playing DE/DT) then I'm not sure what the point was. The Packers don't have the luxury of well, 1st round luxury picks if those picks aren't seriously producing results. The mid draft WR shotgun approach sure didn't work (hopefully EQ can do something bigger) and the wrangling to try and get something out of Randall pick has failed too (through no fault of Goop).
I will never say having a really good depth at OLB isn't a need but in this case that super talent depth needs to get his ass on the field.