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@Tschmack posted:


To that extent, it’s frustrating Gute didn’t go all in and trade for a DL or LB or WR at the deadline.  Yes it would have involved a 2nd or 3rd rounder.  But the Packers are close.  Real close.  And why not take that shot this year?  

That's my biggest frustration - not adding some DL help. I get why you don't add a WR at the deadline. A lot of the effectiveness of a WR has to do with timing and reps with the QB. It's hard to get that adding a guy mid-year.

A LB might be the same thing since there are a lot of things schematically you have to learn.

On the other hand, adding a good run-stuffing (or at least someone who can put up some mild resistance) DL is a potentially quick fix. There's a lot less playbook study for a guy whose job is basically taking on the guy in front of you and prevent them from getting to the LBs behind you or to command a double team. Howard Green was signed off the street on October 27 in 2010. Adding a guy like that even for a 4th or 5th round pick would have been the best move. Maybe there was no one like that available, but even casual fans can identify the run defense as their biggest problem and it's even worse now when you hear from the announcers yesterday that a 1-win Jags team is making remarks about how you can beat the Packers by playing physical football.

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