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Not overly enthused about our new DB coach going into 2023.

Veteran player/coach Jerry Gray left for another gig elsewhere and MLF promoted last years' Safety coach Ryan Downard into the role.

He seems just a little too MLFy for a DB coach I would prefer a DB coach with some serious chops - there is so much talent to work with in GB.

(MLF did bring in a new def. passing game coordinator, Greg Williams)

https://www.packers.com/team/c...-roster/ryan-downard

The Green Bay Packers promoted Ryan Downard to defensive backs coach on March 10, 2023.

2022 Bio: Entering his seventh season in the NFL, Ryan Downard began his fifth season with the Packers and his first as the team's safeties coach after spending three seasons (2019-21) as assistant defensive backs coach.

Downard originally joined the club in Jan. 2018, as a defensive quality control coach. His first NFL experience came in 2014-15 when he served as a defensive assistant with the Cleveland Browns

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@Timmy! posted:

And can play a little TE, too!

...likely better than Tyler Davis.

I suppose it's possible they make a bit of a splash in free agency. Dalton Schultz, Mike Gesicki, Austin Hooper, Jordan Akins, MyCole Pruitt and Foster Moreau are out there. Schultz  and Gesicki would likely demand a $10m+ average, but the other guys could be had for much less.

Last edited by Herschel

Maybe we can kick the tires on Tebow. Wasn't Miami trying to project him to TE after Denver decided one playoff win wasn't good enough?

Hopefully Tonya leaving will force Gutey to upgrade the position finally. Love could do a lot worse than having Jones, a promising young TE, Watson, Doubs, and a new second round WR. Hopefully Toure is practicing somewhere out there.

@Herschel posted:

...likely better than Tyler Davis.

I suppose it's possible they make a bit of a splash in free agency. Dalton Schultz, Mike Gesicki, Austin Hooper, Jordan Akins, MyCole Pruitt and Foster Moreau are out there. Schultz  and Gesicki would likely demand a $10m+ average, but the other guys could be had for much less.

Take Gesicki off the list. Signed with Pats for 1 year $9 million.   J F C.

@ammo posted:

Take Gesicki off the list. Signed with Pats for 1 year $9 million.   J F C.

Mike Wahle thinks Gesicki is one of the least physical of this years FA TE's.

He preferred Parris Campbell (2.5M+), Hayden Hurst (7M), Austin Hooper (7M) and Dalton Schultz (15M/pipedream) for the Packers.
Edit: Doh, Parris Campbell is a WR, not TE.



#sourgrapes

Last edited by antooo

I can see the Packers going big for a TE in this draft and letting him develop.

There aren't any big UFA's we would lose in '24 besides Dillon and Gary.  Gary will be resigned.  Nobody expects the Packers to make the playoffs this year.  It does kind of make sense to get a good draft in, get younger, and start pushing for a playoff in '24 when the younger group has another year under their belts.

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