@Boris posted:Can we make it 8 please! Personal reasons
TWSS!
The Wins Still Suck?
All I want is at least one more win than the Vikings and Bears get.
This team will get their act together and make a playoff run. I believe this will happen. In fact, I’ll stake my anonymous internet reputation on it.
@Fandame posted:All I want is at least one more win than the Vikings and Bears get.
And I will throw in a 2007 style Lions collapse in the second half of the season. They go 6-2 the first half of the season and then 1-7 the second half. I don't think it can be available for a Christmas stocking stuffer since there will be 2 more games to play after the 24th. But I will take it when I can get it.
@MichiganPacker posted:If Bakhtiari and Jenkins stay healthy the whole year, I'll say the Packers win at least 9-10 games. If Bakh struggles to stay on the field again, I'll say 6-7 wins. As promising as Walker may be, HOF-level LTs aren't that common, and Bakh is at that level when healthy. His presence at LT opens up a lot more of the playbook in the passing game.
Looking smert for shur
@Koopla Krash posted:Really going to enjoy this season - I think the season could be 14-3 or 3-14. However, I believe in the talent on defense, the healthy OL, arguably one of the best special teams (coaching included), and the studs at RB. Yes, the WRs/TEs are young, but I have faith that LaFleur will call the right game plan to utilize their sky-high potential. This all truly comes down to Jordan Love - my fingers are crossed that he is up to the challenge.
14-3
Ooof
Hindsight......20-20 is on line one for you. Hindsight, are you there?
@michiganjoe posted:Silverstein predicted 10 wins and said if they don't get there it's on MLF.
It looks like 10-win Tommy may be hedging his bets on who deserves the blame for the Pack's ineptitude (or at least its offensive ineptitude) in his latest contribution to great sports journalism: "Going young didn't work for Packers, now Brian Gutekunst must fix it with some veteran help". (The article is behind a JSO paywall).
Yep, old 10-win Tommy, who foresaw a team on the rise just 7 weeks ago, is now advocating for Gute to trade for a veteran player (he names DeAndre Hopkins, Hunter Renfrow, Jerry Jeudy, Mike Evans, and Derrick Henry - yes Derrick Henry LOL!) to add some stability to an offense that is in disarray.
Silverstein's crystal ball obviously wasn't functioning properly when he looked at the OL.
To be fair, after week 1 the OL seemed to be what was expected. Then Bakhtiari doesn't play another down and Jenkins gets hurt. Since week 3 they have been lightyears away from combobulated.
Three lowest graded offensive players this week from Herman: Walker, Jenkins and Runyan (he notes the injury to Elgton is a significant factor).
@michiganjoe posted:Three lowest graded offensive players this week from Herman: Walker, Jenkins and Runyan (he notes the injury to Elgton is a significant factor).
They must see something in Walker during practice and training camp that we just don't see yet. He's Jason Spriggs level bad during games.
@H5 posted:To be fair, after week 1 the OL seemed to be what was expected. Then Bakhtiari doesn't play another down and Jenkins gets hurt. Since week 3 they have been lightyears away from combobulated.
Yeah..... Missing an all-pro left tackle tends to decrease the lines effectiveness
Then losing Jenkins and Jones.
I'm guessing Gutekunst and LaFleur expected more development with the OL from last year to this.
Think they also expected to have a semblance of a running game.
@MichiganPacker posted:They must see something in Walker during practice and training camp that we just don't see yet. He's Jason Spriggs level bad during games.
He looked more promising early on. Now the whole group is just in a tailspin.
The late great Brian Clough. Always good for a quote back in his day.
I stick with my prediction of 10 but I may have underestimated this team.
I saw some twitter post last week about the mortality rate of tail gunners in WWII. Something like 80%.
@MichiganPacker had 6 or 7. He's got 6!
I have 8. Got some work to do.
YA with 10....the most they could possibly have is 11 in the regular season....soooo we'll see.
This is priceless! Shit!!
"The Green Bay Packers are going to be one of the worst teams in the NFL in 2023."
— NFL on CBS 🏈 (@NFLonCBS) April 24, 2023
—@AdamSchein on the Packers pic.twitter.com/0GS7JTSWPx
@packerboi posted:Lose to the Bores twice? And we have to play them on the road twice? Dayyumm.
I'll go with 9. Packers slide in as a WC.
GB can get to 9-10 IF the defense actually plays like a top 10 unit and ST's is among the best in the league. Neither is a stretch.
This defense has 8 fuckin' 1st rounders plus All-Pros in Alexander, Campbell, and Douglas. A Pro Bowler in Clark and assuming Gary at some point is back to being Gary, add another Pro Bowler there too.
Assuming they stay relatively healthy, Barry is really the only thing holding that unit back. The schedule isn't that brutal for the Packers.
This offense is going to look a lot like the 49er's. Love needs to be smart with the football. The scheme and the running back duo of Jones/Dillon will do him a lot of favors.
Genius IQ level 200 Well done @packerboi
Adam was probably in that group of people ("fans") protesting outside Lambeau after the TOG divorce.
I don't think the record really tells the story. If I knew in the beginning of the year that they would finish 9-8 I would assume a "meh" season and they miss the playoffs or limp in to get booted handily in the WC round.
What the record doesn't tell you is how they are currently playing. They are as hot as any team in the league right now and certainly better than their record suggests. DAL@ DAL is a tough draw but I don't think they're the "7th best team in the NFC". I think they're better than DET, TB, possibly PHI and LAR. And they would/do have a shot vs DAL and SF.
They eliminate the mental errors and the D keeps playing like this and they have a shot vs anybody.
@DH13 posted:I don't think the record really tells the story. If I knew in the beginning of the year that they would finish 9-8 I would assume a "meh" season and they miss the playoffs or limp in to get booted handily in the WC round.
What the record doesn't tell you is how they are currently playing. They are as hot as any team in the league right now and certainly better than their record suggests. DAL@ DAL is a tough draw but I don't think they're the "7th best team in the NFC". I think they're better than DET, TB, possibly PHI and LAR. And they would/do have a shot vs DAL and SF.
They eliminate the mental errors and the D keeps playing like this and they have a shot vs anybody.
Yup, getting better seemingly every week.
@Boris posted:This is priceless! Shit!!
"The Green Bay Packers are going to be one of the worst teams in the NFL in 2023."
— NFL on CBS 🏈 (@NFLonCBS) April 24, 2023
—@AdamSchein on the Packers pic.twitter.com/0GS7JTSWPx
I have to be honest, after the Pack was 3-6 and looked every bit as bad as their record, I think a lot of people including myself felt the same way as this pundit.
The last 8 games the offense came alive and proved all the doubters including myself dead wrong.
I had the pack at 6 wins. Beat the Queens , Loins and Bares and I would be happy.
Well I'm happy!
Sorry for overestimating them at 10 wins, but it's that Giants game. What a debacle.
How big does that WK03 Q4 comeback, and missed walk off FG by the Saints look now? Yikes!