Green Bay Did Nothing at the Trade Deadline. That is Not Good

Since we have no final results yet on the election last night, I am going to write about sports. In fact, I'm going to go full bore back into all pop culture right after we have some kind of resolution to this election. It has been wild and crazy, and seems like it will continue to be for quite some time, so sit back, find something else to occupy your mind, and try to relax. I know that is what I'm going to try and do.

Anyway, the NFL trade deadline came and went, and nothing really happened. This whole season has been weird. There are no fans, teams seem to come in and out of seriousness, players that don't get COVID seem to injure themselves and it has been a very, very down year, as I expected. What I didn't expect though, was the Packers not getting another receiver to help out Aaron Rodgers and Davante Adams.

I had been hearing and reading, I have barely watched any games this year, that Green Bay was in the market for a wideout. I thought they could have drafted one, but with the deadline approaching the other day, it seemed like they had some deals in place, or at the very least, talked to some teams about making a trade. The Packers have parts too. They can trade assets, they could give up draft picks. they have younger guys that could see the field on other teams, they have options is what I am getting at. And they wouldn't have to tear apart the core that has them sitting at 5-2 right now. But they didn't pull the trigger. They didn't make any moves. The deadline came and went, and they stood pat. This seems like a Mike McCarthy style move. I thought they were past that. I thought, with Matt LaFleur being this young "offensive guru", that they would try and put players that could work in his system. They didn't.

I'm not knocking the current guys. I love Davante Adams. I like Aaron Jones and Jamall Williams. I think the O line is great. And I knew they weren't going to get a guy like AJ Green, or go out and sign Dez Bryant or even try and lure a player from a contender, like Allen Robinson. But I thought they could get someone. I was actually really hoping that the Will Fuller trade was going to happen. He is on a bad team, he doesn't get targets, he seems like he wants out and wants to go to a good team, and Green Bay could have really used him opposite Adams. If they were able to swing a deal, and get two upper tier wideouts, why not go for it? This could have really helped out the entire offense. Teams would have had to gameplan for what could have been an even more explosive offense. When healthy, you put Rodgers out there with Adams and Fuller at wide out, that O line and Aaron Jones in the backfield, they could have been dynamite. They would have been a problem. They have been a problem for most of the season, and Jones has been hurt, and teams try to double Adams, and it isn't working for them. Bringing in Fuller would have made them that much more powerful. They would have taken over the field when on offense. Teams would have to pick and choose who they would double cover. Aaron Jones and Jamall Williams would have gaping holes to run through, and lots of field with the secondary being focused on two really good receivers. But they just didn't do it. And then they made excuses, claiming that they "never wanted to make a trade". If that's true, that is a bummer. But I don't think it is true, I think Green Bay, as they have always done, didn't get exactly what they wanted, or if they did they asked for more, and the Texans said no thanks.

Oh well, I guess they are happy going 11-5 and winning a playoff game before being ousted by a younger, better team. They should have, and definitely could have made this trade. Why they didn't, I don't think I'll ever understand.

Ty

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