Adebo is coming off a broken femur so he should be back at full speed. He's the only CB I like on the list. D.J. Reed is really small. He's the kind of CB the Packers avoid.
Getting a depth piece on the O line is a really big need. One that a rookie can rarely fill. Other than Slayton, I don't see anybody in free agency that can help the WR room. MVS drops too many passes. While He's fast, you still have to complete enough passes to make him a threat.
It looks like the 2025 offense is the one that finished the season in 2024 at Philly. Rookies rarely make a big splash on the Packers offense. Reed was the exception in some ways but the draft is mostly about depth on offense at this point. Wicks is going to gave to make a huge jump to become a reliable third down target. If he languishes like he did this past season, other teams are going to crowd the box and it could be really ugly on offense.
2025 is a tough year to improve the offense in a big way. Gute can still improve the defense, however, using free agency and the draft.
Eh by nearly all metrics GB were still one of the Top offenses in the league Top5 in many that matter. Continued growth is not something on a whim, but is something you traditionally see in players. I strongly suspect that the massive issue inside the entire WR room, except for Watson, of drops won't be an infection like it seemed to be again and that alone would cause a small bump.
This offense also dealt with a limited or gone TE2 and an unknown commodity in Lloyd being out...getting them both back for sure at minimum is a bump in the positive direction. Our offensive line returning 4 of our 5 main starters (and a guy in Morgan that started a game and split time when he was healthy at RG).
I agree this year is not the hot commodity year when it comes to offensive side of the ball for the top shelf type moves you can do to move the needle. BUT as we have often seen in the league it is not the only way to increase the level. Even if we add a veteran depth iOL, an experienced TE3 and a WR all of being mid-tier level type guys would be an excellent thing for the offense as a whole.
It continues to crack me up how folks just don't understand the logic behind signing MVS IF the road led to that. Waiting till after the draft will allow you to know if you drafted a guy with the vertical threat but perhaps not as polished all around game (MVS blocks well for his role) and you have no need. However, IF we don't get Slayton or see Gute add one of my lessor desired guys like say Godwin or such....AND we don't draft a burner, MVS on a cheap one year deal for that role which we don't have being filled holds immense value. And for the depth of target MVS typically has, his catch percentage is barely low to most deep threats except for the absolute elites of history at it (DeSean Jackson as example).
Personally, would much prefer the Slayton signing and then getting a Jalen Royals or another burner (Thornton later or others) over MVS signing...but again a lot depends on what all can and does happen in both FA and also the draft.
Often I’m way off.
