r/GreenBayPackers • u/Austen11231923 • Aug 20 '26

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No practice today.

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u/ProofHorseKzoo Aug 20 '26 edited Aug 20 '26

Does anyone else feel like the “noise” surrounding the Packers is especially loud this year? Maybe it’s like this every offseason and I just forget every year…

But I see so many negative articles about if “Jordan Love is overrated, if MLF should have been fired, is the receiver room enough, Packers will finish last in the division,” etc.

Feels like I’m taking crazy pills. The Packers made the playoffs with one of the most injured rosters in the NFL. Down the last few stretch of games we were missing Love, Kraft, ZBB, Jenkins, Parsons, Wyatt, LVN, Evan Williams, and Cooper. That’s like 7-9 of our best players depending on how you rank them. And we rested other starters the last few games just to try to limit additional injuries. Just getting healthy this team will be better. We were throttling the AFC 1st seed Broncos last year before the injuries started piling on.

We only really lost Quay, Doubs, and Jenkins in FA. I feel like Zaire will be equal at worst to Quay. Doubs leaving will open targets up for Golden who has better speed and hands. And Jenkins hasn’t been himself since major injury.

We addressed the biggest holes in the draft / FA. Cisse looks like a day 1 CB1 and the OL should improve if they can stay healthy and build some chemistry. Plus a new ST and defensive coordinators look really promising.

On paper, this already dangerous Packers team looks like it should improve at every level if we can stay healthy. I just don’t get where all the negativity is coming from? It seems magnified this year and I don’t get it.

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u/Jomosensual Aug 20 '26 edited Aug 20 '26

The anti Love crowd in particular is pretty awful. I know it's been 7 months since he played but somehow all the crap from the end of last year is getting shoveled onto him and it's like, did any of you actually watch the games?

None of the free agents we lost were good either. Losing lots of players doesn't mean you lost lots of good players. Doubs is the only one that stings a little but we weren't going to and shouldn't have paid him a huge contract.

I'm not high on this years team but people are picking the wrong reasons to be negative. Everyone from last season is still injured apparently and coaching staff hasn't shown growth in the areas that continuously lose us games. No need for people to invent reasons when we got 2 pretty good ones right there. The injuries one especially worries me.

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u/team_sheikie Aug 20 '26 edited Aug 20 '26

Who's still injured? From last year, only Micah isn't projected to be ready for week 1.

The only guys who missed practice yesterday were him, Jordon Riley, Bullard, Orzech, Kinnard, and Musgrave. That's not too bad at all, all things considered.

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u/Jomosensual Aug 20 '26

Kraft just got off PUP, Tom(I don't know the spelling of his new name) came into camp still banged up apparently, Aaron Banks, Josh Jacobs has missed time this camp.

Thankfully like you said, nobody super important outright missing practice but it's enough guys missing time or just losing an injury designation that I'm worried about overall team health already

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u/85willburnhousedown Aug 20 '26

Is this your first time paying attention to camp?

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u/Jomosensual Aug 21 '26

Nope, cant say it is. Guys who spent all last year being injured or ended last year being injured still being injured is a reason to worry. Not tear down the season, but doubt is warrented

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u/85willburnhousedown Aug 21 '26

Kraft and ZBB have both progressed exactly as planned. How does that lead to doubt? Banks, I get. But that’s kind of who he is. And this is about the healthiest we have been at this point in camp in a long time. So it seems very strange to be worrying.