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Photo Credit: Mark Hoffman, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel In 2024, the Packers’ offensive line was ranked 3rd among the NFL’s pass protection units. Guess where they ended up in 2025?  21st.  Why the drastic drop-off? You can thank Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst for changing the entire dynamic based off one player. Josh Myers. Myers was drafted by the Packers in the second round of the 2021 NFL Draft. He played out his entire rookie contract through 2024 with the Packers before signing with the New York Jets in free agency on a one-year, $2 million deal. Two million dollars is chump change in terms of NFL contracts, and the fact the Packers didn’t end up re-signing Myers was a mistake. He wasn’t an All-Pro center by any means, but he fit the Packers’ offensive line scheme. The other problem is Gutekunst and the Packers front office had no succession plan to replace Myers at all. Well, actually they did. The brilliant succession plan from Brian Gutekunst was to move All-P...

Packers General Manager Brian Gutekunst, Feb 4, 2026 Packers General Manager Brian Gutekunst held his season-ending press conference yesterday. There were plenty of triggering quotes in this presser, but none of them topped Gutey’s endorsement of special teams coach Rich Bisaccia. “I have a lot of faith in Rich and what we’re doing there.”  On top of that, Gutekunst also said he has “emphasized special teams” from a personnel standpoint more in the last four or five seasons. I mean what are we talking about here? Packers special teams have been a disaster for years now on the field and in rankings across the league. Then he has the nerve to say he’s emphasized it? If emphasizing special teams means putting Romeo Doubs back to return punts and two rookie receivers who never returned kicks, it’s hard to take seriously.   Brian Gutekunst says he's emphasized special teams from a personnel standpoint more in the last four or five seasons and has seen the payoff. Expresses his fait...