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  1. Jopal78
    I don’t disagree. That’s why he went out and got Parsons— job preservation. LaFleur is a good coach, has schemes to move the ball and score against almost everyone with mediocre talent on offense (how many first round picks does he have on offense? 3?) Gutekunst is a competent GM, would be a gamble assuming you can get someone even better. Then there’s the question if you fire Gutekunst, you likely have to fire LaFleur as well, as a new GM will want his own coaching hire
  2. Jopal78
    It’s not LaFleur’‘s fault they lost. yeah they should’ve kicked the field goal early in the game. Nonetheless, LaFleur had a game plan to put points on board and did so with his back up QB even. Defense and ST let them down. Jacobs and Doubs fumbles were the difference in the game The 2025 Packers are just not as talented as the hype machines would have you believe
  3. Jopal78
    Don’t fool yourself, look at the talent the Bears have invested in offense. Williams, Loveland, Odunze and OT Darnell Wright were all top 10 picks. , DJ Moore was a first rounder, Swift was take 35th overall and Luther Burden 39th overall. They traded for 2 Pro Bowl guards this year too. Does Ben Johnson get credit for exceeding expectations this year (even though they were set pretty low)? of course, but there are probably high school coaches that could succeed in the pros with the talent group the Bears have amassed in offense. LaFleur knows what he’s doing and schemes up a good game plan, but it’s objective that LaFleur doesn’t have the same talent level on offense as Johnson does so it’s not an apt comparison.
  4. Jopal78
    We’ll see how it shakes out. You’re right they have got a pretty good grip on the final conference playoff spot right now; but haven’t earned anything. If they lose to Chicago and Baltimore (they do struggle against mobile QBs) they would then need help to get in.
  5. Jopal78
    I’m not talking solely defense. Although if you want to go there, the defense with Parsons not putting away the Giants and Cardinals with backup QBs until the final drive of the game, and getting 40 dropped on them by the Cowboys without Lamb their best offensive weapon, all speaks loudly. The point is and remains: the whole team even with Parsons wasslightly above average at best. Not the top team in their conference, and through 14 games with Parsons nobody can say they were even the top team in their division. It would be an interesting exercise to take time and go through the rosters of the NFC North how many players on the Packers outside of Parsons would even be the best player at their position in the division? McKinney, maybe? Tom? Would it really boils down to, is the GM has been spinning his wheels for 5+ seasons, his contract is coming up, so he pushed in all his chips and hopes to make a splash with Parsons, and improved results before last Sunday weren’t readily apparent for his team, and no the long run is bungled with lack of premium picks and huge contractual guarantees.
  6. Jopal78
    It is objective, they are no better this year through 14 games with Parsons than last year, but last year they had seven games against playoff teams on their schedule. This year they’ve had what turned out to be an easy schedule. Backing up for a moment, in ‘24 they went 2-5 against those 7 playoff teams , 1-5 in their division and some how convinced themselves they were one player away from being a Super Bowl contender If you think the 2025 Packers are on a similar trajectory to the 2010 team, you’re fooling yourself. Reflect a moment and ask yourself in how many games have they actually played consistent good football. 2 games maybe? And that’s with six games so far against bottom rung teams, Now, they don’t have Parsons, the picks or the cash to try to get better in 2026
  7. Jopal78
    Watch the clip, he must’ve taken too many shots to the skull: he doesn’t remember that he actually got 23 million dollars guaranteed from Arizona. Next, he says while there was no guarantee he would accept it; he wanted the Packers to make him an offer, then contradicts himself at the end of the clip, saying if they would’ve offered him $5 million he would’ve taken it. That’s the problem with talk shows and podcasts they need content, so when some guy goes on and feeds them a line of BS, they don’t have the ability to call the on it.
  8. Jopal78
    Unless they believe there’s somebody they can get who’s better they’ll keep him and give him another contract. Sherman and McCarthy hung around like that longer than they should have
  9. Jopal78
    He’s played 12 of 14 games, they are undefeated in the games he missed! Give me a break.
  10. Jopal78
    Ha ha. They haven’t played a game without Parsons yet. If you mean Watson and Elgton Jenkins as best players, I guess the bar is set low for the definition of best players. They’re 3-1 since Wyatt went down. Hard to argue his loss has meant much despite the hype.
  11. Jopal78
    There’s no negativity, I don’t buy into the Packers/media hype machine. Nobody had the 2010 Packers winning the Super Bowl. They happened to gel late in the season and get on a roll. What does that have to do with calling the 2026 squad’s mediocrity? My point is: playing what turned out to be a fairly easy schedule while adding a premium talent like Parsons, the Packers have not performed any better this season than their wild card team of ‘24 who got bounced in the first round. They apparently weren’t as good as they thought they were and paid a high price to find that out. We’ll see if they can win Sunday earn that division title and maybe get on a roll.
  12. Jopal78
    Oh boy. Every team has Super Bowl odds. They’re not a predictor of reality, it’s to set betting expectations so the house makes money either way. There is no way to back door your way to the Super Bowl. 5 of the Packers 9 wins have come against doormat teams who have less than 20 wins combined. They are 1-3 this year against non-losing teams outside the NFC North (Which may suggest their division isn’t too good this year either). More importantly, they might not make the playoffs and Parsons hasn’t missed a game yet! Super Bowl Contender. Sheesh.
  13. Jopal78
    Come on! Sounds like an apologist. Every team has injuries. A team with Super Bowl aspirations doesn’t drop games to Cleveland, and Carolina and get lit up for 40 points on defense. Those were with Parsons. To go further 2 best OLs? Elgton Jenkins was already a bust at Center when he was hurt. (Their OL actually improved when he went down). Who’s the other OL? Tom, Walker, and Rhyan have played all 14 games. Banks 12, Belton 11. Maybe you mean Morgan… haha. They were 4-3-1 with losses to Cleveland, Carolina and a tie with Dallas before Wyatt got hurt so not sure you’re right there either. Watson has never had 650 receiving yards in a season due to injuries. If he’s truly one of their “2 best WRs” as you say, then it also means their receivers aren’t any good. Point is they were 11-6 last year. Added arguably the best defensive player in football and are 9-4 with 3 games remaining when said best player suffered a catastrophic injury. Sounds to me like they weren’t as good as they thought they were; paid a high price (Parsons) to find that out and now are going to have to really hit on some players in the second day of the draft and later to get better for next year.
  14. Jopal78
    Didn’t take long for the Parsons trade to turn on the Packers. Despite adding a superstar defender the Packers are not better (record wise) in ‘25 with Parsons than without in ‘24. So one could already argue the Packers mis-evaluated where they were as a team and the juice wasn’t worth the squeeze. With Parsons out into next season they can’t cut underachieving Rashan Gary now. Yet he, Love and Parsons all makehuge dollars resulting in limited cap room without converting guarantees to bonuses and fouling their future cap. With cap issues Infusing more talent into the roster will be more challenging and only exacerbated by the 2 first round picks that went to Dallas (cue up jokes they would’ve botched the picks anyways!) Finally a big question mark if Parsons who relied on speed and explosiveness will be the same post surgery. The Packers do not have an out with Parsons until after 2027. Bakhtiari’s struggled for 2 years after his non-contact ACL injury and still ultimately ended his career. Though Watson seemed to have recovered back to pre-injury levels. If Parsons doesn’t make it all the way back, and the team goes backward on the field it probably costs the front office their jobs
  15. Jopal78
    They won the division with 97 wins and basically return the whole squad in 2026 if they choose to. The wish list likely includes a five tool shortstop, controllable starting pitching and/ or a power hitting corner infielder. The shopping list likely includes a back up catcher, utility infielder and pitching depth.
  16. Jopal78
    Look at it conceptually: Duran coming off of a down here with a 4.7 war. Say he simply matches that for the next three years that would be 14.1 war. Peralta coming off his best season is a 5.5 war pitcher. He took a team friendly extension once in the past, so I would put the odds at him declaring free agency after 2026 as near 100%, no matter what team he is on. Megill has been a 1.5 war pitcher and has two seasons of control left. 14.1 > 5.5 + 3. That’s why these two teams don’t really lineup for those players. Boston will certainly want more than Peralta and McGill for just Duran. Additionally, the Brewers are not likely interested in dipping into their minor-league talent to acquire a corner outfield bat, where they’re already have everyday starters at those positions plus a litany of bench players for those spots on their 40 man roster
  17. Jopal78
    Neither team would do that trade. Duran had a bWAR of 4.7. Peralta had a bWAR of 5.5 in 2025. Under this scenario, Boston isn’t going to trade 3 future seasons of Duran plus a top pitching prospect for 32 starts from Peralta and Trevor Megill. They wouldn’t do it straight up Peralta for Duran and most likely wouldn’t agree to Peralta AND Megill for JUST Duran. For the Brewers, Peralta is their best trade chip this offseason, they’re not likely going to cash it in for an already well paid OFer because , it doesn’t move the team forward subtracting from the pitching to add an OFer where they’re already 5 deep.
  18. Jopal78
    I’ve been on these boards long enough to recall you thought it foolhardy when Joey Wiemer was traded too 😎. Thats why we’re fans and not working in baseball.
  19. Jopal78
    Collins doesn't play CF and Frelick is going to play RF most days. The Brewers have a laundry list of players to cycle through LF, so the trade really is a player the Brewers didn’t need (Collins) and a player they didn’t want (Mears) for a lefty pitcher they like who may still have some upside, with a slight reduction in payroll. Zerpa < Collins + Mears.
  20. Jopal78
    Shaping up to be another Brewers style offseason: bargain shopping for depth to raise the talent “floor” and hoping for young players Turang, Chourio, Durbin, Frelick to continue to develop offensively with a boost from Contreras being healthy again.
  21. Jopal78
    Having had TJ surgery in March of ‘25. He should be close to being mound ready by the time Spring Training rolls around.
  22. Jopal78
    A million bucks and a 40 man roster spot for a guy with 1100 MLB PAs, with 2+ years of team control and an option remaining.., what’s not to like? Depth is a good thing, and the Brewers did use 14 different players in the OF last year: Chourio, Frelick, Mitchell, Yelich, Lockridge, Perkins, Collins, Cameron, Avans, Berroa, Contreras, Monasterio, Black and Bauers.
  23. Jopal78
    If Peralta is not dealt, the above would probably be the reason why. What I mean is, like with Adames in ‘24, the one year of control remaining for Peralta is most likely more valuable to the Brewers than for any team trying to trade for him. Also different from Corbin Burnes in ‘23 where he was set to earn 15 million dollars and the Brewers were likely more motivated to move him for cost savings as well as talent replenishment. Unless there’s a contending team without a true top of the rotation starter (like Baltimore in ‘23), there’s probably a lack of teams willing to trade blue chip major league ready players for a season of qualitiy starting pitching depth.
  24. Jopal78
    Cam Schlitter and Spencer Jones for Peralta. Who says no.
  25. Jopal78
    It’s admirable you did the research, but where the Brewers are in their success cycle they’d be kind of dumb to trade major league assets for players in A ball. I think they want to try to win as much as they can with the current group before having to re-tool
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