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Oh c'mon. What part of that was condescending? The feigned outrage here is...wild. These are the two comments; What the last paragraph was addressing; What I actually said; This is what you're outraged about? That was "unnecessarily condescending" PLUS passive aggressive and also sarcastic? First of all, you seemed to be asking a question. One that I didn't understand as it's OBVIOUSLY about being a fan of a particular team. The site we're on isn't "Baseballfanatics," it's Brewersfanatics." Is this site collectively more concerned with the development of Desmond Ridder or Jordan Love? So no, it wasn't condescending, passive aggressive and sarcastic. I guess you could say I was "befuddled." Which frankly seems more "passive aggressive, unnecessarily condescending and sarcastic," then me asking how a forum about the PACKERS in a thread that's literally...labeled PACKERS Game thread isn't about any one team? It was a rhetorical question to make a point. Yours...I'm still not sure if you're asking a question or what point you're making. Well, let me explain then. They were playing maybe the best pure rushing team in the NFL(excluding the QB). The best Guard, and two elite run blocking tackles. Bijan Robinson is a "generational," type talent at back...insofar as that term gets thrown around, but a back that comes around every 5-10 years. And yet the Packers had allowed 12 points and had stopped them when they needed to. 1st and Goal on the 1, the Packers held them out. So they faced an elite back who did over half his damage rushing on 4 carries and because I watched the game, I can say it was VERY different than years past. It wasn't massive holes, they were moving the Packers off the point, it was just a great running back...and then a QB who really kept them in the game with his feet. The 4th down rushing TD, the several 3rd/4th down runs where Ridder scrambled. You can be befuddled because I have a different view of what happened? Bottom line, the Packers got stops when they needed to. Particularly in short yardage situations like the sequence in which they Ridder rushes, gets pushed out at the one, they run a play, can't get in, they run 3 more plays, the Packers stop them. 4 players from the 1 yard line vs a team that was "gashing" us all day long and they had to settle for a FG? You can't just read a box score and come away with a feel for how the game went. As when you pointed out the difference in yards and I mentioned the Vikings outgained us when they got the doors blown off by the Packers? The two big PIs. That's two plays the Packers got single coverage, Love put the ball where it needed to be and very easily could have been 75 and 78 yard TDs. But it doesn't go in the box score. There's a flow and a feel to the game, and I don't believe the Packers were getting dominated defensively by the Falcons for the reasons I mentioned above, among a litany of other reasons. They faced a team that...in my first post, I pointed out was an elite running team. The most run heavy team in the NFL and they'd given up, again, 12 points and come up with big stops when they needed them. So I hope this clears up any befuddlement on your behalf as to why I don't think the defense was just getting gashed by the run UNTIL the Packers went to an ultra conservative approach and ran 6 plays from the last part of the 3Q through the 4Q until they got the ball back down 1.

Yeah, I don't think there's a big difference in their responsibilities. I don't think they have a strong side or a weak. It's definitely not like a 3-4. I think they're pretty interchangeable, but I may be wrong. It does feel like when that're playing that cover 2 and they want their MLBers to get those deep drops, Walker is the guy doing it and Campbell is on the back or playing underneath more. That's as much as I can tell, but I don't know. Maybe they do have a strong side backer and Campbell is getting caught in the wash more because he doesn't have as much freedom. I also don't think that Campbell is playing as poorly as Quay did last year(I don't actually know how poorly he's playing as to my eyes, he's struggling, but PFF still gives him pretty good grades the last two years). The gap in athletic ability between the two may make the gap look bigger than it is. In any event, Quay looks incredible and Campbell is not playing on the level he did 2 years ago. I didn't publicly complain about the selection of Walker at 22, but I've never been a fan of using a pick that high on a MLBer because so few are special and you can generally get good production if you have a great line in front of them, but the depth he's getting on his drops, the sideline to sideline plays, the violence at the point, he's taking one of the biggest Year 2 jumps I've seen in a while from a Packer. I'd long held the belief that if you have a great DL, you'll have really good MLBers. Philly has shown this as TJ Edwards, a 4.9 40 guy was outstanding for him. But Walker has been a great pick and makes the Adams trade look that much better now. In fact, looking forward, there's a LBer at UGA who looks like a 3/4 rd pick in Smael Mondon Jr. He took over for Walker. He's 6'3 220. He's not as physical though he's faster and can fill out. But he plays with an edge, he plays the slot, he may be even more fluid. It's way off topic, but Re the draft; I'd still say addressing the OL(Bakh, maybe Myers, even RG, even JRJ who's a FA) and a DL if there's one available early, especially before it becomes a significant need(so you have Clark for 1 more year, someone to take someone who can take the load off there and then replace him). But I'm a convert. Now that I've seen what freak athlete like Walker can do, I'd love to add another athlete who again, can develop a year under Campbell. The size and speed of the defense is so clear. And we're still playing Gary about 1/3rd the snaps and we're without a 1st rd pick in Eric Stokes who's shown he can be a really good boundry CB. Plus, we're weighed down with Barry and I believe Valentine is one of the 5 best DBs and as such, he should be on the field.

No, we really weren't. Of the final 40 plays, the Falcons ran 30 of them, the Packers ran 10...and that includes the 4 in the final 57 seconds. It was so clear the defense got worn down in the 4th quarter. The Packers were coming up with stops when they needed them, the offense became overly conservative, had possession for I think ~3 minutes the 4th quarter and the end of the 3rd. So 6 plays and more like 2:30 until they got the ball back. I'm not putting this loss on the defense facing that rushing attack, I'm putting it on the offense. They had the Falcons on the rope and they stopped swinging. I DON'T think this was the same old defense, I think this was growing pains with Love and...then just the absence of the left side of their OL, Jones. But they've got a 1000 yard back, a running QB and the 6th overall pick in the draft and one of the top RB prospects in years PLUS one of the elite run blocking OLs. And they were still managing to get off the field(save for the 3 4th down plays) until the offense just couldn't get a single 1st down. The Falcons made some nice play calls as well. That naked boot by Ridder...great play. That play was going absolutely nowhere if he gives the ball up on that outsize zone, but on 4th down, the naked boot led to a score. There is a FUNDAMENTAL difference between how this team played, even yesterday and how this team has played in the past, giving up 200 yards before contact or just allowing the OL to re-set the LOS. The worst players on the field on the team defense were probably Nixon, Campbell and probably Ford. But Quay played great, Clark better, Wyatt, Slaton, Savage again. But again, if you're getting regular snaps from Hollins, Brooks, Wooden and Enagbare(and that was one personnel grouping on a 3rd down play)...that's a problem. Hollins is your 6th best Edge. I said before the game, they should activate Ford for this game...but they didn't. An I don't know if that changes much, but there's ZERO doubt Clark, Slaton and Wyatt wore down...maybe a couple 1st downs could have prevented that. And I don't know if the first sentence was a question, but how is it not about being a fan of a team? Do you follow the Falcons all year? Anyway...you can both sides this all you want. I'm gonna look at it from the Packers vantage point.

Dillon definitely ran better. Ran harder. A couple times where he actually could have bounced it outside and he didn't, but given how often he's tried when the hole was there, I'll take that. He was physical. I agree with not banging on the DL for getting gashed. They played well enough most of the game, just wore down because the offense couldn't hold up. Campbell is good at diagnosing, but the gap between he and Quay is now enormous. I think most of that is Quay just getting better, but some of it is certainly Campbell not playing as well. Love has really been protected schematically and by the OL. Even with the Walker/Nijman rotation(Which I also don't get, Walker appears to be the better OT at this point) he had time to throw. Maybe with Jenkins, Bakh, Jones and Watson out, you're limited in the playcalling? And the only nit picking I'd do with Whelen is he's not good at dropping the ball inside the 10-15, but he's also a rookie. Savage looked really good. Along with Jaire and Quay, he had a ball he could have picked. Had two hands on it, but he looks like a different man. Zach Tom is also proving he's an elite OT and probably the future at LT(which means RT should be a priority in the draft, but that's for another day).

Yeah...so what though? It's kinda like we're Wisconsin fans and talking about it from the Packers perspective. I'm not a Falcons fan wondering how the Falcons could get better. I'm a Packers fan who wants to break down how the Packers played, not every other team in the league. And sure a LARGE part of the self inflicted wounds were the constantly short possessions in the 2nd half and specifically the 4th quarter that led to the defense getting "gashed." Do we do this with any other sport? If the Brewers come up with the bases loaded and no outs and we have 3 terrible at bats, do we "both sides," that and say," well, remember, the Cubs had a bad at bat in the 1st and then in the 3rd...

Yes, sub packages would be packages we employ for pass rush situations. That's what I'm saying here; Odd front=Odd numbered front. So the 4 man fronts with 2 DL and 2 OLBers where we often have our DEs playing 3-4 techniques or where the DL would line up. So when I say they're not going to line up as a 2 in an odd front, I'm saying they're not going to play a 2 when we're got 3 DL and our 2 edges. Those would be snaps in which we'd have no NT. Of course there's not going to be a NT playing 100% of the snaps. Nickel comes in, DL comes out, that DL is ALMOST always the NT, he kicks over to DE. They rush 4 unless they bring pressure. The exception being when Za'Darius Smith would come in, rush over the guard and Clark would stay at NT or be allowed to hunt out the matchup he wanted inside. You put Clark/Smith/Gary and line them up over the Center, Guard and OT, now you're getting one on ones or they're forced to slide their protection to help you, and But just last year when you were talking about Slaton playing so little at NT early, he still got more snaps than Clark at NT week 1 and 4 of the first 8 weeks...and then the last month of the season he was the primary NT. Anyway, there's a pretty strong correlation you can see when you line up his best years with his time spent at NT(I did get it backwards, it was 21% last year 16% the year before). But his PFF Grades; 2023-69.2(not sure he's played NT at all this year...he did play better vs Atl. He was lining up over, probably their weakest OL, their rookie from Syracuse). The WHOLE point of moving Clark was the belief that he'd get less double teams, but that's not what has happened. He's gotten just as many, but now since you have a NT playing DE, that first step over the Center is no longer and advantage. 2022-66.4 2021-74.9 2020-73.8 2019-79.9 2018-90.2 2017-87.3 Primarily played NT in '19, '18 and '17. I think the production and the grades line up pretty well with the eye test. The whole point of moving Clark to DE was to get him more one on ones, but that's not happening. https://www.acmepackingcompany.com/2022/11/30/2346773/kenny-clarks-usage-has-been-unusual-in-2022

And 70% of the time the team that wins the turnover battle wins the team. So what? Pretty sure the Vikings out-gained the Packers by quite a bit last year when we were up 40-3 on them before winning 40-17. We had 18 more yards against the Bears last week in a game that was 38-14. What's more...I don't really care. This is a Packers board and we're talking about how the Packers played. We got worn down and played conservatively. One score or series in the 4th quarter and the Falcons have to abandon the run game. That pick 6 right in Jaire's lap, the very same ball that Quay took to the house last week, the ball that hit Douglas in his hands. Yeah, I think we were the better team, we took our foot off the gas in the 4th quarter and the Falcons completed their comeback. I think @Fear The Chorizowas right. There were half a dozen plays where if we just make the play, we win.

As maybe Dillon's biggest critic, I thought he played well. I ALSO thought that Kenny Clark had a really nice game. I don't agree(at all) that the Packers were outplayed all game. Yardage totals don't mean much to me. But, again, you nailed it when you compared this to Rodgers 1st year as a starter. 8 games they were tied(2) or leading(6) in the 4Q. And I still feel like they're holding Love back. I want to see some more plays off script, and eventually connecting on big plays. But so far, Love has looked like a competent QB, but for those of us who've watched him closely, he's also been one who's been very....protected. And that's fine, but we're going to find out exactly how good he is in some of the games vs better defenses.

Yup. I think this is pretty much as accurate of a description as you can give. Just ONE play in any facet of the game and it's a W, especially one earlier that forces them to go to their passing game. Atlanta has Ridder at QB. They have great weapons, but they're one dimensional. You have a chance to force them to play to their weakness, but left them enough room to be able to stick to their strengths. BTW, easy to see how that Roschon Johnson went under the radar last year when he was playing in the same offense as Bijan. My god that dude is electric. I think it was old snapper that said this was similar to Rodgers 1st year as a starter(6 games lost with a 4Q lead, 2 when tied in the 4th). I guess it's just part of growing, but it doesn't make it any less annoying.

What do you think needs to be rebuilt? Uribe-6 years of team control Payamps-3 more years Peguero-6 years Milner-2 years Megill-5 years(maybe 4) Vieira-6 years Wilson-3 years So if you just play it out, you've got Milner and Devin Williams who ONLY have 2 more years of team control left. And the Brewers find elite relievers like my dog finds things to smell. Just open the door and there are 5 relievers falling into their lap(obviously they have to go out and find them, but they're just fine). He will not sign 'them.' He MIGHT could sign Woodruff and that's a stretch IMO. Burnes is gone. Unless Paul Mendard buys the team and Burnes continues to throw well, he'll pitch elsewhere come '25 and I'd guess by '24. Appreciate watching him in a Brewers uniform. IF he'll trade him, that's gonna be an interesting debate. If you could get a pitcher like 2023 Aaron Ashby for him. Someone who has elite stuff, but some warts. But when they're on, they're throwing 99MPH sinkers and they've got secondary pitches that give them the upside of an ace, but of course there's always the risk they could become 2024 Aaron Ashby's. Would you take that or a couple of them or just go through the season? I doubt the Front Office has an answer and I'd bet Attanasio wants to keep both of them. And another really good point that was made by someone else, but if the Brewers make 3 Qualifying offers in 2024, in the 2025 draft, they'd have their own pick, they'd also have a competitive balance pick after the 1st round. That'd be 5 picks in the top ~40 that also give them a huge bonus pool. So MAYBE in retrospect, all the "the Brewers can't afford to let players like that go for a draft pick," is an idea we should be re-thinking. Assuming that they keep Woodruff and Burnes, you're REALLY unlikely to add much offense. The offense will most likely come from within. A full year of Frelick, Turang, Mitchell, Wiemer, then Black, Chourio maybe Quero, Wilken is in AA already, but that's a lot of potential upgrades from within. In a perfect world, Burnes/Woody would have been about 2 years younger so there was more of a crossover, but there's not. That's why I'd like to see them trade them. See how the season plays out. If Philly has a bad post-season, they'd be an obvious team and they have 3 big time power arms in AA. I'd want Painter and I've already said I'd even include Devin Williams in a trade to pry away a pitcher like him, even considering the fact he's coming off TJ(better right before they hit the big leagues than during service time IMO). So I can see both sides. And it'll also depend on how the Brewers post-season goes, but generally, I'd prefer to make a trade in which we get back an elite pitching prospect and then maybe 2-3 lower rated prospects. Guys who are in LowA or whatever, but have one or two nice tools. It's going to be really hard for Arnold to distinguish himself. I know I personally view it as David Stearns ear even now. This is a team Stearns built. The farm system, Stearns. The pitching, Stearns built the infrastructure, the player development, analytics, all Stearns. The draft was just objectively a huge success just a few months later. Our 1st rd pick in AA hitting well. 2nd rd pick has hit well. A high upside prep arm in AZ working, and then just so much young talent in Knoth, Letson, Chambers on the mount and Bitonti and Pratt who could have both went in Rd2 of an extremely deep draft and it wouldn't have been a surprise to anyone. So I'm certainly not anointing him. He has done an outstanding job of building off what he was given. Wade Miley, Contreras, Payamps, Peguero, Canha, Santana, Wilson, Rea, Teheran, Monasterio, trading Urias seems like it was a good decision, but hese are moves around the peripheral. Not the changes to the core he'll have to face one way or another. The real test will come when we see what he does with one of the top farm systems in Baseball and how he transitions from Burnes/Woodruff period to the Chourio, Quero, Frelick, Quero, Gasser, Wilken periods. Even then, until we see any aggressive moves, trading away or trading for talent, it'll still be viewed as Stearns team.

It's all about Jedi mindtricking the Bears until after the '24 draft. "This is not the QB you're looking for...you're looking for the QB from North Carolina...you do not want this QB." Except I actually think Maye is pretty good, so...think of someone else maybe.

Did he? I was of the impression he suffered it in the Hudson Center, but...that'd be even sillier. I don't want to play the "you get paid ___millions of dollars, we don't care how you feel about it, go out there and play card," but...he got paid 92M dollars and I don't care how he feels about turf field, so go out there and play! Seriously, it's a worthwhile discussion to have. I'd bet it's even worse for concussions. Whatever. But does he feel NO obligation without Rodgers here to just...suck it up and play? Just this week he's gushing about the potential of this team and how he's taken Love under his wing. Anyway...Zach Tom was once again just outstanding. I'd still be happy with the Packers going OL/DL with their first 3 picks. And if they're going to make a trade, trade for a Center. Josh Myers is not good. But I'm sure he's better than Royce Newman.

Just...ONE more year please Chicago! If they get Caleb Williams...which is really possible for that team with Carolina's 1st as well, now they're the team with the MVP QB. And while I still think we'd own them because they're just fundamentally inferior people to us, it's already annoying as hell to see a Justin Fields highlight where he completes a 10 yard out to Darrell Mooney spammed all over Twitter. Watching a modern day Archie Manning making awesome looking plays, even on a losing team is more than they deserve. They deserve Mitch Trubisky, Caleb Williams and then...Graham Mertz. Lets hope he has a huge year in the SEC and convinces a team he's a 1st Rd QB. Trubisky did it, no reason Mertz can't(aside from talent, but that's seldom been a priority for Chicago when picking QBs).

There are different types though. There's the Andrew Luck, Josh Allen, Jalen Hurts types and there are the Lamar, Russell Wilson...and I think Fields is in this second group. The first group just lowers their shoulder trying to gain extra yards and the 2nd group seems to be so smooth and avoid those big hits. That is what I'd look at. Caleb Williams is a smooth runner who gets down. Kyler does a good job of getting down. I haven't seen Richardson play much yet, but it sounds like he's lowering a shoulder and trying to run dude's over. Probably because at 6'4 245 and with that just freakish athletic ability, he's been able to do so his whole life. But I definitely agree. Especially now with QBs making 55M a year(effectively fully GTD for injury and play) and by the time Herbert signs and whoever else and then Mahomes gets his extension, it'll be 60M, if you're going to run...GET DOUWN!

I think we lost 6 games in which we led in the 4th quarter and 2 games we were tied in the 4th quarter Rodgers 1st year as a starter. That team reminds me of this one sooo much. I think ATL will prove to be one of the best rushing teams in the NFL this year, but if you put together one drive, if Love makes one or two throws(or is given a couple more opportunities on 1st/2nd down to make another throw or two) this game is the Packers and we don't even get into the Falcons wearing the Packers down. I'm still really excited about this team, but I want to see more put on Love's shoulders. I want to see more than a competent game manager who doesn't turn the ball over and has pretty stats. I wanna see LaFleur keeping his foot on the gas when it's a 2 score game. Not sure that happens in Week 1 without the Walker Pick6. Also not sure if that's fair to ask of Love without Jones, Watson and Jenkins, but until we see that we still don't really KNOW what Love's really capable of.

Ok....so not Savage playing too far back. I don't know. What should they have done? If they play Dime there and bring in another CB...not that they seem to trust Valentine at all despite all reports that he was one of the best players(not rookies or surprise players, just best) of camp. And if they are playing with 6 DBs, 2 DL, 2OLB, 1MLB, they probably just hand it to Robinson anyway. Everyone knows I hate Barry as a DC, I want him fired, but I think the defense is getting too much heat here. They're a matchup nightmare and you could have beaten them by...scoring in the 4th Quarter and not trying to milk a 12 point lead.

Do you mean Campbell on Bijan or Savage playing the deep middle? I'd imagine they'd tell you that playing press man across the board vs big, physical WRers(and Pitts) who can go get 50/50 balls, you don't want to completely sell out. That'd be Barry's justification and there's some logic to it, but I'd rather force them to make a play and if they do...then they do. As for Campbell on Bijan....I don't know, dude is a menace. Here's a bigger problem I have. Where the hell is Gary? Why is Hollins playing? I get LVN got hurt, but he's strictly an effort player.

No, they kept saying they had zero concern about his knee structurally long term. I still think it's worth having him on the roster this year as they transition to Love, but next year the balance swings pretty heavily. Jenkins has the sprained MCL. That's a pretty vague designation, but on the long end it's probably 6 weeks. On the short end it could be less than a week. Jones has come back in I think 10 days from one. Just matters how bad it was. Probably which knee as well. If it's the surgically repaired knee, it may be a bit longer, but that's just me speculating.

I don't think there was way they could have moved on from him up until June 1 and...he obviously wasn't going to New York if he's not playing on Turf. Unless this is a team decision and not just a Bakhtiari decision. I believe based on his comments, this is Bakhtiari and I don't believe it's because he can't. I think he's built Turf up into a much greater risk than it actually is. It IS a higher risk, but it's not like you're 20% more likely to get hurt, the difference is small. Very small. The Detroit game Rodgers convinced him to play half in and his knew blew up has also likely have a lasting psychological impact(or maybe issue than I think it is). I'm gonna withhold judgement right now just because I don't know what's actually going on other than...he didn't play week 2 vs the Falcons, but there is absolutely no question that OT is the #1 priority this off-season. But yeah, if he's gonna be sitting for games they play on turf, then....all the sudden the Math becomes SO much easier. Is Bakh worth 19M? No. So he'd be cut/traded in the off-season.

That's relatively good news. That's anywhere from 2 to 6 weeks I believe(I may have spent 8 years in College, but for some reason that doesn't qualify me to be an "MD," just because I didn't "go to Med school." Who thinks is a scam). BUT...someone tell Bakh to go out there and play. Unless his knee just isn't strong enough to handle turf which...yes, I get it's slightly more dangerous, but it's not like you're playing on old Veterans Stadiums Turf. Or what the hell, get Walker Snaps at Guard at practice. If he's capable of playing LT, he can play LG. There's no Earthly way Royce Newman is our 3rd best G. It...just CANNOT be possible. And he's sure as hell not one of our best 5.

The transferring is ridiculous as there's no point to it. He's going to enter the NFL at 20. Not sure if that played a role in his decision to reclassify, but it's a huge benefit for a RB. I think it's a near given he's gone after this year and only to play on Sundays. It does seem a bit strange they didn't give him any carries most of the 1st half and then when they finally did, they started to really ride him. But if it was an injury, it stands to reason they wanted to see if they could get through the game vs GA Southern without having to use him much. I'm still a bit frustrated with their...dedication to the passing game to seemingly set up the run game irrespective of Allen's health. But it's going to be 2-3 years before you can really start making any decisions on Fickell...and you can wait until next April before making any crazy declarations that Allen is not an NFL back.

I see a lot of people bashing the defense...and they COULD definitely have played better. But when the issues really started, IMO, was when the Packers went into kinda shutdown mode. I get you're down your LT, your LG, your #1 WRer(not even sure that's true, but biggest threat)...your #1 RB(by a LOT). But it felt like they didn't trust Love enough in the 4th. It feels like they're trying to REALLY protect him...and I understand why, but this is it. We're live. He's passed the 1st test, but it doesn't feel like you even let him take the 2nd test. Your defense is getting gashed, they're wearing down...put the ball in his hands and go and finish the Falcons. As for Barry and the defense, I'm not a fan of Barry, but I think this was more the Falcons just being an ELITE running team. They have 3 really good OL, they had big, physical receivers on the edge who are involved in the run game and I honestly didn't think they played that poorly. WE allowed them to stick with it by not finishing them off. Clark has a good game(he was lined up over that Bergeron, the rookie from Syracuse). I thought Slaton played well, Quay Walker was sideline to sideline. Van Ness looked good vs the run until the injury(hope it's not a torn pec, looked like a situation where that could happen). Wyatt was good at disrupting. But the problem was you have to rotate guys in and there were WAY too many plays in which Brooks, Hollins, Enagbare, Wooden on the field. I said in the original post, I thought this may be a good game to promote Ford...but they choose not to. Bottom line, you let them hang around and you didn't finish them off. Frustrating, but I think Atlanta is going to give teams a lot of problems with their run game.

I don't know exactly what it is, but it certainly feels like it's a statement. He's not practicing indoor at the Hutson Center, he's not playing on games on the turf. He looked GREAT last week...jumping around, bending. And now you're just...sitting out nearly 1/3rd of the games, including vs two of our biggest division rivals? IF that is the case, terrible look at his career as an elite LT is over. Now I'll allow for the chance that the Packers are very confident in Walker(he looked very good, but ATL doesn't have great edge rushers) and they're the ones trying to play it safe...but I wouldn't bet on that given how vocal Bakh has been about turf, I doubt that's it. BEST pass blocking LT of the decade(arguably the best all over, though I'd lean Tyron Smith)...record setting extension and that fluke injury, 3 more surgeries and now he's skipping games on Turf. Yeah, it's a shame. I think the Packers win vs TB and SF if we have Bakh(and likely today vs ATL).

That's...just ridiculous. Of course he does. And the offense is a fine fit for him(not the best) but when he actually gets the ball, he gashes the defense. He's literally rated as the #1 draft eligible RB on many boards and a 2nd round pick on others(though the two aren't mutually exclusive); He's the size of Dillon, he's 19 years old and he has exceptional lateral quickness...for a ~250 pound back. Now if the Badgers refuse to give him the ball until they get desperate, then it MAY hurt his draft stock, but as I said in another post, the fact that he can catch the ball and is proving he's better in the passing game may actually help him. https://www.buckys5thquarter.com/wisconsin-badgers-football/2023/7/19/23798583/is-wisconsin-badgers-braelon-allen-the-top-running-back-in-2024-nfl-draft-luke-fickell-blake-corum https://theathletic.com/4729979/2023/07/31/braelon-allen-wisconsin-football-nfl-draft/ https://www.nflmockdraftdatabase.com/players/2024/braelon-allen He's almost certainly going to enter the draft. If he goes in the 2nd or the 3rd....he's got an NFL future.

That's multiple players not on the 40 man roster(who likely won't be added on come post-season) who would not make a substantive impact right now. I guess you could go with Toro and Small. I don't think I trust Small more than Chaffin...and I really don't see the ~8th pitcher in the pen as a big area of concern. If we're going to get rid of Chaffin, I'd bring back Lauer If we're giong to get rid of Anderson...I guess Toro would be fine, but he wouldn't make the post-season roster. Wiemer is going to stay on the roster for his defense and speed. Perkins could also be an option and...I guess Mitchell if he starts to really start hitting well, but seems unlikely. There are 16 games left. Any more I'd make would be in service of lightening the load on our starters and would be more Tehran, or veteran pitchers. Owen Miller would also be a consideration. I don't really think we need to make many changes to a team that's in a groove and has won...what, 15 of 20. Seems like a pretty good roster at the moment.