The Green Bay Packers entered the 2023 season with the approach that the team was rebuilding. Packers two-time All-Pro left tackle David Bakhtiari said as much back in April.
“The Packers are rebuilding whether you think so or not,” Bakhtiari said months ago and prior to the team’s trade of future Hall of Fame quarterback Aaron Rodgers to the New York Jets. “[People will say] ‘Could they be good, I don’t know.’ More people are going to think they’re [the Packers] going to be more bad than good, right? That’s fair to say.”
The Packers ended up flipping Rodgers, their 15th overall pick in the 2023 NFL Draft and a 2023 fifth-round pick to the Jets in exchange for New York’s 13th overall pick (became DE Lukas Van Ness), a 2023 second-round pick (became TE Luke Musgrave), a 2023 sixth-round pick (became K Anders Carlson) and a 2024 conditional pick (became the Jets’ second-round pick). Green Bay had to eat just over $40 million in dead money against their 2023 salary cap as a result of trading Rodgers, but he is now off of their books this offseason.
As a result of these moves, it looked like the Packers were in for a tough year. Quarterback Jordan Love, the team’s 2020 first-round pick, entered 2023 as a first-time NFL starting quarterback for the NFL’s youngest team (average age: 25 years, 214 days) in Year 1 A.A.R (After Aaron Rodgers). That number was heavily influenced by essentially every Green Bay offensive skill position player outside of running back Aaron Jones (29 years old) being 25 or younger:
2023 fifth-round pick wide receiver Dontayvion Wicks (22 years old)2023 second-round pick tight end Luke Musgrave (23 years old)
2023 third-round pick tight end Tucker Kraft (23 years old)2023 second-round pick wide receiver Jayden Reed (23 years old)
2022 fourth-round pick wide receiver Romeo Doubs (23 years old)Undrafted wide receiver Malik Heath (23 years old)2022…
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Author : Garrett Podell
Publish date : 2024-01-25 17:34:13
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