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We’re close to halfway through the Green Bay Packers’ bye week, so let’s look to the future. What do you think this Packers team needs in the remaining three-quarters of the season?
Personally, I don’t see much room for improvement, from a personnel standpoint, at least not in a way that would be realistic. I don’t think it’s smart for Green Bay to trade a second-round pick for a rental of receiver Chris Olave, like Sports Illustrated suggested earlier this week, for example.
The Packers are still expected to get back receiver Christian Watson, defensive end Collin Oliver and offensive lineman John Williams, who are currently on the physically unable to perform list, running back MarShawn Lloyd, receiver Jayden Reed, offensive lineman Jacob Monk and defensive end Brenton Cox Jr., who are on the injured reserve, and offensive linemen Aaron Banks, Anthony Belton and Zach Tom, who missed Week 4’s action against the Dallas Cowboys, at some point this season. Those players, when they’re healthy, should give this team a shot in the arm. The only season-ending injury that the Packers are dealing with so far is to tackle Travis Glover, whose 2025 season is officially over.
The big improvement I could see the Packers making in-season this year is adding another defensive tackle. We all saw how poorly the Green Bay defense played when Devonte Wyatt dropped out of the Packers’ three-man defensive tackle rotation against the Cowboys due to injury. When undrafted rookie Nazir Stackhouse had to step up, he arguably had the worst performance of any offensive or defensive player for the Packers in any game this season.
Post-Kenny Clark, Green Bay really has no margin of error at defensive tackle. They’re already playing a ton of snaps with three players, so that Stackhouse didn’t have to see the field consistently. When even one player goes down, it’s clear that the Packers’ defense struggles to get off the field.
So I’d nominate another defensive tackle, so that Green Bay could get a real four-man rotation going on the defensive interior. I’m not sure that the team would be eager to trade away yet another future draft pick for one, but I could see a disgruntled veteran asking for his release from a non-contender somewhere around the trade deadline. That’s probably the Packers’ best bet, assuming that Christian Wilkins’ foot still isn’t healthy.
What do you guys think?
