My apologies to all of you who plan your entire week around my Wednesday morning column (all three of you). There just wasn't any free time in my day (or evening) yesterday so there's no real Polluted Mindset today. I'll just rattle off some quick hits here and hopefully give you all some things to argue about in the comments.
Rich Bisaccia 'stepped down" because he realized the personnel limitations the Packers place on him and special teams, in general, were ruining his reputation as a top special teams coach.
Recently, I stated my belief that the weakest position groups with the least depth on the Packers were CB and iLB (assuming Qualy Walker is not getting paid by the Packers). I was shocked to hear Gutey publicly mention those two groups as needing "more competition," which I believe is his code word for "better players."
As every week goes by, I'm less and less convinced that the Packers will release Rashan Gary this offseason. A restructure to keep him one more year is possible, though.
I was glad to hear Gutey indicate (in so many words) that the Packers are going to be careful not to over-spend and hamstring themselves cap-wise in the future. I could be wrong but I believe he was hinting at limiting the use of the void years trick.
As I'm doing my college OT tape-watching for the CHTV draft guide, my initial impression is this is a pretty weak class, especially near the top. There are no Penei Sewell or Joe Alt types in this draft. Two or three of the top five could very well end up at guard. So far, I'm not impressed.
That's all folks... I'll do better next week. Maybe.
Go Pack Go!