Packers Huddle

Packers or other, always fun to have it down it writing instead of just saying I told you so. You can show us.

Probably add a few, but starting small

• Packers play in the wild card round (2-7 seed)

• Rashan Gary becomes an all-pro this year

• Bears still suck

Bolder

• Jordan is in the MVP discussion at some point this year (air time on ESPN or NFLN, his graphic up with Mahomes and Hurts, et al, etc. etc.)

• Luke Musgrave leads all TE's in the NFL in Touchdowns, short of a good QB year, he wins OROY

• Packers D finally turns the corner, top 10 in points and yards

Over/Under for Packers wins is 7.5. I'll take the over at 8. I'll be in Vegas this weekend, so I might even end up putting my money where my mouth is. Will be back later to make some predictions that are actually bold.

D should get us 6 wins. O 5 wins. ST minus 1 win. So 10 wins.

10 wins. D is top 5. O is top 10.

7. D will be lesser than its parts... again. But better than previously. Love needs to prove he can throw accurately past 10 yards.

I want it to be 13-4 SO badly so the narrative is "MLF just always wins 13 games a season unless Rodgers just decides he doesn't want to play there anymore and bombs"

But that feels like a huge leap; like a lot of luck would have to befall us. I can't go that bold. Voted 11. Our schedule is cake; our division is up in the air. And, like, I just really like our team. I think if Love is captain check-down, right read like 95% of the time and the other 5% Watson and Musgrave and Reed and Jones are making splashes, we'll be incredibly effective on offense. And the pass rush and corners on D have me hyped.

Ok, so actual predictions:

The Good
- Romeo has more catches than Watson, they're within 100 yards of each other, but Watson has nearly double the TDs (like 11 to 6 or 12 to 7)
- Enegbare finishes 2nd on the team in sacks
- Darnell Savage leads the team in INTs (but Jaire is Revis Island quality)

The Bad
- Stokes' injury ruined him
- We'll be bottom-third of the league in yards per rush--both attempted and allowed

Going to go with 9, but think it could be anywhere from 6 to 11.

Vikings finish last in the North.
49ers miss the playoffs.
Jets get no better and Aaron Rodgers doesn't hit 65%.

I got us at 9 wins. I would be shocked if they do better than that. There is just so much dead cap currently they’re handicapped every game and on top of that they lack experience are don’t compliment their strengths on each side of the ball.

If this team was in the AFC they would be staring down a 6 win season I think.

I also chose 9 wins.

Good Predictions:
Musgrave is the real deal and either wins offensive rookie of the year or deserves to.
Kraft and Reed are very good too. Watson and Doubs have solid 2nd year improvement.
Van Ness gets 9 sacks in rotation, second only to Gary.
Brooks and Wooden excel and are both solid rotational players.
Nixon is the All-Pro returner again.
Myers improves and starts every game.
Love makes solid progress and ends the season as a quality QB. He is better than his 7-5 record as a starter.
Rodgers makes the 65% but gets benched in December for insubordination and sucking. The jets fall apart and the Packers get the 3rd pick in the 2024 draft. They take Fashanu.

Bad predictions:
Love gets hurt and misses 5 games but is healthy at the end of the season
Safety is a big problem. Savage regresses again.
Stokes is not fully recovered until December
Nixon is not very good in the slot
Jones misses most of the season and Dillon is swarmed and ineffective.
Bakh plays in less than half of the games. Nijman starts at LT until he wiffs once too often and Love gets carted off the field
Only 9 wins mainly because the running game fails. MLF is not effective at play calling without Jones in the backfield and both Love and Clifford take a beating.
Packers do not win the NFC North

Mixed bag:
Clifford plays significantly in 5 games and the Packers win the last 2. He looks really good - for a rookie. He improves in every game.
Packers lose the wild card playoff game but outplay the opponent in every way but the final score and fumbles.
Packers trade down with their own draft pick and take a safety at the end of the 1st and another in the 2nd.

Really really bold prediction: Clifford looks so good in his 5 games that the Packers trade him in the off season for a 3rd 1st round pick.

I see between 7 and 11 wins. If our run game isn’t pretty good we’re looking at 7 maybe less. If it’s whT it should be9-10 shouldn’t be an issue.

I think that “9 wins” is the comfort zone for most Packer fans to hope for. I might be crazy, but I believe in what the Pack is doing and that they will actually be better in the long run w/o AR12. I’m picking 11 wins this year. Whether that claims the NFC North, I don’t know.

Most unlikely player to have great success: Savage.
Love’s season: 33 TDs to 11 INTs.
Most productive rookie: Reed. 85 catches, 800 yards, 7 TDs.

The North sends 3 teams to the playoffs.
Love plays better than expected.
Packers defense doesn’t. Which cost the Packers a few games.

I picked 11, but I'm an optimist.

Packers will be in a lot of close games this year.
Defense will win several of them for the O
Musgrave looks like the real deal, Jayden Reed as well
Van Ness shows promise, finehes with 5 sacks in rotation
Gary absolutely eats and costs us money with his extension by playing great football

Safety concerns me, hopefully the front 7 can keep QBs from having a lot of time.

This is an 8 win team

Cdragon wrote: ↑

05 Sep 2023 21:15

10 wins. D is top 5. O is top 10.

If our D is top 5 and our O is top 10....we are looking at a lot better than a 7 loss season. We are looking at a 13-4 record with those stats.

14 wins, 13 losses.

90% of this is guessing. The other half is straight math.

A TE is not winning OROY. Even if he has a historic season for a rookie TE, which I could see happening, it's not going to out-produce a WR, RB, or QB.

go pak go wrote: ↑

06 Sep 2023 11:19

Cdragon wrote: ↑

05 Sep 2023 21:15

10 wins. D is top 5. O is top 10.

If our D is top 5 and our O is top 10....we are looking at a lot better than a 7 loss season. We are looking at a 13-4 record with those stats.

That's what makes it bold!

Prediction: The Bears will still suck

10 wins, just miss out on division but snag a wildcard spot.

Love plays better than 2022 Rodgers.

Defense disappoints...again.

Bakh plays only a handful of games and is IR'd by December. OL doesn't miss a beat.

Non-Packer predictions:

Rodgers has a resurgence in NY. In the MVP convo.

Cardinals are historically bad.

Jacksonville is the surprise power of the AFC.

Philly isn't the powerhouse in the NFC, or even in the NFC East for that matter.

Russ is benched in Denver.