Next moves, Tramon to safety, fire McCarthy after season , the Browns await him .

Matt, need to drop the "In Gutey We Trust". (sounds too much like "In TT We Trust").
Try: "Going With Gute" or "We're Good With Gute".
Both are more like season 2018 & beyond.

Looking at these trade moves from a stock buy or sell view point, did the Packers change who they are?
Neither Dix or Ty were non replaceable and certainly neither gave so much individual play to disagree,though Dix was able to pad his stats from actual defense of another to earn praise at times however falsely given and accepted.
I have contended for years that the defensive players have been at best C+ with occasional B, though Clark is a steady B+ and A, Daniels becoming more a wavering B- with Matthews and Perry being no more than the grades of their rotation fill ins.
We have a couple of new players that have what's been missing for sometime as in Alexander for example.
But has this team suddenly altered from the trades, I agree with both, to something we needed to have and many ' optimistically ' for years have hoped for , solely on the movement of two players. I don't think so, but is there any bad time to rid your team of non game changing players, no. Just don't fool yourself into believing a new dawn suddenly arrived from it. It may look brighter without them but as always...looks are deceiving.

I love what Gutey is doing. He said he's not about sending a message to the locker room, but he sent a message to the locker room, and probably MM too.

Who's next?

I'm not willing to trust Gutey yet. We may have a wolf in sheeps clothing. Or we may just have the 2nd Ron Wolf. While I won't condemn Gute's moves. There still were questions in his last draft. Like a kid not reporting. The second trade up for Burks. And just who got the better players per picking yet. The evaluation is still on going. I TRUST in MM. Years of service, with finding the right players has taken it's toll. We judge on what we read more than take him at his word now. Sides are quickly picked because their our Favorites. We don't trust are eyes and let our hearts rule our mind. We've become Yo -Yos'. And we roll with the ups and downs. It's to rocky to Trust Gute now. But hopefully were headed in the right direction.

I like what I see from Gute so far. He is always looking to improve the team and not waiting around. He needed to move Monty and Dix and he did. He not only has done what is best for his team he may have actually helped the careers of both players.

I may not agree with every move Gute makes or every draft pick but I like that he has demonstrated so far in his tenure that he is willing to try all approaches to improve the team. That is the GMs job. Keep looking for ways to improve the team. Good job Gute so far. Thanks, Since '61

Gute showing no loyalty to TT's picks. Does that extend to MM? Certainly explains why MM reports to Murphy now. I wonder how much of this is known to the players and maybe that has been a point of contention in the locker room too.

Maybe Gute can answer why MM is limiting AJ!
Maybe Gute can answer why MM's play calling is antiquated and sometimes just stupid!
Maybe Gute can shake things up enough in this tired franchise to win a SB!

These last 2 trade moves made me think about what ALP said before the season started. The Packers are building for 2019. I still think we could turn 2018 around but am looking forward to the 2019 draft.

Sometimes all you can do is play the cards dealt to you. Gutekunst didn't create the Montgomery situation but he dealt with it in a decisive and appropriate manner. McCarthy created the Montgomery mess by not having a running game, slot receiver game or out-of-the backfield game. So instead of getting something out of a talented player he wasted him and then stuck him into a returner role. But then again I forget that a RB is primarily a blocker for our long developing vertical passing game.

The Clinton Dix situation should have been taken care of before this season began - including getting a replacement. We saw all we needed to see from him last year and needed to move on. This may have been a case of no buyers until now, in which case we got our best value for Dix. I would have preferred to have a real safety in place before the season began.

Ultimately, Gutekunst shows that he isn't afraid to make changes and go in a new direction. This is a heads up to McCarthy and some of his coaches as we get into the meat of the schedule - as it should be.

“But it is damn difficult to watch stretches of the 2018 Packers and not feel as if there’s a higher gear that the team has yet to engage.”

“By removing dissenters and those unhappy with their roles, can this team gel around a more focused purpose? Could those reportedly negative influences have been the reason that this team’s total performance has seemed to fall short of the sum of its parts?”

Although these two quotes are linked, the solution isn’t about player attitude. There are fifty-three players on every NFL roster. If you take fifty-three employees at any organization or workplace, not everyone will agree on everything or have the ideal attitude. But that’s why leadership is so important. Good leadership takes varying personalities and focuses them to be productive. The better the leadership, the more effective production.

Micah Hyde, Casey Hayward, and Damarious Randall have all flourished after they left the Packers. I expect Ty Montgomery and Ha Ha Clinton-Dix will do the same.

This isn’t a player issue, it’s a leadership issue. And the Packers performance will not improve, regardless of any new players, until they have better leadership. Specifically, a better HC.


Gute deserves to succeed or fail on his terms. I didn't like the Jordy move. I liked the Wilkerson move. I was neutral on the Graham move. I was neutral on Burnett. I was happy about the Randall trade. The Monty trade was necessary and I just think Dix fell into disfavor with Pettine.

I think he had a pretty good draft but time will tell. Personally, I wanted Lamar Jackson but Alexander is doing pretty well.

The defense is improving as the season progresses. I kind of think this might have been a good time to get people upset. There's nothing worse than having to play against a bunch of angry guys.

I think he could have gotten a higher pick for HA Ha , or maybe even another player to contribute it seems that Packers defensive backs thrive when the leave GB . I think Ha Ha will be productive.

"but some fans worry that Rodgers may not be quite potent enough in three or four years once Gutekunst’s draft picks blossom into championship-level contributors."

Last Sunday may have been a fluke but the "other 52" were championship level in that game, IMO. If the highest paid player in the league performs at a level worthy of that status, that game is a laugher.

Elsewhere in the article, the snap count on offense was given at 52. That's pathetic. And it's not like that was because the defense wasn't getting off the field. Blame MM or the poor OG or whatever else all you'd like. Rodgers has to shoulder some of it, too.

I think Gute puts a super bowl team together in two years. We've had AR and crappy drafts for several years - a recipe for an average team.

Give him one more year and we'll have a better LB core, OG, safety and slot receiver to get us over the hump. The team is essentially in disarray now and should have beat an undefeated team.

a non fan view of the reality of Ha ha
"Clinton-Dix has a grade of 83.5 and is currently the fourth-highest graded safety in the NFL, just two spots behind fellow Redskin D.J. Swearinger. His 82.7 coverage grade also ranks fifth among the active safeties who have played at least 300 snaps this season. Like Swearinger, Clinton-Dix has been an extremely valuable safety due to his ability to force turnovers, as his four turnovers forced is tied for the second-most among players at the position