The Packers' 2024 season yielded mixed results, showcasing improvement but falling short of Super Bowl aspirations. This analysis delves into key areas of concern, such as the cornerback position, passing offense consistency, and the performance of certain players, highlighting potential offseason moves and draft targets.
After a summer of high expectations and optimism, it was the same old feeling that they have had every winter since February 2011. The Packers are not Super Bowl champions, but did objectively improve from their 2023 season, which saw them go 9-8 before bowing out in the second round of the NFC playoffs. This year, they bowed out in the first round against the Philadelphia Eagles, a game in which it felt like they were outclassed from the start.
They won 11 games, and three of those came with Jordan Love missing at least a significant portion of the game. Their defense was much improved under Jeff Hafley, who will return for his second season as defensive coordinator in 2025.They were a good team, but not a great one.The cornerback position would have made this list a year ago, but Brian Gutekunst evidently disagreed. He brought back Keisean Nixon in the offseason, but that was his only significant move at the position. He chose to trust the health of Jaire Alexander and Eric Stokes, while also relying on development from last year’s seventh-round pick, Carrington Valentine. Alexander’s future is uncertain in Green Bay after he struggled with injuries again, including being put on injured reserve after continuing to re-aggravate a PCL injury suffered in Jacksonville. Will the Packers keep a player with a big cap number who has not been able to stay on the field? That’s the question Gutekunst has to answer. Stokes had more downs than ups. He was essentially a DNP in the team’s final regular-season game against the Chicago Bears. Valentine was in competition with Stokes all season, but did not pull ahead of him until late in the year.Stokes is a free agent. He probably won’t be back.Nixon had some nice moments playing both inside and outside, but probably is not someone that should be relied upon as an every-down performer. Much like Gutekunst gave the safety room a complete makeover, he may have to do the same with the cornerback room.Green Bay’s passing offense was good through most of the year, but hit a wall late in the season. Jordan Love took better care of the ball after the bye week, but almost at the expense of making plays down the field.Romeo Doubs missed the game with an illness, which in turn caused the Packers to play Christian Watson when he was less than 100 percent.Both men are slated to be free agents after next season. Looking ahead a year, will the Packers pay both players? Will they pay either of them? There are more questions than answers surrounding both players now that their third season is over. Jayden Reed and Dontayvion Wicks are the other two receivers, and they had their ups and downs as well.Wicks led the team in targets with 76, but only had 39 receptions during the regular season. For a group that came into the year thinking they had four guys that could be featured at any given moment, there is some work to be done. Do the Packers need a veteran with Watson set to miss time? Will they make choices ahead of time and potentially deal Romeo Doubs this offseason? It feels like a mortal lock that they’ll draft someone in the first three rounds this year to replace at least one of the guys currently in the room. They don’t need to spend a fortune to get a superstar like Tee Higgins, but some consistency is needed from this group, along with an injection of more young talent.If we made a list of most disappointing Packers in 2024, Lukas Van Ness might be at the top of the list. He was a popular candidate to be a breakout player coming into the season, and had a sack in his preseason debut.By the end of the season, he was less productive than undrafted free agent Brenton Cox Jr, who was a healthy scratch for most of the season until a midseason trade of Preston Smith.Van Ness did not have a good season, and was drafted to be good.Enagbare is going to be a free agent after the 2025 season, which could cause the Packers to draft a potential replacement a year early.Defensive Line Kenny Clark was set to be one of the anchors for this team as it transitioned to a new defense under Jeff Hafley. Clark responded with his least productive season since he was a rookie. He had one sack on the year, and four TFL. His third contract, a rarity in Green Bay, has aged poorly, and he’ll be looking to bounce back in 2025.Karl Brooks had some heroic moments, including a blocked field goal that preserved a 20-19 win over the Chicago Bears in November.Devonte Wyatt will be entering a contract year, and has never fully broken out to be the interior rusher the Packers thought they were getting when they drafted him 28th overal
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