This place is spinning out of control. You’ll put Vic in an early grave with all this talk of baloney stopping at the start of preseason and now addressing rumors?! What shocks me more than anything is to learn Mike is old enough to have a son who also has a girlfriend who has a nephew playing soccer. Who even cares about the tie. It’s soccer.

And once again we’re off, so we might as well get going.

I have a mental picture of Wes yelling “Walls, Spoff, I need walls!” while he puts tape around his desk. Best of luck in the era of open offices.

This is my 20th season here, and I’ve never had anything but a cube. I assume nothing, so if our new space provides me with my first office, I’ll be genuinely grateful. If not, so it goes.

No way we can let Wes mock the cultural significance of Gene Steratore’s index card! Some lines just can’t be crossed!

It was a seminal moment. Of what exactly I’m not sure.

Mitchell from De Pere, WI

Regarding your recent article and Christian Watson‘s statement proclaiming he is still the fastest player on the team. Once Watson is fully recovered, can you please organize/request a race between him and Matthew Golden once he is fully recovered? What a spectacle that would be.

Mike referred to the defense being fifth in yards against and sixth in points allowed last year. They did this with a significantly improved run defense, but still struggled with a consistent pass rush. Most generally in life, to see an improvement in one area, then a sacrifice must be made elsewhere. How do they improve the pass rush without compromising too much in the run game?

All offseason, that’s exactly what I was calling the 64 bazillion dollar question for this defense heading into 2025. I don’t know the answer, but Jeff Hafley figured out the solutions to some tricky problems as last season went along, so I’m confident the Packers are in good hands there.

Steve from Middletown, KY

Good morning. Haf talked about having packages for each down and situation for players? I think he even stated adding another package for a specific player. I always thought packages were only for downs and situations and the players fit within a role for each package. He seems to be indicating it’s much more than that. How many potential packages are typical for a defense to have? Do they have variations on those packages? Same questions for the offense.

Personnel leads to the creation of certain packages, as do situations. The two can be mutually exclusive. The more your players can do, on either side of the ball, more variations can be implemented in the playbook.

Not a question, but an observation. I just saw a graphic (WCBW) showing the playoff wins by each of the projected starting quarterbacks this year. It showed that 15 of the 32 teams will start QBs who have not won a playoff game in their NFL careers. Even considering some of those are rookies, that is still a lot. Just another reason to love (pun intended) the Pack!

I look at it the other way – 17 of the 32 teams starting a QB who has won a playoff game sounds like a lot to me. It means at least three (and probably more) playoff-winning QBs won’t be in the playoffs this year.

Nathan from Minneapolis, MN

Hey guys, I was wondering how Sean Mannion at QB coach has changed anything about how Jordan Love is practicing or approaching this camp. We all praised Tom Clements for his work with Love, and I am curious how the change has impacted the young rising QB. On that note, has anything stuck out about Love from this year versus last year at this time?

I asked Love the other day if Mannion is training him any differently, and he said other than a couple of drills, not much has changed.

Insiders, can you explain the defenseless WR rule? It seems anytime a violent blow is struck there is a question of its legality. If the DB is making a play on the ball and a violent collision occurs it is legal, correct? But playing the player instead of the ball is targeting. Are there any exceptions?

“Players in a defenseless posture” is detailed in Section 2, Article 9 of the NFL rulebook. Read it for yourself. Then explain to me why it took until this year for replay to be able to assist the on-field officials in getting the “contact to head and neck area” calls right.