The Packers, more or less as expected, didn’t do anything at this year’s edition of the NFL trade deadline.
Reportedly, it wasn’t for lack of trying. The Packers apparently had an offer on the table for Indianapolis Colts defensive lineman Grover Stewart, but the Colts dragged their feet and the Packers moved on, content to stand pat with what they have (which includes a couple of options still yet to return from injured reserve).
Time will tell whether they made the right moves. Or, rather, didn’t
make the wrong moves. Or maybe made the right move by not making any moves at all. But I still sense an undercurrent of frustration among some fans and writers.
To be sure, there’s a point to some of the criticism. The Packers do have needs. They could stand to get better at running back and on the offensive line. They’re not exactly awash in defensive line options.
But having needs doesn’t mean you can just go fill them at the drop of your hat. What if nobody wants to trade you an offensive lineman? What if the cost to get a running back is prohibitive? What if the Colts decide to just hang on to a guy who’s going to be a free agent in the spring anyway?
I’ve never done it, but I’m told it takes two to tango. That’s true in the trade market as well, and arguably you might need at least three: a GM in Green Bay willing to deal, a prospect worth acquiring, and an opposing GM willing to play ball. The Packers have at least one of those and may have had two, but couldn’t find a dance partner. Them’s the breaks sometimes.
Perhaps more to the point, I don’t know if any trade the Packers could have made would have solved what ails them. Put Jonathan Taylor behind this offensive line and you probably get better performance than the Packers have had from the position so far, but also a worse version of what you’d probably expect from Taylor. Outside of Quenton Nelson, I don’t know if a single offensive lineman fixes much. The best move might have been a defensive lineman, but, again, you can’t trade for what nobody wants to give you.
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