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DT Anthony Campbell continues to flash in between injuries. There's definitely something there to work with in the future.
Matt LaFleur is saying all the same things about Trey Smack that he said about Anders Carlson three years ago.
NT Jordon Riley played 29 solid snaps in his first game back. He's probably a slightly better player than Jonathan Ford, whose move to IR opened a roster spot for the former Giant.
Jordan Morgan's run blocking remains way below average. He's too physically talented to be so bad at that part of the game. Morgan, like all the young offensive linemen on the roster, would benefit greatly from better coaching.
After Mike Sherman, Ted Thompson, and Brian Gutekunst, when the Packers hire their next GM in 2039, I want him to be more like Ron Wolf. In today's NFL, the most successful GMs are the most aggressive ones.
Thursday night's game scared me as soon as I saw that Carolina lost 43-13 on Sunday, and that's before I even saw this stat. A decent team coming off a humiliating loss is always dangerous. The Packers better be ready for a fight.
The Carolina Panthers are an incredible 13-0 ATS in games following an outright loss.
They got obliterated by 30 vs the Bucs last week and will play in Green Bay on TNF this week as a 3.5-point underdog.
This is a very similar situation to last season where they got destroyed by 31 on their home field vs the Bills, then went into Green Bay the next week and won outright in a game where they were a 13.5-point underdog.
Will the streak continue on Thursday?
The 3rd-round pick the Seahawks gave to the Colts in 2027 for Quenton Nelson will be recouped in 2028 should the future Hall of Fame guard sign with another team in free agency.
Players acquired via in-season trades by John Schneider since 2018: Quandre Diggs, Carlos Dunlap, Leonard Williams, Roy Robertson-Harris, Rashid Shaheed, and Quenton Nelson.
Players acquired via in-season trades by Brian Gutekunst since 2018:
The Seahawks won the Super Bowl in 2025. The Packers won the 7th seed in the NFC in 2023, 2024, and 2025.
It's hard to judge Sean Rhyan's first full season as a starting center. The results were average at best, but I'm not sure Jim Otto would've had great success playing in between the slop the Packers have thrown out at guard this season.
I get why Brian Gutekunst wouldn't want to give up a 3rd-round pick for Quenton Nelson. That would mean giving up the chance to draft another Oren Burks, Jace Sternberger, Josiah Deguara, Amari Rodgers, MarShawn Lloyd, or Ty'Ron Hopper.
Yes, I know Tucker Kraft was a 3rd-round pick, but you get the point.
John Schneider does it again. A 3 and a 5 for Nelson is nothing, even if he's just a rental. Meanwhile, GM-for-life Brian Gutekunst will likely sit still at the trade deadline, even though his offensive line is markedly worse than Seattle's.
Trade: Colts have agreed to send eight-time Pro-Bowl guard Quenton Nelson to the Seattle Seahawks, per me and @rapsheet. Nelson is on an expiring contract and the Colts are opting to get back draft capital now before they could lose him in free agency.
But an all-time Colt now moves on to the Seahawks.
I'm not an offensive line coach, but I think new center John Williams would benefit from having a veteran like Kevin Zeitler next to him on Thursday night. But again, what do I know? I thought starting Donovan Jennings and Jacob Monk in Week 1 was insane.
Jager Burton is now the backup center, unless the Packers sign a veteran or begin giving one of their veteran guards some snaps at the position.
With center Sean Rhyan out for at least a month, it's John Williams' time to shine. The second-year pro won't get much practice reps this week, but he should be much better prepared to start after the mini-bye.
