The Green Bay Packers’ season is over.
There is no time to rest as they try to build a Super Bowl contender. Here is a look at their five biggest needs going into the 2024 offseason.
Much like Bill Murray used to say in Groundhog’s Day, they lost to the San Francisco 49ers
This loss is different than the previous four with Aaron Rodgers at the helm.
With Rodgers, each postseason failure felt like the clock was ticking toward its expiration.
With Jordan Love’s emergence and the youngest team in the NFL, the Packers now feel like they’re just getting started toward another run of greatness.
The roster is set up well, but not perfect.
There are holes that seem obvious now, and others will emerge as free agency and cap casualties take their toll in Green Bay.
Here is our first look at the team’s five biggest needs with a potential draft and free agency solution at each of those positions.
Jaire Alexander finished the 2023 season strong, but getting there was bizarre, to say the very least.
He missed time with two separate injuries and a suspension for conduct detrimental to the team.
Eric Stokes was placed on injured reserve twice after recovering from a season-ending foot injury sustained in Detroit in 2022.
Anything they get from him is considered a bonus.
The rest of the room is rounded out by Carrington Valentine, who was up-and-down during the year, and Keisean Nixon and Corey Ballentine, who are free agents. The Packers probably need guys at both the boundary and nickel spots.
A former wide receiver that changed to cornerback before the 2022 season became one of the stars of the best defense in college football.
Sainristil is not likely to meet Green Bay’s preferred thresholds, but perhaps they’d be willing to bend on those since the expectation would be for Sainristil to play only in the slot.
Sainristil is fearless as a run defender and has a nose for the football.
Sainristil had six interceptions in his final season in Ann Arbor.
Once the ball is in his hands, he has a nose for the end zone Two of his six picks were returned for touchdowns.
Fuller has had a solid start to his career and could fill one of the biggest needs in Green Bay’s secondary as a playmaker.
Fuller has a nose for the football with 16 career interceptions.
He only had two a season ago, but that would have tied for the team lead with Rudy Ford.
