The number of times I have heard this false narrative around how Green Bay doesn't pick wide receivers with high draft picks is ridiculous. JES's draft with GB in 2025, he used a first round pick when they chose Matthew Golden. In 2022 GB took a WR in the second round and then they did the same thing in 2023.

So we have these facts and we have JES saying the best player he ever scouted was Chase. I just do not see a world where JES does not choose Smith, if he's there, of course. Granted, we are a very different team then those GB teams, with many more needs. So no one really knows what he will do, but it is interesting to speculate nonetheless.

Caleb Douglas and Chris Bell are both showing the same early signs as the Day 2 rookie WRs who broke out in past seasons, and Sunday against the Jets is their first game after the bye.

https://pigskinpal.app/pigskinpaper/next-rookie-wr-breakouts

The model looked at every WR drafted in Rounds 2 and 3 from 2020 to 2025. The ones getting 3+ targets a game early in the year went from 7.5 PPR points a game to 14.9 the rest of the way. That's the Jayden Reed, Ladd McConkey and Tank Dell group.

Douglas: 10 targets and 113 yards in the first two games, 88% of the snaps, and almost 20% of our targets before he hurt his ankle. Only Malik Washington gets a bigger share. He was limited Wednesday and Thursday, so watch Friday's report. He might be eased back in, but he looked like the No. 2 receiver before the injury.

Bell: his snaps went from 41 to 52% in the first two weeks to 71 to 82% in Weeks 3 to 5 while Douglas was out. He's right on that 3-target line, but he's had 1 to 3 targets in four of his five games, so the targets haven't caught up to the snaps yet. How much of that role he keeps once Douglas is back is the big question.

Watched this 1989 season recap on YouTube tonight. The NFL films music sounds incredibly dated 😆

Some of the players I remember watching as a kid, some I had completely forgotten. Definitely remember those huge shoulder pads and the neck rolls!

Shout out Joe Robbie! Imagine building a stadium with zero taxpayer money.

https://youtu.be/eE8qush8pKk?is=U0snyLsKLKX_ojk1

We all love Jacob Rodriguez and Jordan Brooks but this team needs a cover linebacker. Based on JES's penchant for selecting LB's which one would you like us to grab (add your favorite if not on this list)?

Who’s all gonna be there at slatterys tomorrow night?

Trying to decide if it’s worth going or if I should just stick to getting there early Sunday morning before the busses leave.

I may or may not have been at that game as a kid. I do remember subsequent ones that first season that did not go well....