Mike from Winchester, TN

Hi Mike, that Wes can be pretty sneaky at times. "Spoff is going to take over for a minute." He's attempting to minimize how long he will be off to assuage the readers. Then, he hits with the "rest of the story" and hides it with the term "fortnight," figuring that most of the readers are unaware that is two weeks!

I don't think he had plans to hide anything, except himself for a while.

Rob from Louisville, CO

I guess it's old news now, but I just saw a "combine predictions" article. Have we reached peak silliness yet?

Read on.

Paul from Lao PDR

Let's suppose the Bears build a domed, retractable roof stadium. It is a cold December home game the Bears need to win to make the playoffs. They have the roof closed for the first half but then surprise, it is opened for the second half. The home team knows this is coming and changes gear appropriately. The visiting team is left shivering. Would this be against any rule? Also, it just happens to be "Bears winter coat" giveaway day so the fans don't suffer mass hypothermia.

Of all the hypotheticals tossed my way via the Inbox, this one takes the cake. But I do know with retractable roofs in the NFL, the open or closed decision must be made 90 minutes before kickoff and cannot be changed.

Chip from Afton, MN

I see this year as their only chance to get to the Super Bowl. With Jordan Love's and Micah Parsons' contracts so big, filling a roster around them will be impossible. Do you think this year is Parsons' last year in GB?

No, but nice ski hill in your town. Went there a few times as a kid.

Jon from Willmar, MN

I know of a great No. 2 running back that the Vikings are talking about releasing. For the right price?

Don't hold your breath.

Ken from Oceanport, NJ

I don't understand why the Packers non-tendered Emanuel Wilson. All he has done is produce every time he has asked to by the Packers. I understand he was an undrafted free agent, and they have draft capital invested in MarShawn Lloyd, who may or may not ever suit up for the Packers, but all the Packers have ever done is disrespect him. I get that they gave him a chance when nobody else did, but he deserves better treatment from the team.

Whoa, Nellie. The lowest RFA tender (right of first refusal) is $3.5M for 2026. All the Packers have done, if that report on Wilson is accurate, is decided they aren't paying that much for a backup RB. They very well could still bring back Wilson at a lower price.

Dave from Kildeer, IL

Gents, what's your take on the Packers' drop from seventh to 21st in the recent NFLPA report card ranking league franchises? Tidbits I've read online say the drop is driven largely by player dissatisfaction with the training room and staff. I was surprised to hear this. I've been under the impression the Pack has been on the cutting edge when it comes to their facilities.

Countless submissions on this topic. I don't know enough to touch on everything, but I can tell you the Packers have had plans in the works for years to renovate the training room, and it's undergoing said overhaul this offseason. That grade happened to bottom out this year, coincidentally. Same thing happened with the locker room last year, when renovation plans had begun long before the bad grade (which now rose). The Packers annually get knocked for not providing gameday day care. Not in my wheelhouse.

Jon from Madison, WI

As a gold package season ticket holder, the new threat to punish us for selling seats is frustrating. Why do Milwaukee season ticket holders regularly get Thursday, Monday or Sunday night games? That makes it difficult for people to travel home, and then feel pressure for selling. Do the Packers want to get rid of gold package season ticket holders?

No. When the gold package was first created, in 1995, it was deemed to include the second and fifth home games of the regular season. For about a decade, Bob Harlan would request the league's schedule-makers not put the Packers' second and fifth home games at night. Somewhere along the line, either the Packers stopped making that request, or the league would no longer honor it. The advent of flex scheduling probably had something to do with it.

Bob from Pewaukee, WI

II appreciate all you do. My question is on free agency we've got some talent that we'll unfortunately lose, but I'm not hearing enough about Quay Walker. I really think he's the guy they need to keep even though they might have to pay up a rising talent. I'd love to talk about Rasheed Walker but at LT it's just gonna be way too expensive what he'll command. What are your thoughts on keeping Quay?

Last year at this time, we heard a lot from Gutey about wanting Quay to be part of the long-term future, but an extension never materialized. Given that course of events, I expect Quay to find out what he can get on the open market, and the Packers will then decide whether they wish to be involved at that number. Of GB's top four free agents (Malik Willis, Rasheed Walker, Romeo Doubs being the other three), Quay is the only one I'm giving much chance to be back.

Denny from Lebanon, PA

Not that long ago Elgton Jenkins was said to be the Packers best lineman. Now the talk is letting him go in free agency. Is it his contract, injuries, or did his play decline?

Jenkins is still under contract, not a free agent. But his price tag for next year is high, he'll turn 31 in December, he's coming off a major injury and the move to center did not go as well as hoped.

John from Portland, OR

With the upcoming reshuffling of the offensive line, could Zach Tom be an option at center? It would leave Anthony Belton, Sean Rhyan, and Jenkins to man the right side of the line along with any free agents/draft picks and solidify the center position.

That center talk with Tom fizzled long ago as far as I'm concerned. He's the Packers' right tackle and staying there.

Keith from Bakersfield, CA

With several Packers free agents in premier positions potentially departing for big money, how much do the potential compensatory picks weigh in to free agent signings GB makes? Signing a free agent who would qualify for a compensatory pick offsets a departing FA of equal or higher draft position, so does the potential loss of a fourth-rounder factor into a signing?

Great question. At the combine, Gutey acknowledged it's definitely a consideration, while at the same time saying if the right move were there with the team in "win-now" mode he won't let the comp pick equation deter him. I read a couple things into that perspective: 1. It would have to be a dynamite UFA signing he's over the moon about in order to cancel out a '27 third- or fourth-round comp pick, and 2. He may be taking a harder look to see if cuts/cap casualties from other teams can provide the equivalent of a UFA signing, because a released player won't factor into comp picks.

James from Chicago, IL

Richard from Madison, I love my job but I wouldn't do it for one nickel less than market value (and he wouldn't either). Also, I assume there'd be agent and union ramifications. If the kid is a star, wouldn't a lowball contract set the market low and devalue everyone's next contact? And good luck finding an agent when you tell him his 10% is going to be 10% of what it could be.

It's a small earning window. They have to make the most of it.

Dan from Highland, UT

Please tell me Tom from Bismarck doesn't actually believe that a majority of fans think Willis is better than Love? I am appreciative of Willis and wish he could stick as the Packers' backup but please, Love is "the man." I have to believe that a majority of fans understand this. Am I wrong?

You'd be surprised at the submissions we get, but I've decided they fall into the category of "vocal minority" because I prefer to have faith most fans understand what's what.

Andy from Wisconsin Rapids, WI

I'd prefer not to live in the past, nor dive into recency bias, but I think of the Malik Willis situation is much more like the Mark Brunell/Aaron Brooks/Matt Hasselbeck/Matt Flynn situations than the Sam Darnold and Vikings last year.

Me, too.

Cindy from Minneapolis, MN

Those combine interviews sound a lot like speed dating to me. Maybe it's time to bring back "The Dating Game"?

I've heard many a prospect describe it as exactly that – speed dating.

Rich from Antioch, IL

Unless the next Forrest Gregg is sitting there in the second round what position would be the Packers first pick in the draft? CB, OL or DL?

I'd surmise they're taking the best player on their board from one of those positions, or they'll try to trade down.

Marshall from Mesa, AZ

Speaking of the violence in the game being celebrated, I seem to remember a segment on ESPN's NFL coverage called "Jacked Up." Replays of the most violent shots of the past weekend. They had that segment running for quite a few years – pretty much up until the concussion lawsuit. Then it magically disappeared. Funny that.

That segment got a lot of attention in the book "League of Denial" and in the movie "Concussion" that was based on the book.

Tom from Nolanville, TX

Tim from Olathe, KS, inquired what the Packers may have in Savion Williams. After moving to TX four seasons ago from Phoenix, I had seen many TCU and other Texas schools' games. Whenever I saw Williams play, he reminded me so much of Anquan Boldin in his size, strength, hands and speed. He developed a little slower than Larry Fitzgerald when they were both taken by the Cardinals, but he did not disappoint in Baltimore. To Tim, I can only say, you ain't seen nothing yet. Double for Matthew Golden.

Boldin is an interesting comp for Williams as far as the receiver body type. I'm curious how effective a "yards after contact" game he'll develop.

BJ from Elgin, IL

On paper Carmeron Achord looks like a solid hire, and I truly hope his successes over the last few years continue in GnG. However, you could argue what he had in personnel in NYG and Patriots is not the same, and his success will be determined if he can get "more" out of what GB has today, with some new additions should Gutey find them. Improving return is good, but I am likely more inclined to say holding opponents deep in their territory as even a greater victory.

Which I thought the Packers' coverage units did throughout the vast majority of the season. As for the return game, the Packers' best returners (aside from Keisean Nixon, who was playing every snap on defense) weren't healthy last season and they didn't have effective fallback options. Achord is taking over a special teams unit in far better shape than the one Bisaccia inherited four years ago.

Sharon from Lakewood Ranch, FL

Reading the Kramer, Capers, LeBeau carrying on with their football careers, and for someone who retired at 80 from my full-time position, kinda disheartening to read the youngster Spoff say he likely will not be IIing in 15 years! WYMM, Mike, if you love your job, it isn't work! I'm gonna miss being around in 15 years, but I hope II fans will be perusing Spoff and Hod for all Packers smack still! Go Spoff and Go Pack Go!

I'm blessed to have this job. Believe me, I recognize that, and some days it doesn't feel like work. Then there will be a road trip to the West Coast for a night game, when I'm working all night on the flight back, getting home at 4 a.m. with plugged ears and setting the alarm to get back in the office so I don't fall behind on the week's work, knowing my biorhythms will be a mess until at least Wednesday no matter what I do. That's when I start asking myself how much longer I can do this.

Rick from Woodridge, IL

Why is it when a team is beating an opponent bad that they stop doing that? I believe that a team is equal and if they can't stop a team, tough.

These are also the moments I ask myself the question above, as though a team intentionally stops beating a team badly, as though the margins in this league aren't small enough for a team to rebound from a bad quarter or two to make a comeback, as though what happens on the first three drives of a game decides how all dozen possessions will go. But I'll stop there.

Adam from Madison, WI

All of this talk about not finishing games is my fault. I think it was during the Steelers game I foolishly said aloud, "I love this team because when then need a play, someone makes it." That clearly changed, but it must have been the case? I remember timely sacks by Parsons, first downs by Love. They don't have to figure out why not, but what changed.

Exactly. The Packers had strong finishing kicks against the Cardinals, Steelers, Giants and Lions on Thanksgiving. They didn't, to devastating results, in other games. No team controls every crunch time, but no team can survive Jekyll & Hyde play with the game on the line.

Caleb from Knoxville, TN

Will our special teams now be of one Achord?

I was waiting all day for this, just so you could see yourself out. Happy Tuesday.

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