Stacey Dales breaks down Packers offensive evolution for 2026 'The Insiders'
NFL Network reporter Stacey Dales breaks down how the Green Bay Packers offense may evolve in 2026 on "The Insiders".
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The Green Bay Packers, you're there an awful lot.
Obviously talking about their offense is complicated right now by Josh Jacobs' legal situation and the potential it creates for perhaps him to not be entirely available this season.
We don't know yet.
Given all of that, what do we expect from this offense this season?
Well, Judy, given all of that, that's a big piece of it.
I mean, Matt LaFleur this week was peppered with questions about Josh Jacobs.
Now he's not going to take that any further as he goes through those legal issues.
But let's just say he's not in the mix or isn't in the mix early.
We're not trying to project.
We're talking about a Packers team that was 5th in the NFL in terms of their run rate.
They ran it about 49% of the time.
And so if Josh Jacobs, who had 13 rushing touchdowns last season, good for tied for 4th in the league, uh, with Jamir Gibbs out of Detroit, I believe it was, you're looking at an entirely different approach.
And now the entire centerpiece truly is Jordan Love, and he has exponentially, I talk about that word with the Bears, gotten better and better.
That leadership continues to go up.
This is his offense and just seeing each year, understanding Matt LaFleur and the relationship and marriage with.
Jordan Love, he just continues to give him more power at the line of scrimmage.
In the conversations that I've had with offensive staff members, he knows this thing inside and out, but they've done a deep dive, and that's what's important.
Matt LaFleur, after they finished kind of Judy and Ian middle of the road offensively last season in terms of their statistical numbers and some.
The inconsistencies.
Matt LaFleur and his staff went this offseason and they did a complete deep dive.
They do that every year, but I think it was pretty deep this year in terms of the run game, the pass game, the screen game, what they want to add, what they maybe want to omit from their offense, and then you look at their personnel.
Emmanuel Wilson is now.
A Seattle Seahawk.
Remember, he was the backup to Josh Jacobs last year.
So again, how does that pitcher look?
Chris Brooks would basically be the next man in line if Josh Jacobs can't play right away or at any point.
And again, we're going to wait and see, no speculation on that.
But this receiving corps is very interesting and certainly deep.
Although the position I am most interested in looking at.
Is Tucker Kraft returning from that ACL injury?
We did not get to see enough of him last year.
He is such a unique dimension to this offense, that whole tight end group for Matt LaFleur and company, and we know how good their offensive line is.
Jordan Love will take it the next step, but does he have the powerful run game, the play style that Matt LaFleur is asking of his players, which is very physical, more physical than we've seen in Green Bay, will be the question moving forward.
I really would have liked to see how that season would have ended for Tucker Kraft considering how it started.
Great stuff.
Stacey Dale, thank you for hanging out with us on The Insiders, as always.
