No,
he has not.

Gutekunst seems to operate more in the Ron Wolf style than the TT. I think that’s a good thing.

Last year Gute brought in a couple of players but it was too late in the season. Anthony Rush and Snacks Harrision played little to help the D line. He did get a couple of practice squad players, but nobody made an impact. In 2021 his best move was bringing back 20 of 22 starters from a 13-3 team. He also figured some younger guys would make a jump in their 2nd or 3rd years. Tampa Bay did the same, bringing back almost all starters. He also hit on the draft, getting good play from Stokes, Myers, Newman. Slaton, Amari, and Hill should help late in the year and next season. Signing free agents Jaylon, Mercilus, and Douglas should pay off once they learn the defense. I would love to see another player added by trade for defense, though Packers have little money and it would cost a draft pick. Overall, the GM has given Green Bay a great chance to get the Super Bowl trophy back home.

Personally I love what Gutekunst has been doing and can only wonder what may have been had Thompson done things like this, ESPECIALLY in 2011 when Nick Collins was lost. Bringing in players like Jayon Smith, Rasoul Douglass, and Whitney Mercilus are moves we never ever saw from Ted, especially in the SAME season.

Signing Campbell just before camp has been a Godsend and an excellent move by Gute. But I also have to credit Joe Barry and Kirk Oliviadotti for his rise in the ILB ranks this season. Now maybe it was all MLF or perhaps Gute strongly suggested a new DC and ST Coordinator was needed. Either way, it's different from when Ted and MM were here. I mean how MANY seasons were we stuck with Capers and Slocum? We blame McCarthy for being overly loyal, but Ted also didn't force the issue and suggest to tell McCarthy that hey, these guys gotta go!

A D-Linemen could go a long way before the trade deadline, or even a better pass catching option at the #2 WR than MVS once he's back. That may be a pipe dream given the cap situation, but I'll bet if there's ANY possible way to do it, Gute will find a way. Now, IF we can get a little luck getting Z Smith and Alexander back at some point for the stretch, THIS team definitely feels like one of those Championship Teams.

Sorry folks...Double post

It seems as though Gute was also bringing in new players last season, and maybe the season before.
He seems to continually audition guys as possible upgrades, and sometimes signs them.
I like it. It appears to be perfectly compatible with draft-and-develop, a complementary approach to fill in positions that are not as strong at any particular time. Why not build primarily through the draft, but also look for outside help as appropriate?
In any case, since the start of the 2019 season, Gute's Packers are 31-7 in the regular season, with a big playoff victory in each of the past two seasons. This after a miserable 2018 season (Gute's first as GM) of 6-9-1.
After this remarkable turnaround, it boggles my mind that some fans are down on this guy as our GM. It bothers me greatly that our moody quarterback smeared him as cold and calculating, on flimsy evidence.
Gute should be the toast of the town, and the entire state of Wisconsin.

These last 2 years and last 2 training camps have been unique. The Covid thing has changed things a lot. Have we really seen Love? No - a few 2nd year preseason games are for him first year preseason games and the clock is now ticking because of when the team needs to do something for the 5 th year option. The lack of OTA's last year and all of the protocols for getting together etc has been difficult especially for teams with a new coaching staff. And that might be effecting our D this year. However it has also helped us ( and a lot of other teams ) being able to have extra guys on the practice squad and to move them in and out of the 53. So teams like the Pack with a pretty good established roster and coaching staff have been able to get off to good starts. We need to get really really healthy quite quickly because after this WFT game our schedule is about to get really tough. In particular Cards Chiefs and at the Vikings - maybe a chance as Seattle will not have Wilson.

We're beat up, playing well enough to win, and our GM is bringing in some players that could help overcome the injuries. It doesn't seem like we can match up against the best. However, our offense could become dominant now that the O line is getting healthy and if MVS can consistently make big plays.

Great points Cory. We never can draw conclusions at any one point in time, nor any one week It is impressive what he has done, especially generating a league leading ILB of all things.....but then by the end of the year, it could all change. So as ongoing grades are handed out, Gute is hitting high grades on Action and high grades on results so far. It all could look different after any one game....but today.... he's turned a lot of stones at least within a limited budget.

"You can say that the reason this is happening is because of Aaron Rodgers."

I will say so, and the Rodgers situation has made Gute come to terms that last season's team, starters, and depth, weren't going to be enough this season. Gute has signed many a player in prior seasons, but recently has signed players that can actually contribute to a starter-level than the usual basement furniture.

This is perhaps what the team and FO have needed for a long time and we fans might actually see the rewards come to fruition in February because of what Rodgers brought out into the open, whether one chooses to believe/deny it.

I agree thats Gute appears to be more aggressive. His draft class has been very good. I always thought that Stokes will be starting before the seasons end. I thought that Rodgers would be playing more, but it looks like he is getting more involved.

Gute has tried to make room for as much money this year as he could and kept most of right guys like Jones and P. Smith. King is probably the least effective right now.

LaFluer and the OL coach has developed great depth to weather injuries during this longer season. I thhink that since the starters didn't have any preseason play, the whole team started out a bit rusty. Especially A. Rodgers. He has finally started throwing to more people than Adams. And they are doing a good job of getting Jones and Dillon both in the game that is paying great dividends. There is more work to do here though.

The defense is improving. Getting Alexander back would be a big help. As well as Z. Smith. Hopefully the defense keeps improving and both Alexander and Z. Smith are available for late season and the playoffs.

And check out Acme Packing site. They did an article on how Adams sets up the defenders to get open. Masterful.

This season is starting to become special. I love Rodgers saying the "I still own you". That shows his is fully into this season. I bought the tshirt. Let's keep it going

I like this approach much more. TT has made great things for team. But in later years when reading about players it was sometimes like we like just "pure" players in a sense that players coming form other NFL teams were in a way contaminated. In whenever players were needed, they were always called from practice squad, some unddrafted rookies. They uncovered and gave chance to many talented players, but on average that didnt gave them players on level to contend for Supor bowl.

Injuries happen and this season they are happening weekly it seems.
The playing time this affords younger players will play huge benefits to our team as some of our starters filter back from IR that will have given them confidence they can draw from for future play. I would like for Gute to drop a top 3 draft pick on a Vet player from a team that would eat the majority of their pay and give us a talented player to push our team into the playoffs at either DL, DB or #2 WR.

After more than 25 years Packers had only the 3rd GM (I do not count HC and GM here, that was mistake, very quickly corrected). What that tells you? They are well organized organization that not panicking even in the dark times. I understand that you are looking to the results achieved over the period from Wolf started at GM till today. There is narative how Ron Wolf save the franchize by trading for Favre. Same way Ted Thompson save the franchize by drafting Aaron Rodgers when it looks like there was no need for that. Many of you hated that move, because one of the saviours of the franchize was Brett Favre, and Packers insulted him by taking the QB in the first round. Well, welcome to the present. We do not know yet what Jordan Love will become. There is 50:50 chances that Jordan Love will continue that excellency in QB playing for Green Bay. Give the kid chance, before you spit on the decision and the man.

Regarding Brian Gutekunst, I'll say he has very good chances to be better GM than Wolf and Thompson were. At the end both won only 1 SB each. If Ron Wolf was not made the team that won SB, I doubt many of you would call him the best in business. It would be interesting to compare results provide by Ron Wolf teams with results provided by Ted Thompson teams. After 3 years you can compare Brian Gutenkust results with both predecessors by ratio win/lose. I believe Brian is at same level if not better.

Many of you complains why he did not brought that player or another one or trade or whatsoever. THERE IS NO CAP SPACE! Do you understand that? Many players do not want to come to GB because taxes on the income is to high for them. There is many other markets where players has 0% tax on the income from playing football. DO YOU KNOW THAT? For many players problem is the weather in the North. That is also well documented. So there is so many variables that comes to the point when you try to hire the player in the FA.

If you will feel better, Whitney Mercilus, 10 years NFL veteran, decide to reject much lucrative offers and picked up Green Bay for him. He obviously saw something good about this team (by the words of Aaron Rodgers, the organisation who do not respect players!!!!!) and hope that he will be in the position to fight for the ring, finally at the end of his career Probably the same idea was behind Jaylon Smith decision.

So, you can not say that Brian Gutekunst are not excellent. He is when you understand what he got when he became GM. Does he makes mistakes. Sure, as everybody of us, daily. But he is not stubborn. He corrects his own mistakes quickly. And, as I noted he is many times more than fans right in his decisions.

I think Gute learned a lot from Thompson about how to draft and learned what not to do from Thompson who seemed to stay pat. He has a very impressive record. With the cap hit next year, he sure has hands full; but I think we are going to be pleasantly surprised.

Brian Gutekunst has been doing this since the day he was hired back in 2018. (Well, after the Executive Committee confirmed his near total authority on the football side of the house) Or did many of you forget his first action was to give Jordy Nelson his walking papers. A cold blooded move as there ever was. But that's what it takes to run a successful pro football operation today. His front office's ability to draft and seek out talent is among the best in this league. The data base the Packers maintain must be down right amazing, giving how they find and pick up veteran talent. A first rate front office with the best GM in the league. We Packers fans are very blessed...