#Packers beat writer free“I think if you are a Packers fan, you are really encouraged what you heard out of Brian Gutekunst in that first address in that they want to go out and try things that the previous regime wasn’t trying and that’s signing free agents, taking some chances. I think you take a few more swings and they hope they work out this offseason.” They sign a veteran that you think is going to fill a position of need. It’s kind of cruel irony that the year they kind of take a chance on somebody, Martellus Bennett, (it) didn’t work out. Lets’ sign some guys that will help us win in January.’ They need more of those players. I would hear that constantly from players in Green Bay on-and-off the record in the offseason. They shouldn’t be put in those positions. In Atlanta to be trotting out the corners they were trotting out to cover Julio Jones isn’t fair to those players. You look at how these last couple of seasons have ended. They got rid of everybody and had to bring in a completely new staff so I think that’s what they do well. I covered the (Buffalo) Bills at the Buffalo News after I left Green Bay and they don’t’ really have a lot of those keen eyes in the scouting department and they literally nuked the whole scouting department. There’s a lot of teams that don’t have that eye. I don’t think the Packers really cultivated fear to that level and it’s a powerful thing.” There’s just this fear that there’s always somebody behind your shoulder, breathing down your neck coming in for a Monday workout that could take your job. They’ve let him walk twice and here they are playing against him. Look at Legarrette Blount, the starting running back for the Eagles. The Patriots are constantly bringing in veterans. Both of (the Super Bowl teams) have signed veterans and I think there’s a value to always being worried about your job. I think he relied on that scouting to an extreme that it might have cost them a Super Bowl or two. They found undrafted free agents that had NFL careers. I don’t want this to turn into a big Ted Thompson bashing. They are going to do some things that Ted didn’t do. It sure sounds like Brian Gutekunst is going to take those risks and that was one of the first things he said at his press conference, just watching from afar. That’s why the team is in a good place now. And Jones, despite his age (33), has the most upside of any wide receiver that’s available in free agency.“You got to be aggressive. There’s no doubt that Green Bay needs another wide receiver. While his best days are obviously behind him, I still think Jones is capable of topping 1,000 yards if he can stay healthy. The former Alabama star, however, is only a few years removed from a season in which he caught 99 passes for 1,394 yards and six touchdowns. Jones is coming off a down year with the Tennessee Titans in which he missed seven games and set career lows in targets (48), receptions (31), receiving yards (434), and receiving touchdowns (1). So much smoke, in fact, that I’d almost be surprised if he didn’t sign with the Packers at this point. There’s been a lot of smoke around the possibility of Jones to Green Bay. Tennessee Titans wide receiver Julio Jones (2) pulls in a catch past San Francisco 49ers linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair (51) during the first quarter at Nissan Stadium Thursday, Dec. He seems to think that Jones could be a member of the Packers by the time training camp rolls around later this month.
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