There's a lot of holes to fill. Gute has some money to spend, I hope it's a good offseason and draft. An improved pass rush is my #1 priority, Then obviously a CB or two and I agree we need a #1 receiver. Watson likely won't return at least until December, if ever, and no guarantee he won't have lost half a step from the injury. Biggest plus would be for Love to play better.

Going Forward- We Need Watson back.

Brian Thomas Jr @23

Gute took Morgan @25

I think that maybe before we go shopping or worry about how WR fits into the draft packing order, we (or better yet MLF) should figure out how to tailor a passing game that fits Jordan Love. Adjustments in designs and play-calling need to be made, as well as a thorough analysis of how our current guys can improve as far as getting separation against various coverages and hanging on to the ball. There is also the matter of improving Love's accuracy on certain throws. The injuries to Watson and Doubs have added a whole new element to this-off-season.

Having said that, any one of the following three would be helpful via whatever avenue: 1) a crafty veteran with good hands who can get open and move the chains, 2) a reasonably-priced field-stretcher who isn't coming off a serious injury, or 3) a smaller/shifty WR who can turn a short passes into first downs and potentially bigger gains--someone who is always helpful to a QB in sustaining drives.

Rodgers was a stickler for detail and during his Prime he demanded a lot from his receivers. There were several who rose to the occasion and they ran crisp routes, understood his hand signals and in return he would throw a perfect ball. Rodgers was more driven and expected more from himself and his receivers.
Love seems less perfectionistic but I worry he is too relaxed and not correcting his mechanics/footwork. I think his accuracy would improve.
Rodgers spent every offseason perfecting a new detail. I remember him talking about perfecting his hitch.-lol.
He also had some very intense and crazy work-outs in offseason. I think he would run on a treadmill and throw at different speeds.

we have a qb who cannot reliably make routine throws or find the open guy. true, our receiver corps is not first rate but we are stuck with Love for another three years, so well, i guess hand the ball off to Jacobs.

Watson has had three seasons of injuries, dropped passes and fans waiting for another Jordy to appear. Hopefully Gutt doesn't make it worse by extending his contract. Give it up the guy is too fragile for pro game.
Reed was drafted because Gutt thought kick returner and small fast receiver too wow!
Draft analyst thought he was drafted way too high due to poor college stats. Reed came with issues, lack of toughness, bad hands, going missing for periods of time.

Dobbs is okay. Kraft and Muskrat are okay.
Wicks not sure attitude issues.
All in all this crew ain't wowing anyone. Pack fans highly over.rated these guys to begin with. Real truth they are avg route runners, hands, and injury prone. Can't believe how oft one of them misses games.

It's time to spend some $ on a free agent WR. Tee Higgins fits nicely.

most drops in the NFL is unacceptable .

This may be the season for them to draft a WR in the first round. It is the most glaring need on the team.

It's fun to think about drafting a receiver in the 1st round, but is there still a 1st round receiver left when the Packers have to pick?

I think the receivers we have now are going to work as well as anyone the Packers could draft or get on the market unless they go the high dollar rout. Most important to the passing game is establishing the running game and protecting Love. To do that they need to have a championship O-line. You wouldn't believe how that would turn negatives into positives. A game manager into All-Pro. Most here think they have a serviceable O-line, but what has happened in the big games against stout Ds? Actually amazing that the O has worked as well as it has. Probably only from extra special effort by the backs and Ds having to honor them.

Fix/improve the O&D-lines and their depth. THEN (and only then) worry about the fun pieces.

I think this year was a perfect storm for the passing game. The high expectations from the previous year were blown up by injuries.
The QB gets injured in the first game.
When he finally gets back and starts rounding into shape, the WRs keep getting injured.
Musgrave misses most of the year.
The third-round RB (who is a dynamic receiver) misses the entire year.
The first-round OL misses most of the year.

Now we face losing Watson (ACL), Doubs (multiple concussions), and Reed (shoulder separation)--our three starting WRs--for ALL of next year.
Exacerbating it all, the past two years were deep WR draft pools, but this year's looks pretty crappy. I suspect that if Gute knew how our WRs were going to all get injured, he would have taken one last draft, but last April we all had high hopes for our WRs.

This draft looks decent for getting A CB and DL with the first and second picks.
I'd rather get a great IOL and WR, but last year's pool was MUCH better than this year's.

The WR performance was such a let down this season. On paper, it looks like we have a lot of complementary pieces, but they just didn't perform.

I’ve been having a back and forwards with a colleague at work who’s also a Packers fan. He insists guys are wide open and Love is just missing them. I’m very much of the opposite opinion. While accepting Love wasn’t perfect and had his struggles I very rarely see ‘easy’ targets or guys ‘wide open’ - certainly not to the same extent as the tail-end of last season. Everything achieved is a complete struggle and appears overly complex. I watch other teams making plays and getting completions with a minimum of fuss. Who’s right?

Since taking over as GM in 2018 Gutey has drafted 13 receivers and tight ends. Let's review the list and you can all see how they panned out.
2018- J'Mon Moore 4th rd.
Marquez Valdes Scantling 5th rd.
EQ St. Brown 6th rd.
2019 Jace Sternberger 3rd rd.
2021- Amari Rodgers 3rd rd
2022- Christian Watson 3rd rd
Romeo Doubs 4th rd.
Samari Toure 7th rd.
2023. Luke Musgrave 2nd rd
Jayden Reed 2nd rd
Tucker Kraft 3rd d
Dontayvion Wicks 5th rd
Grant DuBose 7th rd.

It's also worth recalling who Gutey passed on in those same drafts.
In 2018 he used a second round pick on bust cb Josh Jackson; while Christian Kirk, James Washington and te Dallas Goedert were on the board for Green Bay.
In 2019 the second of two first round picks was used for Darnell Savage and a third rounder for the Jace Sternberger. The Packers could have taken Deebo Samuel, DK Metcalf, Dionte Johnson or Terry McLaurin instead with those picks.
Another bust Amari Rodgers went in the third round in 2021 while Amon Ra St. Brown and Nico Collins were on the board.
And while we now anticipate Christian Watson being doubtful for most or all of next season, after missing a bunch of time these past two seasons with injuries alternatives to that 2022 third round pick were George Pickens, John Metchie III, Alex Pierce and WanDale Robinson.
When Gutey used his No. 1 on Van Ness in 2023 Jacon Smith Nijiba was there instead not to mention Jordan Addison, Quentin Johnson, the Dalton Kincaid, Say Flowers.
This past year the Packers took a pass on Xavier Worthy, Ladd McConkey. Ricky Pearsall.

And we wonder why so many misses or continuing questions prevail around the Packers receiver corps.