I will ask the big question, What have we accomplished by being the youngest NFL team the last 3 years? We saved some money but have nothing in important and playoff wins to show for it. Posters shot me down for it but a veteran like LB Bobby Wagner would have really helped solidify our run defense last year. Yeah he isn't great in coverage, neither is Walker. And Wagner had 160 plus tackles again last year. He is just an example of how a vet could help.

A Veteran TE would have really helped last year too. I and other posters made the point that depending on Musgrave if Kraft got hurt would kill us, and it did. GB doesn't want the oldest team either, but a sprinkling of still talented vets at key positions probably makes us a much more dangerous team now while we are in the window.

Vets I would like to see:
A J Epenesa-Edge
Zach Ertz-TE
Antonio Gibson-RB
Rasul Douglas or a younger vet CB who has started multiple seasons

Maybe the hype of being the youngest team in the NFL, doesn't win you anything after all.

Who wudda thunk it.

Good.

We are filling holes for the short term to improve our draft options and cover for departures that didn’t quite work out as picks or tactical decisions last season. This is not a sign of going all in, but of a need to hold ground through tight cap and fewer top end picks.

"Packers wanted to add some experience, and are ready to spend resources on short-sighted moves."

Well, there's a Freudian slip...unless you really meant "short-term" (i.e. bridging) rather than "short-sighted" (rash or poorly thought-out).

I mentioned last week in reference to our GM being asked about this years draft strategy saying "we are drafting for players to play this season" which is a huge change in direction. Prior drafts targeted in the high rounds "developmental players" (Gary - VanEss) and players "believed to move to new positions in the pro's" (Morgan).

Again, I am hoping that the contract extensions contain team Opt Outs to lite a fire under our GM & Head Coach and that is the reason for the new strategy.

so, the Patriots reloaded every year after winning championships and the Rams are doing that as well the Packers wasted years of great QB play with Favre and Rodgers while waiting for players to develop let's hope that's not the case for Love.

so now gutey Policy and the board parasites are saying they did everything wrong, It was a mistake to be the youngest team in the NFL.
they made huge mistakes and they are admitting that but they got contracts extended for 4 years.
at some point the whole organization will admit the last thing, they drafted a bust ruining the possibility to go to SB with Rodgers.
May Be One Day a new Harlan Will come and will kick in the ass all this bunch of losers.

Will this shift in urgency from the FO actually translate to a shift of urgency on the field in games?

A factor not mentioned is the salary cap. While the national sports media dopes kept talking about how much cap space the Packers had after some cuts, the reality is they didn't have a ridiculous amount of cap space like the Raiders. So they were limited to mid-level players like St.- Juste and Hargrave. They also realized that with the crap shoot that is the draft they might not find a player to fill a need. That left them scrounging around in the NFL version of the clearance rack at a retail store.
When you sign a veteran player it automatically means they're a bit older, most of the time with at least three years in the league and often more. So it is logical that the team will be a little older. I don't know if it was a strategy as much as 'who is available at that price?".
Reports about St.-Juste indicated he was a reserve corner for the Chargers and simply wasn't as good as their starters. Hargave can be an animal as we've seen with his past teams, but he is 33 yo. The addition of Skyy Moore, while not an older player, was a shrewd move. His return ability takes the burden off other players and he has caught passes from Mahomes and Purdy.

Gute learned at the hip of Ron Wolf and "Tightwad' Ted Thompson. You can see a little of the influence of both men in Gute's decisions.

Like Coldworld - I see Gutekunst filling potholes in order to create a more sustainable pathway into the future. However, what appears different from previous seasons - is that Gutekunst has changed and expanded his MO to create a more age and veteran diverse team. Perhaps he realized that he had to change his 'game' in order for the team to improve their's. This is "adaptability" - which has long been overdue by the FO. Still, better late than never.

I like draft-and-develop, but also signing free agents on occasion if they are the right guys for the right price. I like signing Parsons. I like signing Franklin, St.-Juste, and Hargrave. Plus -- as I've already said before and possibly will say again -- I like that the Packers reached for the Skyy to put Moore into the return game.
I like mostly young players, but also sprinkling in some veterans. However, at least generally speaking, no big contracts for the long-term after age 30. Quarterbacks and kickers can be among the exceptions to the rule.
I like a defense that blitzes fairly often, but not all of the time.
I like an offense that mostly goes with the passing game, but does use the running game a fair amount.
In other words, it's generally good to have some balance, not necessarily 50-50, but enough to be flexible and unpredictable.
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P.S. What do others think about a trade of Jayden Reed for Josh Sweat?

The youngest team thing is a bunch of bunk - more like drafting some guys who develop and develop quickly ie in year 2 or 3 - That is where on defense we have sucked. It is not like when we drafted guys that they ended up as a CM3 or that our Oline picks developed quick enough. We have not really hit on our first rounders - Stokes Walker Wyatt Van Ness Morgan and even Josh Myers - second rounders were not great - other than Watson Reed and hopefully Musgrave. These guys should have made our team much better despite their AGES had they developed like first rounders should - Some of it is the result of poor Oline coaching IMO and guys just not being what they had planned - Quay Walker