NO LOVE FOR THE GREEN & GOLD
a Green Bay Packers FOF Simulation
2032
Retirement
RB Weston Keck
Drafted with the 5th overall pick in 2023 out of Tennesse, Weston Keck was the focal point of the Packers offense in transition from HOF QB Aaron Rodgers. Beginning his career with 6 straight seasons of 1500+ yards rushing - 3 in-a-row of 1800+ - Keck was one of the most productive backs during his career. Suffering a severe knee injury the last game of the 2030 regular season, Keck wouldn't play another snap for the Packers. Finishing 11th all-time, ahead of Jim Brown and behind Tony Dorsett, with 12,688 rushing yards Keck averaged 4.74 YPC over his career as one of the most productive backs in history. With only 5 players having rushed for more TDs, in only 9 seasons the former Vol has a solid case to ultimately wear a Gold Jacket.
Staffing
Losing a Super Bowl is never easy, but having won the two prior - and lost last years to a QB the Packers drafted in the 3rd and traded for a 1st - Green Bay feels good about its staff and how they've assembled the team. Leo Custer, a 6-time Coach of the Year winner, made no changes for 2032.
Draft Class
Scouted ratings are directly after the draft and then before Week 1
With former All-Pro C Derrick Farley in his 10th season the Packers look for his future replacement in Manuel Zellers. With several defensive players and offensive lineman the Packers continue to fortify areas of need while looking for skill position depth in later rounds. Not the best Green Bay draft class in recent years but another solid one including several near-future starters.
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Pick Player # Pos Start Exp Cur Fut
1.31 Zellers, Manuel 652 C 1 42 83
2.31 August, Neal 1495WLB 1 28 68
3.14 Stevens, Peyton 1643FS 1 39 65
3.31 Bouchette, Jonah 862 LT 1 23 59
4.13 Giles, Zach 1536RCB 1 25 53
4.25 Emmons, Irv 750 LG 1 28 66
4.31 Kirk, Kendall 878 RT 1 10 50
5.12 Springer, Myron 1194LDE 1 37 54
5.31 Jacobsen, Steve 1013K 1 49 81
6.31 Hermsen, Junior 1527RCB 1 25 45
7.28 Kinney, Terrell 223 RB 1 35 46
7.31 Shea, Timothy 512 FL 1 25 37
Week 1 Season Outlook
With Zellers and Stevens having a great camp and preseason both C and FS look to be locked down for years to come. Although a slight dip in scouted grade, K Steve Jacobsen should still do well in his role with Kinney a possible contributor in a committee backfield. Irv Emmons saw a slight decline transitioning from C to LG but looks like a solid player for the interior of the offensive line. All in all the Packers made 12 picks, the most in recent seasons.
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Pick Player # Pos Start Exp Cur Fut
1.31 Zellers, Manuel 652 C 1 50 91
2.31 August, Neal 1495WLB 1 32 64
3.14 Stevens, Peyton 1643FS 1 52 78
3.31 Bouchette, Jonah 862 LT 1 28 54
4.13 Giles, Zach 1536RCB 1 28 46
4.25 Emmons, Irv 750 LG 1 34 65
4.31 Kirk, Kendall 878 RT 1 14 46
5.12 Springer, Myron 1194LDE 1 41 59
5.31 Jacobsen, Steve 1013K 1 59 78
6.31 Hermsen, Junior 1527RCB 1 25 45
7.28 Kinney, Terrell 223 RB 1 36 46
7.31 Shea, Timothy 512 FL 1 29 41
With starting RT Warren Jones placed on IR for ankle surgery, the Packers enter Week 1 missing a key member of their offensive line with little quality depth behind him. Other than Jones the team is relatively healthy entering Week 1 ready to reclaim the Lombardi Trophy, having won it 2 of the last 3 seasons only to come up short in the big game last year. With what should be an improved defense, and one of the hottest offenses of the last several seasons, Green Bay is poised to have another strong season as Week 1s #1 Power Rated team.
Offense
With half of last years league leading rushing attack's 1-2 punch gone to free agency, the Packers took a slight step back in offensive efficiency. Most noticably 3rd down conversions slipped to 15th after Green Bay finished top-5 for roughly a decade. This slight dip still allowed Green Bay to lead the NFL in yards however they finished 2nd in points. With Sean Wilkerson in-and-out of the lineup to injury all season, Anthony Jarvis saw plenty of action performing fairly well with a 90.3 QB rating. Aside from losing RT Warren Jones for the year in preseason, Green Bay also lost 2nd year TE, and rising star, Jeffrey Plichta to a season ending injury when he was averaging over 10 YPT. With TE Tommy Knudson and WR Mitch Flannery each topping 1100 yards the two did well without the 3rd of their trio, Maxwell Peck, for 9 games. In a split backfield where he should have seen a larger share of carries, Johnny Browning led the team in rushing with an underwhelming 818 yards.
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Green Bay Packers Team Rank
Rushes per Game 24.5 27
Rushing Yards 105.6 21
Yards Per Carry 4.31 18
Pass Attempts 38.2 4
Completions 24.4 1
Completion Pct. 63.8 7
Passing Yards 285.1 1
Yards Per Attempt 7.46 1
Yards Per Catch 11.69 2
Total Yardage Gained 381.9 1
3rd Down Conversions 35.1 15
Points Per Game 27.9 2
Pass Rush Pct. 24.3 1
Pass Defense Pct. 53.9 7
Turnovers 14 3
Turnover Margin +9 1
Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int Rate
2 S. Wilkerson QB 343 215 2681 7.82 17 1 102.1
8 A. Jarvis QB 265 173 1871 7.06 11 6 90.3
**Team --- 611 390 4561 7.46 28 7 96.9
$$Opp --- 598 351 3625 6.06 15 17 72.7
Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Fum
22 J. Browning RB 194 818 4.22 12 4
21 D. Buhl RB 114 401 3.52 3 0
2 S. Wilkerson QB 41 305 7.44 0 2
**Team --- 392 1690 4.31 16 12
$$Opp --- 398 1593 4.00 8 18
Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop TD
82 T. Knudson TE 160 97 1118 11.53 6.99 12 8
86 M. Flannery WR 155 94 1126 11.98 7.26 13 7
83 M. Peck WR 67 45 624 13.87 9.31 1 4
14 D. Tatum WR 67 43 435 10.12 6.49 3 1
16 A. Schwartz WR 37 21 288 13.71 7.78 1 2
81 J. Plichta TE 26 18 269 14.94 10.35 1 2
21 D. Buhl RB 19 16 161 10.06 8.47 2 1
Defense
Looking much improved, Green Bay finished the year top-10 in YPC and YPA while finishing 4th in total yards allowed. With the 3rd stingiest defense on 3rd down, the Packers finished 3rd allowing only 16.4 points/game. With the now leagues best pass rush, Green Bay harrassed QBs forced to play catchup by leading the NFL with 51 sacks. With 8th year DE and former All-Pro Bernie Farr contributing 11.5 sacks and 4th year DE Myron Heredia leading the league with 15 sacks, there was little opposing QBs could do against the Packers. And while TOs as a whole were down, S Xavier Burdick did his part with 5 INTs and 2 FF.
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Opponents Team Rank
Rushes per Game 24.9 7
Rushing Yards 99.6 7
Yards Per Carry 4.00 10
Pass Attempts 37.4 25
Completions 21.9 20 (T)
Completion Pct. 58.7 5 (T)
Passing Yards 226.6 12
Yards Per Attempt 6.06 9
Yards Per Catch 10.33 9 (T)
Total Yardage Gained 307.4 4
3rd Down Conversions 30.2 3 (T)
Points Per Game 16.4 3
Pass Rush Pct. 17.0 2
Pass Defense Pct. 40.8 2 (T)
Turnovers 23 10 (T)
Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn PDPct
99 H. Craig OLB 94 30 1.5 4 1 13 78.2
41 X. Burdick S 80 22 0.0 0 5 7 81.6
28 M. Lancaster CB 71 19 0.0 0 2 9 75.7
57 J. Horn ILB 68 24 3.0 1 1 4 75.6
58 M. Heredia DE 49 14 15.0 17 0 0 81.5
43 P. Stevens S 49 11 0.0 0 0 3 76.4
56 J. Lester ILB 48 10 0.5 2 3 3 77.5
73 A. Riti DT 47 19 4.0 7 0 0 82.3
42 J. Spears CB 45 14 0.0 1 2 10 80.1
32 G. Rhea CB 37 8 0.0 0 2 3 75.8
98 S. Good OLB 32 7 1.0 0 1 1 73.2
71 J. Stahl DE 31 13 5.5 13 0 1 82.1
74 R. Campbell DT 27 17 5.5 6 0 0 81.4
97 B. Farr DE 22 10 11.5 24 0 6 83.8
48 B. Saleski S 18 4 0.0 0 0 2 78.9
Summary
With a much improved defense the slight dip in offense production was barely noticed as Green Bay cruised to an 8-0 start before Sean Wilkerson would again be injured. While Anthony Jarvis would lose his first game in relief he'd win every other contest he started as the team went 15-1 winning their 9th consecutive NFC North title. With a hot Atlanta team heading to Lambeau the return of WR Maxwell Peck would prove to much to handle as the receiver went off for 139 yards and a TD on 9 catches in the 29-19 win. Again with 300+ yards passing and 2 TDs, QB Sean Wilkerson went to work against the 49ers as the Packers would go on to win 38-13 to play in their 4th Super Bowl in 4 years. With Browning and Buhl contributing 121 yards on 22 carries the Green Bay offense was able to control the clock in a close game. Failing to make much happen in the air, Wilkerson failed to throw a TD while throwing an INT and posting a sub-70 QB rating. Despite the lack of a passing game, the consistent ground game and holding San Francisco to 3 of 12 on 3rd down proved enough to win Green Bay's 3rd Super Bowl in 4 years as the Packers officially become a Dynasty.
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Year 2032
Record 18-1
Winning Pct. .947
All-Time 156-66-2
Winning Pct. .700
Playoffs 23-7
Playoff Visits 12
Bowl Wins 5
Head Coach Leo Custer
Record 125-39-1
Winning Pct. .760
Off. Coord. B. Leftwich
Def. Coord. N. Goode
Asst. Coach M. Edwards
Stren. Coord. S. Ross
Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 38 at CHI 27
2 19 at TEN 13
3 34 SFO 24
4 30 MIN 24
5 30 NOS 7
6 30 at CAR 17
7 33 ATL 27
9 26 at TBY 17
10 23 at DET 20
11 16 CHI 10
12 31 at HOU 17
13 10 at NYK 34
14 29 IND 3
15 27 at MIN 17
16 34 JAX 6
17 36 DET 0
$$CS 29 ATL 19
$$CF 38 SFO 13
**FB 21 vs CAL 15
Awards
Super Bowl MVP - Steve Jacobsen
Coach of the Year - Leo Custer (7th)
1st Team All-Pro Offensive Guard - Nickolas Vanden Bosch (2nd)
1st Team All-Pro Defensive End - Myron Heredia
2nd Team All-Pro Tight End - Tommy Knudson (3rd)
2nd Team All-Pro Kicker - Steve Jacobsen