Burnett Heads to Pittsburgh Leading to Increased Packers Panic
Green Bay Packers are losing another member in the secondary today. According to former Packers wide receiver James Jones, Morgan Burnett is going to the Pittsburgh Steelers. Burnett and Jones are good friends and families vacation together, so, I believe this to be a done deal. Green Bay will have one less player in the secondary, and people are going to completely lose their mind. Things were already on DEFCON 2 with the fan base and the media, and this will put things at DEFCON 1. Is it worth the panic though? The jury is still out.
One theory could be OH MY GOD THIS IS THE WORST THING EVER. Packers are not going to have any secondary members left. Right now, it’s Josh Jones, Kentrell Brice, Lenzy Pipkins, Kevin King and Josh Hawkins. That’s enough to freak the fan base out. Guess what, I’m sure Brian Gutekunst is panicking a little bit himself. I’m sure the team had a plan in place, and there’s still somewhat of a plan yet it’s probably changed a bit. There’s reason for people to panic, but we’re a long way from football season. It’s fucking March. We’re not playing games until the middle of September. There’s a ton of time to make something happen at this position.
Green Bay clearly needs help. Green Bay didn’t exactly miss the boat with the players. Malcolm Butler got paid too much. Jets dropped a bag for Trumaine Johnson. Richard Sherman made too much money as well. There are still a few that are unclaimed. There are a few deals that it would have nice to see them make but we go back to the point of people wanting to actually play for Green Bay. I don’t think that’s always the case. The weight of playing for the Packers only carries so much but actually living in Green Bay, Wisconsin is another thing.
Burnett is a good player, but let’s not put him on the pedestal. Packers fans love to make shrines of their former players especially after how Casey Hayward and Micah Hyde perform well after their Green Bay tenure. Just remember if Burnett plays a full 16 game season, it will be his first since 2012.
Charlie.