Green Bay Packers are not screwing around this year. Other teams might be but not the Packers. It’s clear they mean business. After signing Ahmad Brooks from San Francisco, Green Bay dipped back into the San Fran honey pot by adding Quinton Dial, a former fifth round pick out of Alabama. Dial is an absolute monster at 6’6 318 providing a huge body in the middle of that Packers defensive line that has suddenly become quite powerful.

Dial is a run-stuffer by trade and that makes sense considering his massive frame. He can fill up holes and create problems for guards on the inside. Many Packers experts see him as a Letroy Guion replacement. I can get behind that, but Packers add much more athleticism with the combination of Dial and Dean Lowry compared to Guion. To me, he’s the type of player that’s been missing from the Green Bay defensive line. A taller, imposing player that can be a real headache for offenses to scheme against.

Packers defensive line looks beasty and could be a huge part of their success this season. Mike Daniels leads the way on the inside, but he’s flanked by guys like Lowry, Dial, Kenny Clark and Ricky-Jean Francois who can all be playmakers. Then Green Bay will get a boost later this year when Montravious Adams is healthy.

Many critics of Ted Thompson should be enjoying a warm glass of shut the hell up. It’s clear to anyone that Thompson realize what he was doing did not fit with today’s NFL. He adapted to the current trends and opened up to adding more talent that wasn’t through the draft to make Green Bay better right away. Tigers can change their stripes, and Thompson is doing just that this season. Anyone who thinks Eliot Wolf or someone else is pulling the strings should also believe they can buy lakefront property in Oklahoma. Thompson has done a marvelous job putting this team together.

Charlie.