How Lane Johnson’s Retirement Will Affect the Eagles and More Questions for Week 5

PelisseroIt's been a long time since the Bears have won several games in a row in this series. They have had the Packers number over the past couple of years.

PelisseroGreen Bay is going to have to find a way to play at a higher level. And if you do, if you beat the Bears, I don't think there's any reason you should just write off the Packers from being a playoff team once again. But what they've got to overcome, Sheil, is the offensive line.

PelisseroThey signed three veterans last week, basically saying, like, our young guys aren't going to cut it. We've got to totally redo this thing. They lost the right tackle. They still don't have the running back. They lost one of their top receivers. And defensively, we're all waiting for Micah Parsons, who everyone thought would be back by week five or six.

PelisseroAnd then as I reported in the sweep on Substack over the weekend, I don't know that we see him until November. And that's not because of a setback. It's just because it's a long process. You know, the ACL plus the meniscus, the Packers are really, really conservative. So it's like you don't have, we don't know when Micah Parsons or Josh Jacobs is walking through that door.

PelisseroIn Jacobs' case at all, if he's walking through. that door. And so they have to find a way. And it's already shaped up to be one of those seasons where if the Packers manage to get to nine and eight or 10 and seven, I feel like Matt LaFleur should be a coach of the year candidate because on paper right now, like it is a mess.

KapadiaYeah. That, that Edger and Cooper entry last week is kind of, yeah, I mean, that's a, that's a big deal. He's one of the best defensive players and they don't, I don't think they have a lot of great defensive players on the team, especially with Parsons out. So you're right that this is sort of a narrative shaping type game.

KapadiaIt feels like, you know, there's a scenario where the bears just go in there and smack them down and are just like, it's a, it's a different time now.