Roughly one year ago, the Green Bay Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst had his back against a proverbial wall. The Packers were coming off a disappointing 9-8 campaign, which ended with a loss at home in the last game of the regular season that kept the team from qualifying for the playoffs. After going all-in with Aaron Rodgers, the team’s salary cap for the 2023 offseason was in poor shape, to put it lightly. And worst of all, one of the best quarterbacks in franchise history and a four-time MVP, Rodgers wanted out.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.