Green Bay Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst said it’s time for the team to start competing for Super Bowl titles, and he is not stopping until he gets it.
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“These opportunities don’t come (very often). The life of a player in the National Football League is not very long. We’ve got a bunch of good guys in that locker room, got a bunch of talented guys in that locker room, and yeah, I think it’s time that we start competing for championships, right?” Gutekunst stated via Eric Edholm of NFL.com.
The Green Bay Packers haven’t advanced beyond the divisional round in the past three seasons, including a 22-10 loss against the Philadelphia Eagles in the Wild Card round that ended their 2024 campaign.
Gutenkunst and the rest of the front office will make big decisions on shaping their roster this offseason, as they enter the 2025 offseason with 18 players hitting free agency. Green Bay will have just over $38 million in effective cap space.
Green Bay Packers’ Matt LaFleur believes Brian Gutekunst “doesn’t get enough credit”
Brian Gutekunst was promoted as general manager to replace Ted Thompson in 2018, and he has overseen a fairly seamless quarterback transition from Aaron Rodgers to Jordan Love. His work didn’t go unnoticed by his peers and head coach Matt LaFleur.
“Gutey’s done an outstanding job,” LaFleur said via ESPN’s Rob Demovsky. “He probably doesn’t get enough credit for the job he’s done building our roster and just getting guys in here that love the game of football.”
“Some guys just throw s*** on the board and think it’s a plan. This is a clear plan. He has a three-year plan and a five-year plan. You can see that by the way he’s shaped the roster,” added an NFL personnel analyst who worked with Gutekunst.
