Just freshly exiting an era where Davante Adams was receiving 29.6 percent of targets from Aaron Rodgers, Green Bay Packers fans and media alike are begging to know who their new WR1 is in the Jordan Love era. After seeing how well they performed last year as rookies and second-year players, the urge to know has only skyrocketed. We, collectively, just have to stop asking.
I understand that players like Tyreek Hill and Justin Jefferson exist. Their team’s go-to guy. A “screw it, he’s down there somewhere” type of receiver. But not every team needs one, or they have several, and Packers head coach Matt LaFleur agrees. So much so that he says he wants to vomit every time he’s asked about it.
I fully agree with Coach here. At the end of the day, what do we care about? Winning football games. That’s all Jordan Love cares about too. When he was asked by Kay Adams, his response was simply perfect, and a little bit less grotesque.
Jordan is right. At different parts throughout the season, they had to be that guy. Romeo Doubs had a tremendous playoff performance with 10 receptions for 234 yards and 1 touchdown in two games. Dontayvion Wicks led the team in receiving yards during two regular season games and scored 2 touchdowns to beat the Bears at the end of the season, as well as a touchdown against Dallas in the playoffs. Rookie Jayden Reed led the team in receiving yards throughout the regular season. Christian Watson, albeit battling a string of injuries, caught a touchdown against Detroit on Thanksgiving that kept Green Bay ahead by 7 by the final whistle, as well as leading the team in receiving that game.
Every single one of the receivers on this roster is immensely talented, all in very different ways. People online will tell you that Christian Watson sucks purely because he’s injured when he’s been awesome when healthy and used to the strength that is his insane speed. Hopefully, after he visited with UW-Madison this offseason, that health will be consistent. Dontayvion Wicks runs what I call “onion routes” because they bring a tear to my eye, they’re so beautiful. Romeo Doubs catches footballs like Taylor Swift pumps out albums and digital acoustic phone voice memos or whatever. Jayden Reed just does everything, everywhere all at once.
I cannot begin to understand why people care about who the “No. 1 receiver” is. Come contract extension time, Packers GM Brian Gutekunst is going to have to beg and plead to figure it out but that’s the all-encompassing beauty of this whole ordeal; everyone is here and cheap for at least the next two seasons, barring a trade. For fantasy football players, I don’t know what to tell you. Actually, no, I do. Draft Jordan Love because he’s going to be slinging the rock to anyone and everyone.
