Packers claim H-back off waivers from Chiefs, still lacking at wideout

The Packers claimed John Lovett, a versatile player who the Chiefs placed on waivers, but still haven’t addressed their biggest need.

Time and time again, the Green Bay Packers continue to ignore what should be the most important position to them, especially with Aaron Rodgers still taking the snaps at quarterback. This position is wide receiver, an area that is continuously ignored by the front office.

Green Bay recently claimed John Lovett, who played quarterback at Princeton and could be a Taysom Hill type of player in the NFL if a team can use him in the right way.

While the pick-up of Lovett wasn’t a bad one by any means, it has to be frustrating for that fan base to see the team ignore the wide receiver position year after year. The Packers used to be able to go as far as Rodgers could take them, but he’s aging now, and needs more help at the wide receiver spot.

The Packers are truly weak at the wide receiver position

Right now, the Packers have Davante Adams, Allen Lazard, and Marquez Valdes-Scantling as their three main receivers heading into the 2020 season. Adams is a good player, but the other two were either late round draft picks (Valdes-Scantling went in the fifth round) or undrafted (which Lazard was). Throw in the fact that Devin Funchess opted out of the season, and it’s not looking promising out wide.

This year’s draft was filled with talented wide receivers, not just in the early rounds, but throughout. It’d be understandable if Green Bay opted not to grab a wideout in the first round if they took another position of need, but they went with a quarterback in Jordan Love (and traded up to do so).

But, when the 2020 NFL Draft concluded, the Green Bay Packers selected a whopping zero wideouts. They even took three offensive linemen in the sixth round, but couldn’t take a gamble on any of the wide receivers still on the board.

With Rodgers closer to the end of his career than the beginning of it, it’s vital for the Packers to surround him with talent at this point, but they’re not doing that for him. They even had a chance to grab a top tier talent in the draft, but chose to instead find his future backup and add a running back (which wasn’t a position of need).

Lovett could be intriguing in Green Bay and it’s worth mentioning that they had Taysom Hill before waiving him and he landed with the Saints instead. Perhaps this is their way of making up for lost time and trying to build what could have been had they kept Hill around.

It should be interesting to see what kind of offense the Packers field this year. They had a nice season in 2019, making it all the way to the NFC title game, but getting demolished by the 49ers’ run game.

Maybe Lazard or Valdes-Scantling step up and surprise us all in 2020, but giving Rodgers a true second threat at the position would have been smart this offseason and that didn’t happen and still hasn’t happened.