Season 22 officially begins with Chris and Dave split on the 2026 Packers. They tackle LaFleur’s future, a more aggressive defense, Trey Smack, Micah Parsons, Tucker Kraft, the offensive line, all 17 games and the return of the Ha Ha Clinton-Dix betting lines.
Season 22 begins, and Chris and Dave are not in the same place about this team. Dave says last year still hangs over him, but something about this quiet offseason feels like the kind of year the Packers sneak up on people. Chris wanted leadership changes that never came, and until he sees a different style of play on the field, he isn't buying it.
They get into what the preseason actually showed them. There's a new defensive coordinator in Jeff Hafley's old chair who has said almost nothing all summer, then put a look on the field in that first game that got both of them talking. Trey Smack answered some questions. So did a second round corner who came up and stopped the run, which is not something Packers fans are used to seeing. Special teams might actually be a strength, and yes, the guys are as surprised as you are.
The concerns are real too. The offensive line, top to bottom. Marshawn Lloyd stepping into a workload he's never had. Josh Jacobs and a hearing date that moved up. Micah Parsons watching the first month from the sideline. And Tucker Kraft, still without a signed deal, which Chris thinks Green Bay needs to fix immediately. Plus the Quay Walker and Rashan Gary debate, the Jonnu Smith and Mark Redmond additions, and the growing Packers colony down in Miami.
Then it's the annual walk through all seventeen games. Chris and Dave disagree on more weeks than usual, including one December game they see in completely opposite ways. One of them has the Packers in the playoffs. One of them doesn't. And they close on whether Matt LaFleur is still the head coach when Black Monday comes around.
The betting lines are back, Week 1 and full season, and the guys go line by line. Send your picks to mintnomiller@gmail.com and reach the show at packerstherapy@yahoo.com. Prizes are enormous. The casino has had a difficult offseason. The good doctor has news.
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Posting its first show in 2005, Packers Therapy is the longest-running Packers podcast on the Internet. Hosts Chris and Dave began the show as a way of capturing the spirited chats the two co-workers had about the team around the office. The two have no pretense about being experts: they are just two opinionated shareholders who love the team, follow it closely, but don’t always see the Packers fortunes eye to eye.
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