Whenever there’s a dropped pass, a missed block, a whiffed arm tackle, shots are fired. It’s reflexive at this point.

How could Brian Gutekunst and Matt LaFleur do this?

How could you fail to give your quarterback weapons?

Why are you wasting Aaron Rodgers!

There is screaming. Tears. It’s been this way since April 23.

Nobody could follow the Green Bay Packers’ logic that night. Nobody could figure out why the two men in charge drafted two players at the team’s two greatest positions of strength — quarterback Jordan Love 26th overall and running back AJ Dillon 62nd overall. Rodgers admitted himself he poured four fingers of tequila after finding out Green Bay had drafted his eventual replacement. Locals reacted as if Wisconsin was suddenly declared a dry state. All in sports media universally lampooned the front office for the gall, the unforgivable nerve to do anything their Hall-of-Fame quarterback would not approve of.

Neither rookie, predictably, has provided an immediate boost so nobody, predictably, can make sense of the franchise’s vision any time this offense temporarily buffers, an offense that ranks fourth overall in yards (392.9 per game), first in points (31.7) and third in fewest turnovers (nine). Love won’t be running routes in the slot. Dillon won’t be asked to plug the “B” gap. The closer these Packers inch toward January, the more anxious everyone will likely get.

Yet here’s a thought: This could be brilliant. This should become the blueprint for all NFL franchises.

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