Overall it was another very good season for the Green Bay Packers. They once again finished 13-3, this time claiming the top seed in the NFC and making it to the NFC Championship game as well.

Unfortunately, it didn’t end as we had hoped, and now our sights turn to the offseason, where much of the discussion will center around how this Packers team can improve and hopefully get over that NFC Championship hump.

One major need will be the cornerback position, along with addressing the interior defensive line, as well as an offensive tackle, just to name a few. However, you can bet that getting Aaron Rodgers an additional weapon on offense — or maybe even two — will be on just about everyone’s radar as well—and I agree.
With 10 draft picks and a loaded receiver class once again that is even deeper with high-end talent than a year ago, I fully expect the Packers to take a receiver with one of their selections.

While the addition of a receiver should certainly help — we will see how much — Green Bay will already be getting a big boost on offense next season without making any external additions, and that is because Josiah Deguara will be returning.

Just like the two picks before him in 2020, many were left scratching their heads at the Deguara selection in last year’s draft. Taking an H-back in Round 3 was considered by many in the draft world a wasted resource. And for some teams, that may be the case—but not in Matt LaFleur’s offense.

LaFleur strives for that “illusion of complexity,” as he calls it, and with the offense taking a major step forward in Year 2 of his system, we saw what that means on a weekly basis with pre-snap motion, play-action, and similar play designs.

For those wondering, LaFleur describes the "illusion of complexity" as this: “We want to have like plays, meaning, plays that start out looking the same that are different. We also want to create what we call an ‘illusion of complexity,’ meaning we’re going to run the same concepts, but how many different ways can we run them?” LaFleur said via [URL=https://packerswire.usatoday.com/2019/01/16/explaining-the-illusion-of-complexity-sought-by-new-packers-coach-matt-lafleur/" target="_blank]Packers Wire[/URL]. “Whether it’s out of 11 personnel, 12 personnel, 13 personnel, just to make it a little more difficult for the defense.”
With Deguara’s versatility, he plays a key role in helping the Packers' offense achieve this by keeping defenses off-balance and guessing while not only creating for himself but his teammates as well. Coming out of Cincinnati, Deguara was a willing blocker and a good one at that; he's a polished route runner and has reliable hands. Not to mention that LaFleur can line him up anywhere in the formation. 

“I just think the versatility he showed as a player,” LaFleur told [URL=https://packerswire.usatoday.com/2020/08/13/packers-coach-matt-lafleur-touts-josiah-deguaras-versatility-again/" target="_blank]Packers Wire [/URL]when asked about why he thought Deguara would be a good fit as an H-back or tight end. “You could definitely see his ability to run routes. We just thought he’d be a good movable piece whether we have him in the backfield or on the line of scrimmage, or you could even put him in some positions where he’s pretty much a wide receiver. We just like the versatility he brings.”

So to put a bow on what I just said, Deguara can block, he's a receiving threat, and he can be moved around to help facilitate the "illusion of complexity."

Although we, unfortunately, didn't see much of Deguara last season as he missed Weeks 2 and 3 and then tore his ACL in Week 4, during that small sample size against the Vikings where he played 24 offensive snaps, we saw why LaFleur had to have him in this Green Bay Packers' offense.

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