The offseason in Green Bay might have started with some type of controversy. Running back Josh Jacobs said during the Super Bowl week that the Packers were two or three pieces away from being a top team, and stressed the need for an elite wide receiver one.

His opinion generated reaction from the current wide receivers on the Packers' depth chart, and quarterback Jordan Love had to talk about it as well.

But the Packers are managing it with tranquility and calmness. On Tuesday, general manager Brian Gutekunst talked to local media before going to the podium at the NFL Combine, and said Jacobs' perception is not detrimental to the team.

"I talked to Josh before and after that about our football team," Gutekunst said, according to Cheesehead TV's Aaron Nagler. "Things that are in the media, I don't pay too much attention to, unless it's something that's detrimental to our football team, which that wasn't."

"I talked to Josh before and after that about our football team. Things that are in the media, I don't pay too much attention to, unless it's something that's detrimental to our football team, which that wasn't." Gutekunst on Josh Jacobs' Super Bowl comments.

— Aaron Nagler (@AaronNagler) February 25, 2025

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The point

Josh Jacobs has said how much he trusts quarterback Jordan Love to become a star in the NFL, but the running back mentioned the need for a top receiving weapon.

"We need a wide receiver—a real wide receiver," Jacobs told Chris Simms. "Love the guys we have, but we need a proven No. 1."

For Jacobs, it's important to have established pieces to help the growth of younger players.

"We have the youngest team in the NFL," Jacobs told Kay Adams on the Up and Adams Show. "We're still going through some growing pains right now, trying to figure it out, how to do things right on a day-to-day basis. I feel like the little things killed us a lot in the games that we did lose. Once we put it all together, I think we'll be alright."

The Packers don't tend to rebuke their own players when they express opinions, and that's the correct approach, especially considering how much head coach Matt LaFleur stresses the importance of having a player-led locker room. Eventually, players will disagree and have strong opinions, but they're not necessarily wrong or affecting the team. Ultimately, in this case, it's just hungry players who want a big role on a championship-level team.

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