The Packer Situation is Apocalyptic

It's easy to overreact to a small sample of three games, but I don't think the title of this post is an overreaction. One of the reasons I don't think it's an overreaction is that I still believe the Green Bay Packers have a high number of extremely talented players on their team. I do not think this is just a team of bums. However, I also think that doesn't matter because they have an unfixable, massive problem on the offensive line, and specifically the interior (though the tackles are no great shakes either).

When I'm projecting a team's fortunes for the year, there is, in the back of my mind, a sort of "worst-case scenario" status I think about on every position group that is aligned with the concept of the "replacement player." The replacement player is a baseball concept which sets the baseline for production as "the best guy you can acquire freely right now in a pinch." Basically, the best guy not on any team. Philosophically speaking, you should not have players worse than that guy on your team, and certainly not starting for you, which brings us to this.