Brian Gutekunst can magnify the Micah Parsons trade with another deal for a pass rusher

The Green Bay Packers weren't in on the Myles Garrett trade, at least in part, because the team already made their blockbuster pass rush move a season ago. But they can make that move even better.

In for a penny, in for a pound. When Brian Gutekunst cashed in a horde of picks for Micah Parsons, along with one of his defensive line fixtures, he was in for more than a penny. Or at least, it was a very pretty penny. There’s not a move, short of trading for Myles Garrett, the Packers could make that would dwarf the Parsons deal. But adding another pass rusher could amplify it.

Enter Josh Sweat.

Sure, the Packers are strapped for draft capital thanks to that Parsons trade, but they can follow the model set forth by the very team that traded for Garrett, even if it means potentially damaging their flexibility in the future.

It’s time to really go all-in.

Usually, the phrase “going all-in” doesn’t actually apply. In poker, when a player goes all in, he risks busting out of the game entirely, depending on the stacks at the table. But Les Snead and the “F*** them picks” mantra nearly managed it in a football sense.

The Los Angeles traded multiple first-round picks for Jalen Ramsey, then two more for Matthew Stafford, before swinging their second and third-round picks for Von Miller. After the Rams won the Super Bowl in the 2021 season, they didn’t pick in the 2022 NFL draft until pick 104, a compensatory selection for the Detroit Lions hiring of Brad Holmes. Not having a top-100 pick because a team traded away all their selections is about as close to actually risking going bust as a team can get.

And if not for a terrific 2023 draft class (also without a first-round pick because of the Stafford trade), they would not be in a position to once again be f***ing them picks with Garrett as Super Bowl favorites.