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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Heyjoe4" data-source="post: 1085407" data-attributes="member: 13032">Good point my friend.  Youth is certainly an advantage in today's NFL where players are bigger, stronger, faster, and on.  But that kind of energy burns quickly, and young doesn't necessarily mean talented.  So it pays to have a fair amount of players in their mid 20s on the team.  (OK I'm 71.  When did mid-20s become "veteran presence"?  Never mind.  Rhetorical question.)Among his many other contributions, Parsons brough that maturity and intensity to the D, at the ripe old age of 26.The Packers could use a few more perennial All Pro candidates.  I know they are hard to come by, but Gluten did it by getting McKinney.  I expect even more FA activity in the offseason.  Another area is WR, where there is no clear #1, meaning a guy you can absolutely go to when the game is on the line.And you mentioned coaching and that's fair.  IMO MLF gets too caught up in play calling for the offense to keep a handle on managing the game, all teams.</blockquote>

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