The Media Wants the Packers Dead and I'm Not Having It

Ryan Schlipp delivers a fiery, detailed rebuttal to a substack article by NFL analyst Mike Tanier, who declared the Packers' 2025 offseason an 'unmitigated disaster.' Schlipp dismantles Tanier's claims point by point, arguing that the criticism is hyperbolic, factually flawed, and rooted in a broader media bias against the Packers. He refutes the notion that the team's loss of players like Quay Walker, Romeo Dobbs, and Rashawn Gary constitutes a franchise-altering collapse, emphasizing that replacements are better and that the narrative ignores the reality of roster turnover. Schlipp also defends key signings like Javon Hargrave and Sky Moore, exposing the lack of evidence behind their negative labels. He critiques the media's tendency to predict doom every offseason, drawing parallels to past predictions that failed when the Packers rebounded. Ultimately, Schlipp frames the article as performative, emotionally charged commentary rather than substantive analysis, and calls out the media’s desire to see the Packers fail out of jealousy and resentment.