The combine is so funny.
There's absolutely no real reason for it anymore – every NFL front office has an abundance of tape on every player invited, and the top ones don't even show up anymore. It's just an excuse for bored NFL media members to expense $250 entrees to their employers (fair play) and sit around waiting for one or two notable soundbites in between networking events.
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Fortunately, NFL teams still take it way too seriously. And part of that means sending the front office to stand in random hotel hallways answering questions about literally anything. It's basically Super Bowl Media Night without Nickelodeon. But that means we all got a few Brian Gutekunst quotes to chew on this morning, which is more than we can say for most offseason Tuesdays. It also means one of those quotes, of course, was about Josh Jacobs' Super Bowl comments.
A quick sparknotes recap: Jacobs went to media row during the Super Bowl and publicly advocated for, essentially, Davante Adams to return to the Packers this offseason. He didn't quite phrase it like that, though, and it became A Thing for the rest of the week. There was even some Quote Tweet shade from his own teammate! It was juicy.
What it wasn't, apparently, was a big deal for Gutekunst. Shocker! He explained his view of things this morning, and the quote is exactly as boring as you're expecting it to be.
Packers GM Brian Gutekunst squashes any notion that Josh Jacobs' quotes were an issue
"I talked to Josh before and after that about our football team," Gutekunst said. "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."
What's confusing about this quote is that it makes no sense whatsoever. So, he doesn't pay attention to media stuff (classic!) unless it's something detrimental, which this one wasn't? But he talked to Jacobs about it anyways? So that kinda makes it seem like it was? Right? By admitting that he talked to Jacobs, isn't he also admitting that it was a big enough deal to reach his desk?
It also kinnnnnnda sounds like Gutekunst agrees? If I was a GM who agreed with a roster comment from one of my star players, but couldn't risk angering, of all positions, my *wide receivers,* this is how I'd phrase it too.