Albert Breer is not backing off the Green Bay Packers. For the second straight summer, the Sports Illustrated writer is putting them in the Super Bowl conversation, and he’s doing it with the same basic argument he made a year ago: the talent is there, but the leap has to come from the young core.
In Breer’s latest summer look at every NFL team heading into the 2026 campaign, he slotted Green Bay with the Seattle Seahawks as a team that can win it all if several promising players move from good to great. He made that same call last year, and the Packers’ return of most of their key pieces hasn’t changed his view.
“It's a talented roster,” Breer wrote. “So the question is whether guys such as Christian Watson, Matthew Golden, Jordan Morgan, Lukas Van Ness, Devonte Wyatt, and Edgerrin Cooper can take their games to another level.”
That’s the whole story with Green Bay’s ceiling. Watson has already shown the kind of explosive ability that made him such a high draft investment, and Golden turned into one of the more interesting young receivers in the NFC last season.
Breer also pointed to Morgan and Van Ness as the sort of ascending players who can shape a team for the long haul, whether on the line or on defense. If three or four of those names hit at once, Green Bay starts looking like a dangerous January team in a hurry.
Health remains part of the equation, too. Breer identified Micah Parsons and Tucker Kraft as key swing factors, noting that both are coming back from knee injuries. Their availability - and how effective they are - could be the difference between a real playoff push and an early exit.
Parsons, especially, changes the math. He brings a disruptive edge that doesn’t really have a simple schematic answer.
And with Jordan Love still developing at quarterback and a coaching staff that has earned the room’s trust, Green Bay has the kind of setup that keeps the optimism alive. The question, as Breer sees it, is whether all the right pieces actually come together.
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