In 2023, the Green Bay Packers have proven that they are good enough to still be a playoff team. They are right in the thick of the wildcard chase as we head into Week 15.

Jordan Love has also proven that the front office wasn’t misguided in trusting the quarterback. It’s taken longer than anyone expected, but he’s played well enough in the most recent stretch of the season to establish that he should be the quarterback moving forward.

However, those who are interested in more than just making it to the postseason will be watching this team’s offseason activities with interest.

So many Packers offseasons have been all about Aaron Rodgers and Jordan Love to some extent. This will be the first offseason in a while that they don’t have questions at quarterback.

One of the most fun things to speculate on is how the Packers could improve their roster through trades. In that spirit, here’s a look at three hypotheticals that that Packers should consider.

The Packers have been at their most dominant when they’ve had two great pass rushers coming off the edge. Preston Smith, Za’Darius Smith and Rashan Gary formed a terrifying trio for opposing offenses for a few years before Za’Darius was released.

Now, Preston Smith is 31 years old and the team has an out in his contract after this season. Rashan Gary is now the team’s best pass-rusher, though Lukas Van Ness is still a bright future star. Trading for a veteran with the ability to take over a game would get the Packers back to where they once were.

If the Packers are going to take a big swing in the trade market, it would be worth it to call the Chargers about Bosa. The Chargers are 5-8 this season and big changes could be coming.

It is reasonable to assume that Los Angeles will make some adjustments following a dismal season. They have four players—Keenan Allen, Joey Bosa, Khalil Mack, and Mike Williams—who are expected to earn more than $32 million in salary the following year. Keeping all of them might be too expensive.

On paper, the Packers only have $5.5 million in cap space next season, but they can save an additional $21 million just by releasing David Bakhtiari and another $3 million if they trade away Preston Smith.

That doesn’t even account for the money available through restructures and extensions. If the Chargers and Bosa are looking for a way out, then the Packers might want to consider giving up the draft capital necessary to get the deal done.

It’s hard to figure out the specifics of what a move would look like until we see the draft order, but the Packers keep moving further and further back.

It’s sad to see David Bakhtiari’s run at left tackle come to an end, but it also doesn’t make sense to count on the oft-injured 32-year-old to ever return to his previous levels after playing in just 13 games over the last three seasons.

The Packers have done a great job of drafting and developing linemen in the past, but figuring out who is going to protect Jordan Love’s blindside is something that should require a blue-chip prospect.

Fortunately, this is a pretty good class to need a tackle. We have five tackles in our top 32 and Patrick Paul is lingering just outside of that cutoff at No. 40 overall.

The problem is with positional scarcity at tackle, the Packers might not have the luxury of sitting back and waiting for who will fall to them. If there’s a tackle they like more than the others than a trade should be on the table to move up the board and get their guy.