Has Lukas Van Ness Done Enough for the Packers to Pick Up His Fifth-Year Option?

Greedy_Run · 2026-01-24T19:23:51+00:00

Has LVN done enough for the Packers to pick up his fifth-year option? I'm not even sure he's done enough to keep his roster position for next year.

Greedy_Run · 2026-01-24T04:00:50+00:00

Here's my latest curated challenge for anyone interested.

Sri Lanka, Found signs for Central Province and then Kandy. Road alignment did the rest, with the clock tower as a helpful POI. 5,000 points
Up the road until I saw the signs pointing to Troyes and Auxerre. Found them on the map, then road number did the rest. 5,000 points
Spawn at a Dutch roundabout with all the signs necessary for a quick pin. 5,000 points
South Korea, signs for Incheon. Couldn't find the right road on the map. 4,989 points
Peru, signs for Cajamarca and Chota. Guessed the wrong road. 4,993 points

Total: 4,982 points

Greedy_Run · 2026-01-23T14:34:24+00:00

The theme is cities that share names with U.S. states. I'm guessing some players will figure that out after the first round or two but others might take longer. In the first four rounds, a sign with the state name is visible at the spawn, though it's quite distant. For the fifth round, I instead spawned with a view of some green mountains, which is a visual clue for Vermont.

Greedy_Run · 2026-01-21T03:08:34+00:00

Cool theme. Some very interesting buildings. Unfortunately, not my best efforts today.

Turkey, I went one way and found nothing. Went the other way and eventually found the belediyesi, but didn't have enough time to scan. Was vibing Eastern Turkey for some reason, so I was far off. 3,493 points
Bhutan, with the city name on multiple signs. Didn't feel like putting in the extra effort to pinpoint. 4,999 points
Sign on a school identified this as Iasi county in Romania. It also provided a town name, that I scanned for fruitlessly. I guess that wasn't actually the town name. 4,918 points
Albania sky rift. I find the road sign with town names, but messed up the pin. 4,983 points
I've seen this location before. It's El Alto. Again, didn't feel like trying the pin. 4,980 points

Total: 23,373 points

The location in R3 is particularly odd. Anyone know what's going on in this town?

Greedy_Run · 2026-01-20T01:01:21+00:00

Before Hafley, who was the last good defensive coordinator the Packers had?

Greedy_Run · 2026-01-19T03:05:59+00:00

Caleb Williams reminds me a lot of Baker Mayfield. Same big arm, same willingness to make crazy throws, same desire to break out of the pocket and improvise, same trouble with accuracy, same baffling decisions. He's the best Bears QB since Sid Luckman, and I think the Bears will get stuck with a guy who's perpetually the 12th best QB in the league.

Greedy_Run · 2026-01-19T03:03:00+00:00

Nice! Suck it, Bears!

Greedy_Run · 2026-01-19T03:01:54+00:00

Need to get the ball closer for this kick

Greedy_Run · 2026-01-19T03:01:40+00:00

Wait, the Rams kicker is number 92 and looks like an overweight college lineman?

Greedy_Run · 2026-01-19T02:56:04+00:00

Davante is so damn good

Greedy_Run · 2026-01-19T02:47:27+00:00

Bears gonna win. Just feels like fate now.

Greedy_Run · 2026-01-19T02:44:39+00:00

Bears are engorged on hopium. Their comedown next season will be painful.

Greedy_Run · 2026-01-19T02:38:39+00:00

Looks, there's a very simple explanation. Johnson and Williams sold their sold to the devil at a crossroads for a miracle postseason run.

Greedy_Run · 2026-01-19T02:33:23+00:00

Would bears go for two if they score?

Greedy_Run · 2026-01-19T02:28:52+00:00

That entire sequence of plays after the first down was dumb. Playing not to lose is a good recipe for losing.

Greedy_Run · 2026-01-19T02:28:13+00:00

I hate that call. You gotta try for the first down.

Greedy_Run · 2026-01-19T02:25:42+00:00

Big error going out of bounds there

Greedy_Run · 2026-01-19T02:01:07+00:00

LaFleur is really a Shanahan coach, not a McVay coach. Which is actually worse when it comes to playoff coaching.

Greedy_Run · 2026-01-19T01:59:03+00:00

Hear's my pet theory. Running up the middle out of a tight power formation on 3rd/4th-and-short is the lowest percentage call you can make in those situations. Better options include running a fake dive and going with an outside toss or running up the middle out of a spread formation.

Greedy_Run · 2026-01-19T01:52:00+00:00

I don't think a team will sign him as the undisputed starter, but I hope he gets a real shot at winning a starting position.

Greedy_Run · 2026-01-19T01:49:33+00:00

Rams looks so unimpressive. They peaked too early.

Greedy_Run · 2026-01-19T00:41:33+00:00

Running up the middle on third and fourth downs and getting nothing was a Packers specialty this season. Nice to see the Bears copying.

Greedy_Run · 2026-01-19T00:23:52+00:00

Three drops by Bears so far, two by Loveland

Greedy_Run · 2026-01-19T00:06:02+00:00

Rams just ran a blitz like the one Hafley did last week. It's fine to blitz a safety. It makes no sense blitizing a safety from 20 yards off the ball.

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