Every prognosticator has a different listing on how strong a particular group - is - many are saying that wide receiver is poor others are not - others say this """"I think the strongest position groups are as such in this order: LB WR S OG (if including tackle converts) CB
Really bad class for high end OT and EDGE talent (though EDGE has good depth) and RBs. "

I hope that our scouts have done a good job identifying the under the radar guys - who should be a first rounder but have dropped. I would also hope that we are NOT listening to anything that Mel Kiper has to say - I say Oline back up , corner back and running back ( hidden gems here)????

Of these picks the ones I hated to see were Brian Brohm and Josh Jackson. Those two were players that were projected to go to the Packers and before the draft I said I did not want the Packers to pick them.

I have mentioned this before that I wanted Cobb to be a Packer but I thought we would not pick them.

The one that made me scratch my head the most was Jordy.

One good thing about the next two drafts is I will not have to stay up late on Thursday to see who the Packers pick.

First of all, R2 shouldn't be a problem for finding gems. That's child's play. Gutekunst should be ready to hit Home Runs in Rounds 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 7 again.

I've been through this draft up and down, and the players are there for the taking. Gutekunst can crush this.

This particular draft looks to be set up perfectly to meet the Packers' needs for 2026 and beyond, and I'm confident the Packers will get a big handful of significant starters this April.

He needs to win this, a life event that might actually be his Super Bowl, as our General Manager. The War Room his playing field.

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Slightly off subject... but, is anyone else completely jacked about the training Micah Parsons and his personal trainer, Lance Deane are doing with his new Packers teammates Barryn Sorrell, Collin Oliver and Karl Brooks?

Not unlike the sessions Jordan Love set up with his new WRs/TEs... Parsons called it "Super Team" focused training.

DAMN!!! Music to my ears. I hadn't thought much about the back half of last year's draft, but, if Micah Parsons can get players like Brooks, Sorrell and Oliver to transform into gems, ... W O W !!! I wish Warren Brinson was there as well.

This kind of offseason team building is freaking phenomenal to see in Green Bay.

Apparently, Parson's participation is properly limited, but he wanted to bring Deane in to teach elite level hand fighting and pass rush techniques to his new brothers.

Sorrell working out on Parson's "Hip Pocket," to improve work ethic and technique. Brooks working on specialized pass rush and hand-usage drills.... all of them learning "controlled violence" at point of attack, advanced hand fighting and leverage to supplement raw power.

Collin Oliver? "BABY MICAH???" Hell, this kind of training could help him become one hella off-ball LB. 6-2 240, with a 4.56 40 time? The R5 selection had 23.5 sacks and 40.5 TFL in his 43 games played at Oklahoma St.

Sorrell was projected best as an "outside backer in a 3-4" per nfldotcom. Seems like a better pick all of a sudden... knowing Gannon's scheme fit. 6-3 256, with a 4.68 40 and a 34" vertical, 7.06 3-cone. His 2024: 44 tackles, 11 TFL and 6 sacks. 71.5 Overall PFF grade.

Gutekunst has actually been building for this, and we might be better off than we thought at this stage.

I was thinking Golden, Belton and Savion Williams would show they belong this year. Seeing this kind of team inspired training on D side can help to make last year's draft one for the ages...I cannot wait to see the results.

There are a couple players on that first list that I don't remember at all: Pat Lee and Mike Neal. And Josh Jones and Josh Jackson are blurred together in my mind. There are several highly memorable busts as well, but overall, that looks like a high quality list of draft picks, with a success rate around 50% and more than its share of really good players.

Gute's drafting has come under fire.
And to get the monkey off his back.
He must hit on picks.
As we get closer to draft day.
The wish list is clearing up.
Impact players are the prize.

The DL needs/needed veterans:
The goal still is the super-bowl.
Depth is for the future and substitutions.
"These Defensive Lineman contain warnings".
There is more risk than reward.

Next is CB. Even though Gute fed you BS.
Nixon and Campbell are the starters.
In the stock market.
You don't wipe out your gains!
There is no A1 cb for him to draft.
The need is back-up. Especially for the slot.

Opportunity must come from BPA.
Even if that player is a WR, Rb, OL.
If you have faith in Gute's formula.
He secured everything.
MLF and his staff needed.
The rest is getting ahead of the competition.

"There is no A1 cb for him to draft. The need is back-up. Especially for the slot."

"Opportunity must come from BPA. Even if that player is a WR, Rb, OL."

What the hell are you smoking man? There are plenty of CBs with starting potential between #52 & #75. I can name 6.

So even though our WR is a team strength you are saying we should draft another one early?
RB, really? How about we fix the weak positions first and fill the actual holes in our roster that will keep ups from winning a game in the playoffs. If we can upgrade the weak position groups thru the draft and sign a few well placed Free Agents, GB could be a very dangerous out in the playoffs. The 2027 draft is where we will reload & restock the roster with our first 9 picks in rounds 2 thru 5.

I always find it a bit annoying how sports media loves to throw out vague cliches and ill-defined terminology that no one really understands - like what a "home run pick" is - and then argue about it.

It seems that I have a very different idea of what qualifies as a "home run." Do I think Davante Adams was a home run? Hell yeah... maybe even a three run homer. But I need to see a crap ton more from guys like Watson, Reed or Cooper before I'm labeling them "home runs."

Are we really saying that getting a starter in R2 is a home run??? If we must use weak analogies, getting a starter from R2 is more like a "base hit." It's almost expected. It ain't the stuff of heroes.

To me, this article proves the exact OPPOSITE of what it claims. There have NOT been many second round "home runs" in the Gutekunst era ... a lot of nice picks, but not many home runs (or maybe none at all).

If Musgrave, himself a 2nd rounder, was actually better than Kraft, imagine the firepower. Whoo!

As much as GM’s get maligned for their drafting, which is harder than many of us think it is, I recently heard a stat that said 80% of the all-pros each year were originally drafted in the first 2 rounds. So they’ve got that going for them, which is…?

Packers have had great luck with WRs in the 2nd round which is why I never understood all the clamoring to take one in the 1st for so many years with the Packers finally caving last year when they should have been looking at the trenches.

Agree completely Bucky. I like Golden, but he wasn't a first round talent at WR, the last one was Egbuka and he was gone before we picked. There were multiple opportunities to move back from # 22 and gain a couple picks. If we really wanted Golden, he would have still been there, and so was Jayden Higgins who I think was a better fit for GB. I would have been happy to select our next starting CB at the start of the 2nd round all the way to pick 50.

Speaking of WRs, Wicks name has been mentioned alot in trades this last week. Some posters are worried that we might have injuries again at WR, and they are worried our 5th best WR won't be available to save us. I am in the camp of that's why we drafted 2 WRs last year, and if we can scratch out a 5th round pick or make a player for player trade for a solid player at a position of need, then why not move the 5th/6th best WR to upgrade us elsewhere.

The practice squad WR, Will Shepard was rated higher, is bigger, faster, and has way better hands than Wicks. He could easily surpass Wicks on the depth chart anyway. GB has to figure out ways to upgrade and strengthen the weaker position groups while having limited $$$, so if we have to subtract from a strong group to do that I am all for that. It's about making the team as dangerous now as possible for 2026. The 2027 draft will be a great place to really fill out the roster with longer term contributors.

Not sure what we defy as 'home runs' in the draft anymore.