Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images Yes, you. I’ve been covering the draft for like a decade now, and the one thing I think we can all agree on is that covering the draft is bad. It is mid-April, and the draft still isn’t until next week, and basically every Packer analyst is spending their time on Twitter arguing about whether Batman could defeat Goku if he was able to sit on the bench for a few years to develop, while some other draft analysts yell that it’s not worth thinking about, because Batman doesn’t meet the correct arm-length thresholds. Most of you are normal football fans who simpl ..read more

Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images Welcome offensive lineman Andre Dillard to Green Bay, where he’s expected to be a swing tackle. On Thursday, the Green Bay Packers announced that they had signed offensive tackle Andre Dillard. Dillard, a 2019 first-round pick by the Philadelphia Eagles, was selected one pick after the Packers drafted safety Darnell Savage in that class. In four years with the Eagles, Dillard only managed to start nine games for the team, as seventh-round pick Jordan Mailata developed into the franchise’s left tackle while Lane Johnson held down the fort on ..read more

Photo by Matthew Holst/Getty Images The Iowa defensive back received 43 percent of the vote in our initial poll this week. Yesterday, we ran a poll asking you which player is most likely to be selected in the first round by the Green Bay Packers, based on realistic options. Obviously, the likes of Joe Alt of Notre Dame and Dallas Turner of Alabama aren’t expected to be available with the 25th overall pick, so we only included prospects who had a 10 percent chance of being on the board with the Packers’ top pick per ESPN’s Draft Day Predictor. The runaway favorite in this process was Iowa corne ..read more

Photo by John Fisher/Getty Images Call your shot one week before Day 1 of the draft kicks off. Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NFL. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Green Bay Packers fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Based on our recent poll, which asked which prospect you believe the Green Bay Packers will be selected in the first round of next week’s NFL draft, most of you have rallied around two positions groups: the offensive line and defensive back. Now is the time to call your s ..read more

Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images Given the youth and talent on the roster, it would take just the right situation for the Packers to invest another high draft pick in a receiver. The Green Bay Packers don’t have a clear superstar on their roster at wide receiver. At least not yet. But what they do have is youth and depth — and a lot of both. In 2023, the Packers did not have a player post 65 receptions or 800 yards or double-digit touchdowns. But they did have three players go over 500 yards and six players exceed 300, they had seven with at least 25 catches, and four with four scores o ..read more

Photo by Todd Rosenberg/Getty Images The Athletic’s Dane Brugler mocked three Green Bay visits and three players with Jeff Hafley connections to the Packers. The Athletic’s draft analyst Dane Brugler, who correctly predicted that the Green Bay Packers would select tight end Luks Musgrave, receiver Dontayvion Wicks and cornerback Carrington Valentine in his 2023 mock draft, just dropped his full seven-round mock draft for the 2024 cycle. In it, he picked several players who have connections to the Packers organization, be with defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley or taking a pre-draft visit with t ..read more

Photo by Chris Gardner/Getty Images Good running backs can be found anywhere, so let’s see if we can find a true deep cuts. Running backs have a hard life. They tend to age poorly and, as a result, they tend to miss the big payday of a second contract. There also tends to be an ample supply of average-ish running backs available, and while you might not be able to randomly find a Barry Sanders, you can often find Dorsey Levens (5th round) or Ryan Grant (undrafted) or Samkon Gado (undrafted) or James Starks (6th round) or Aaron Jones (5th round) without too much trouble. Heck, Ahman Green was a ..read more

Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports The Packers might draft two or three players at the same position in hopes of landing a big difference maker. As time winds down before the start of the 2024 NFL Draft, I think we can start dialing in on a few of the tendencies we know the Packers have employed as we try to figure out what they’ll do. First, Brian Gutekunst has shown a tendency to double or even triple dip at a position if he thinks its a need or just wants to make sure he comes out with at least one good player. He’s notably done it at wide receiver (in 2018, 2022, and 2023, most significantly ..read more

Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports A report states that Bayron Matos, formerly of UNM and USF, has been invited to be on hand for Day 3. On Wednesday, NFL reporter Aaron Wilson broke the news that the league requested offensive lineman Bayron Matos to attend Day 3 of next week’s draft. Why would the NFL do such a thing when they limited their pool of attendants for the first round to just 13 prospects this year, you might ask? Well, the answer is Matos’ interesting background. As I have reported in the past, the two international player pathways (IPP) prospects who are expected to have a chanc ..read more

Photo by Ric Tapia/Getty Images Out of these 12 options, who do you think Green Bay would take with their top draft choice? ESPN has dropped its Draft Day Predictor, which attempts to assign an accurate percentage chance players will be available or taken by the time a team is on the clock in the first round. With assistance from these numbers, along with the consensus draft board, let’s use this final week before the first day of the 2024 NFL Draft kicks off to rank prospects who realistically might be around for the Green Bay Packers with the 25th overall pick. First of all, I’m going to exc ..read more