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I like Belton and think he's under-rated. Guys get to a certain size and the experts just assume they can't play left tackle. I think he could stick there and be pretty good. Interesting to hear Gutekunst talk about him. He just would say "can play all the spots except center." I almost get the vibe that they picked Belton to play guard. On more than one occasion Gutekunst said, he can handle guys inside. But again, they could have taken him to play left tackle but Gutekunst doesn't want to say it because that makes his last year's #1 pick look not so good. In any event, he certainly should be insurance for tackle considering both have free agency coming up. I'm not a fan of Savion Williams at all. Size and straight-line speed but not much else. Stiff as a board and is a gear-down player when changing directions in his routes. Fairly nasty piece from Acme Packing Company (linked below) where their writer just pretty much says Williams cannot play the position. IMO, that's going too far, but when reading various reports he does seem to be that size/speed guy where people think speed = athleticism but in this case it does not. https://www.acmepackingcompany.com/green-bay-packers-draft/2025/4/23/24414725/nfl-draft-2025-most-overrated-wide-receivers-luther-burden-savion-williams-isaiah-bond So yesterday I wrote a little note about the Panthers and Bryce Young. I looked at the picks last night and just couldn't help but think, has Gutekunst realized his 55 million average per year quarterback is really just an "above-average" starting NFL quarterback, so now he is going to throw all of his resources into players that hopefully will elevate the play of this guy? Kind of looks like it to me. And Big-Time credit to the media in Green Bay...the very first question Gutekunst got yesterday was a roundabout way of asking this. Instead of being so direct, the reporter did the old, "you have a still developing quarterback, how much did that influence these picks." Gutekunst did the typical GM-speak, "that's the way the board fell."

Round one impressions- I would have had a real hard time as a Brown's GM getting off Travis Hunter and moving down. But Jacksonville are no guarantee to be good next year, so getting their first round pick could very well mean two top 10 pick in 2026 because the Brown's have no chance of being good. Considering they still need a QB, this should give them the ammo to get about anyone they want in next year's class which I would imagine would have to be better than this year's class was. As far as the Jaguars, Trevor Lawrence was supposed to turn that franchise around but he's been average and the team as a whole is still faceless and seemingly irrelevant. I think it was about time for them to make another big splash move, and Hunter seems like a reasonable guy to do that with. Everybody, including me, had kind of fallen into the idea that the Panthers had to go with a rusher since their defense was historically bad last year. They went with WR-Tetairoa McMillan. There is no question that WR was a need for this team. Still, even with an overhauled front office, it just goes to show when a team drafts a mediocre guy as their "franchise quarterback," the lengths they will go to try and prop that guy up. I still have serious doubts about Bryce Young, although I will acknowledge his numbers in the back part of last year were much better. Kelvin Banks was top 5, then seemingly dropped down to the early 20's, but had been on the rise again recently. He was #15 on that last board I put together. But I was very surprised to see him go in the top 10. It was a great night for offensive linemen last night. Everyone that could have gone in the first round did go in the first round...and then a few more. Top remaining offensive linemen on the board are Aireontae Ersery (#52) and Ozzy Trapilo (#62). I didn't like the Bears pick of Loveland at #10. I'm glad they did not wind up with Ashton Jeanty, as it was heavily rumored that they were looking to make a move. Even after free agency, I don't think that DL is what it is hyped up to be and DT would have been a better pick. I figured the Cowboys knew that they would lose out on Jeanty to the Raiders or Bears (I had the Raiders moving up in my last projection to secure him), and would take a receiver at #12. McMillan or Golden? In they end they took Tyler Booker, which was a real shock to me. IMO, very similar to the Packers and Aaron Banks. A need area, but do you really want to throw that many resources into an area that does not seem to be a PRIMARY need area, and then come out with a player that just really doesn't seem worth the investment? I do think Booker will end up being no worse than a solid player for them and could be really good. Falcons. Between last year and this year, I just don't get this team at all. Not at all. Either this front office is brilliant, or they don't know what the hell they are doing. I tend to think it's the latter. The Seahawks #1 need probably was interior offensive line. But with the way they cleared out the wide receiver group (even though they still have a real good one), I thought Egbuka or Golden or Burden would be a better pick than Zabel. I like Zabel, but to me he's late first round early round two material. #18 seems to high when there are other team needs to address. Egbuka at #19, there goes my guy. I figured it was 50/50 at best that he would have made it to the Packers. I do think if he was available at #23, that Gutekunst would have taken Golden ahead of him, but I definitely preferred Egbuka. Derrick Harmon to the Steelers at #21. He should be very, very, very good. Not sure if he would have been an ideal fit in Green Bay, but as a DE for them, absolutely perfect. Not a bit surprised by this pick. I think the Vikings did pretty well with Donovan Jackson at #24. My offensive line friends really, really like him and thought he was vastly under-rated as a mid to later 30's type player. Now we'll find out. Really, really surprised the Commanders went with Josh Conerly after trading for Tunsil. I'm not sure Conerly fits at anywhere else on the line other than LT. Commanders were short on picks and still have some significant need areas. Again, great day to be an offensive lineman.

Updated guesses: 2 - 54 - Ashton Gillotte/DE/Louisville LouisEly's projection of Darien Porter looks more likely now and I thought hard about him here, but he hasn't played that much and it doesn't sound like he's played up around the line much at all. Gutekunst is probably all in love with him because of the athleticism, but he doesn't seem like a good fit. I still think the safest projection here is Jordan Burch, but I'll stick with Gillotte even though his ranking is way down the board. 3 - 87 - Jacob Parrish/CB/Kansas State A bit of a risky projection because he is short. 5-9 3/4. Outside from that, reports are that he has played press and zone, plenty of experience playing inside and outside. Even though he is short, he weighed in at 191 pounds at the combine and the workout numbers were plus-plus across the board. 4 - 124 - Ty Hamilton/DT/Ohio State I previously had him on my list of players I'd like to see the Packers pick. Now in this projection with the Packers taking Parrish instead of CJ West in round three, I can project Hamilton to the Packers in round four. One-gapper seems like a good fit for the direction Hafley wants to go. 5 - 159 - Caleb Rogers/OG/Texas Tech 6 - 198 - Teddye Buchanan/LB/California 7 - 237 - Jalin Conyers/TE/Texas Tech 7 - 250 - Melvin Smith Jr./CB/Southern Arkansas I had previously projected LSU OG-Garrett Dellinger here. I've been considering more and more how the Packers have used so many "30" visits on lower-ranking offensive linemen. Jacob Bayer, Dalton Cooper, Esa Pole, John Williams. None of these guys made the board that I put together (list ended at #224), and just to pick a number, I don't think any of them have a greater than 20% chance of being drafted (but certainly the Packers could take any since they have two very late picks). I just get the vibes that the Packers are leaning towards drafting one offensive lineman, and then hope to get lucky and fill another spot with an undrafted guy. So instead of projecting two offensive lineman, I'm going to flip and project two cornerbacks.

I'm not a fan of Golden. Of the "big 4" receivers (not including Hunter), I liked him the least. Drops too many passes, sounds like his route running needs significant improvement and his production while at Houston was pretty average. Thing I do like is that Golden had a 162 yard game in the second game against Georgia this year, so a big-time performance in a big game against top competition. But when looking at the game-by-game numbers this year, there are also a lot of games where he just didn't do much. I would like to think that the Giants were in contact with Green Bay, and if not Green Bay certainly should have been calling the teams early in round two that still might have been looking for a QB (Browns, Giants, Jets, maybe even the Saints) to see what they could get in a move down scenario. I would have taken the deal the Giants made with the Texans. Two third rounders for an 11 spot move down the board in this area is just a tad bit light, but an 11 spot move down would have been easy for me looking at needs and the rankings of what was left on the consensus board- 1 - Will Johnson/CB/Michigan 2 - Mike Green/DE/Marshall 3 - Matthew Golden/WR/Texas 4 - Luther Burden III/WR/Missouri 5 - James Pearce Jr./DE/Tennessee 6 - Josh Simmons/OT/Ohio State 7 - Donovan Ezeiruaku/DE/Boston College 8 - Maxwell Hairston/CB/Kentucky 9 - Nic Scourton/DE/Texas A&M 10 - Josh Conerly Jr/OT/Oregon 11 - Trey Amos/CB/Mississippi 12 - Donovan Jackson/OG/Ohio State 13 - JT Tuimoloau/DE/Ohio State 14 - Shavon Revel Jr./CB/East Carolina 15 - Tyleik Williams/DT/Ohio State 16 - Landon Jackson/DE/Arkansas 17 - Jayden Higgins/WR/Iowa State Worst case scenario is 10 of these players come off the board and you are left with only 6 to pick from (moving down 11, but you would know that one player would be the QB the Giants are taking), but there would still be enough there for me to bail on #23 and take the two third rounders. Actually a pretty easy decision IMO. So as it sits now, only the Browns would be picking ahead of the Packers (probably pretty likely as this point that they take Shedeur Sanders or another team deals up to that spot to take Sanders), and all these guys are still left on the board, ranking is the overall ranking on the consensus board heading into the draft. 9 - Will Johnson/CB/Michigan 16 - Mike Green/DE/Marshall 22 - Luther Burden III/WR/Missouri 29 - Donovan Ezeiruaku/DE/Boston College 35 - Nic Scourton/DE/Texas A&M 37 - Trey Amos/CB/Mississippi 39 - JT Tuimoloau/DE/Ohio State 40 - Shavon Revel Jr/CB/East Carolina 42 - Landon Jackson/DE/Arkansas 44 - Jayden Higgins/WR/Iowa State Offensive line and defensive tackle are now off the board, but at #34 there are 2 wide receivers, 5 defensive ends and 3 cornerbacks to pick from. There is enough left where I would consider moving down again, but would have to think long and hard if it was more than six or seven spots down. If I'm stuck at #34, then I'd pick Will Johnson. Workout numbers are a definite concern, but the college resume is so impressive that he is worth rolling the dice on at #34.

Here is how I hope things would go if I were sitting in the GM's chair- 1-23 - Emeka Egbuka/WR/Ohio State 2-54 - Jordan Burch/DE/Oregon 3-87 - Nohl Williams/CB/California I struggled with this one a bit. I don't have any concerns about the 4.50 40 time, but I don't like the 33.5 inch vertical and 10'0" broad jump. I do like "instincts" guys, and hopefully that won't fail him when he gets to the NFL. 4-124 - Ty Hamilton/DT/Ohio State IMO Hamilton is a bit overlooked, seems like a natural one-gapper and should be a good fit in the direction Hafley wants to go. 5-159 - Caleb Rogers/OG/Texas Tech The first of my athlete flyer picks. I just like all of his experience playing tackle and when looking at the athletic profile, he seems like guy to gamble on thinking he'll be a much better guard if he gets a chance to settle in and play there full-time. 6-198 - Thomas Fidone II/TE/Nebraska I really thought this guy would shoot up the boards after the combine but it never happened. 6-5, 34" arms, 10 5/8 inch hands, and did very well across the board in the athletic testing. I'll gladly take him here. 7-237 - Drew Kendall/C/Boston College I am not a fan of the centers in this draft, but I don't know how much longer Jenkins will be here because his contract will need to be re-worked after this season. Monk doesn't seem to get talked about much, that can't be a good thing. This is more of an insurance pick than anything, which I figure I can afford to do at #237. Of the remaining centers, Kendall seems to be as good as any and I'm hoping the NFL bloodlines factor works in his favor (his father Pete was a first rounder who played in the NFL for 13 years, 188 starts). 7-250 - Melvin Smith Jr./CB/Southern Arkansas The second of my athlete flyer picks. I would really have liked to take UNLV WR-Ricky White here, but am so unimpressed with the Packer's cornerback situation that I feel it necessary to grab a second cornerback in this draft, although I acknowledge that expecting a player out of Southern Arkansas to be solid contributor from day one is a pipe dream, Hopefully he can make the team and be in the mix 3/4's of the way through the season.

Can I put my predictions in here? Mods, please move to the 2025 NFL Draft Discussion thread if you feel it's more appropriate there. I'm not doing big write-ups on players. Profiles on these guys are easy enough to find. NFL GMs draft on need and Gutekunst draft athletes, so that is pretty much how this projection goes. 1-23 - Maxwell Hairston/CB/Kentucky I'm going to flip back to Hairston. I'd guess Gutekunst has the cornerbacks in this order - Hairston, Shavon Revel Jr., Trey Amos, Azareye'h Thomas. 2-54 - Ashton Gillotte/DE/Louisville The smart choice would be to project Jordan Burch as he is 22 spots higher than Gillotte on the consensus board. But Gillotte really, really impressed on his pro day, just a gut feeling that Gutekunst will pull off a surprise here and go with Gillotte. 3-87 - C.J. West/DT/Indiana I went back and forth between West and Maryland WR-Tai Felton here. I think wide receivers with the combo of good college production and good athletic ability really falls off past the early portion of round four, so #87 might be the Packers last chance to get one. But I have the Packers passing on Felton for just about the dumbest reason imaginable, he's only 6-1 1/8. 4-124 - Dont'e Thornton/WR/Tennessee I'd hate this pick...I just see Gutekunst thinking Thornton is an immediate fill-in for Christian Watson. 5-159 - Caleb Rogers/OG/Texas Tech I stumbled across Rogers when I first starting doing projections for this draft, and he just seems to fit Gutekunst's preferences so perfectly that I haven't been able to get off him. 6-198 - Teddye Buchanan/LB/California 7-237 - Jalin Conyers/TE/Texas Tech 7-250 - Garrett Dellinger/OG/LSU I've been hearing that teams are looking at Dellinger as a guard/center swingman, and that convinced me to make him my guess here. The Packers have brought in a few offensive lineman that are projected to be undrafted, so I'd guess the approach is to actually just to draft one offensive lineman and then hope to hit on a second one via the undrafted route, but decided to take flyer on Dellinger based on his athleticism and guard/center potential. Joe Huber is another one that is getting some talk as a center, and I thought about him, but decided to go with Buchanan at #198 instead (Huber was #202 on the board).

PFF seems to get ripped to pieces by a lot of the "veteran" sports writers and the big-time football fans that I know that watch a ton of football. Whether that is justified or not, I don't know. But I will say this about Valentine, at year's end he only played in 50.23% of the team's defensive snaps. Eric Stokes was slightly higher (53.99%). But what is really concerning is that Pro Football Reference has Valentine's 2025 Yards per Completion at 13.1 and Yards Per Target at 10.1 and those are ugly numbers. Packer fans I talk to say that Valentine was better in 2023 than he was in 2024. Valentine appears to be somewhat of a question mark. So the 3 CBs that will be on the roster next year: Nixon played in 93.66% of the team's defensive snaps, Valentine was at 50.23% and Hobbs was at 49.87% for the Raiders (missed some games, in the games he appeared in, he played in 79% of the teams snaps). How much guys see the field says a lot. This is why I was thinking that Alexander could be back until Silverstein's article put me back to thinking Alexander is very likely gone one way or another. After Nixon, Valentine and Hobbs we are down to practice squad level players. I think the cornerback situation is far weaker than many Packer fans think.

Tom Silverstein at the Journal-Sentinel had a recent article that the Packers have been shopping Alexander and were close to a deal at one point, but the combination of what they want for him and Alexander being unwilling to take any sort of paycut has prevented a deal from happening. After subtracting the pro-rated part of his cap number, Alexander would have a 17.5 million cap figure in 2025 and it's pretty unlikely anyone wants to take that on. He also said something along the lines of the league knows the Packers don't intend on keeping Alexander, which leads me to believe that Alexander is likely gone one way or another. For awhile I was thinking that Alexander now knows he will have to be on the field in 2025, because if he has another year where he only plays 33% of the snaps, then he will be cut and will be looking at a 1 year, 5 million prove-it type deal (his current contract would pay him 19.5 million in 2026...so a huge difference), and that might be enough for Gutekunst to keep him through 2025. But Silverstein also brought up the point that there is likely resentment between the Packers and Alexander with what has gone on this off-season. Silverstein also brought up the possibility of an Alexander/Jalen Ramsey swap but the salary numbers he had in the article do not match up with what overthecap has, and I don't think the Dolphins are in a position to take on Alexander's salary and the dead money hit from Ramsey if this swap were to happen. Last year I thought there was a decent chance they would take Morgan because there just weren't that many left tackles available later in the draft. I think Morgan was somewhere around #35-#40 and the Packers took him well above that, and the unavailability of left tackles probably played a role in that. Packers picks are #23, #54 and #87 in first three rounds. CB rankings on the most recent board I've assembled- 1 - Travis Hunter 9 - Will Johnson (will go lower IMO, not likely to make it to #23 though) 11 - Jahdae Barron 34 - Maxwell Hairston 37 - Trey Amos 40 - Shavon Revel Jr. 46 - Azareye'h Thomas 47 - Benjamin Morrison 72 - Darien Porter 92 - Jacob Parrish 118 - Quincy Riley 120 - Nohl Williams So that's my best estimate of where guys will go (recent news of Will Johnson not doing the 40 will push him down). Look what is there between the Packers second and third round picks (#54 and #87), just one player who warmed the bench for most of his long college career. I will say that Porter definitely fits the Gute profile, but I think he'd be a horrendous pick at #54. Then at #87, there are only 3 players in the next 33 "slots" and Parrish is really short (5-9 3/4) but does pass the athletic requirement...personally I like both Riley and Williams but both of those guys might not pass Gutekunst's athlete preference. Edge rusher, defensive tackle, wide receiver...all positions that should have quality (and quality that fits Gutekunst's preferences) in subsequent rounds. Cornerback...take one early or you might not get one until round four is a real possibility. I think chances are very strong that the Packers take a cornerback with their first pick with the way the board currently shapes up. Hairston and Revel are the two that fits Gutekunst's athletic preferences the best. My most recent prediction was Revel, only because he has the length that Hairston does not. I guess Azareye'h Thomas is still in that mix, but I'd consider him the long shot at this point, but still include him because he seems like a good fit for what Hafley wants to do on defense. Personally, I'm not thrilled with any of the late round one cornerbacks and would rather see them go to another position. I think WR-Emeka Egbuka has emerged as my personal favorite, we'll see if he makes it to #23 (currently #24 on the board, so it will be close). We'll see what happens with Nate Hobbs, I think Gutekunst may have errored big time by not going after a better and more experienced cornerback in free agency.

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Here are the Packer picks- 1-31 - Shavon Revel Jr./CB/East Carolina 2-54 - Ashton Gillotte/DE/Louisville 3-87 - C.J. West/DT/Indiana 3-95 - Savion Williams/WR/Texas Christian 4-124 - Logan Brown/OT/Kansas (PUKE) 4-133 - Caleb Rogers/OG/Texas Tech 6-198 - Teddye Buchanan/LB/California 7-237 - Jalin Conyers/TE/Texas Tech 7-250 - Melvin Smith Jr./CB/Southern Arkansas

ROUND SEVEN 217. Cowboys – Bryce Cabeldue/OG/Kansas 218. Falcons – Jared Harrison-Hunte/DT/SMU 219. Giants – Robert Longerbeam/CB/Rutgers 220. Patriots – Drew Kendall/C/Boston College 221. Jaguars – Myles Hinton/OT/Michigan 222. Raiders – Tyler Batty/EDGE/Brigham Young 223. Seahawks – Riley Leonard/QB/Notre Dame 224. Dolphins – Kitan Crawford/S/Nevada 225. Cardinals – Eugene Asante/LB/Auburn 226. Chiefs – Trey Wedig/OG/Indiana 227. 49ers – Marcus Bryant/OT/Missouri 228. Lions – Gerad Christian-Lichtehan/OT/Oregon State 229. Steelers – Marques Sigle/S/Kansas State 230. Panthers – Chandler Martin/LB/Memphis 231. Dolphins – Antwaun Powell-Ryland/EDGE/Virginia Tech 232. Colts – Nazir Stackhouse/DT/Georgia 233. Bears – Maxen Hook/S/Toledo 234. Seahawks – Jacory Croskey-Merritt/RB/Arizona 235. Buccaneers – Hunter Wohler/S/Wisconsin 236. Texans – Marcus Tate/OG/Clemson 237. Packers – Jalin Conyers/TE/Texas Tech 238. Raiders – Esa Pole/OT/Washington State 239. Cowboys – Ricky White/WR/UNLV 240. Bears – Shemar James/LB/Florida 241. Texans – Jaydon Blue/RB/Texas 242. Falcons – Jamon Dumas-Johnson/LB/Kentucky 243. Ravens – Luke Lachey/TE/Iowa 244. Lions – Marcus Harris/CB/California 245. Commanders – Xavier Truss/OT/Georgia 246. Giants – Kaimon Rucker/EDGE/North Carolina 247. Cowboys – Dalton Cooper/OT/Oklahoma State 248. Saints – John Williams/OT/Cincinnati 249. 49ers – Connor Colby/OG/Iowa 250. Packers – Melvin Smith Jr./CB/Southern Arkansas 251. Chiefs – Dante Trader Jr./S/Maryland 252. 49ers – Jason Marshall Jr./CB/Florida 253. Dolphins – Woody Marks/RB/USC 254. Saints – Ollie Gordon II/RB/Oklahoma State 255. Browns – Elijah Simmons/DT/Tennessee 256. Chargers – Kaden Prather/WR/Maryland 257. Chiefs – LeQuint Allen/RB/Syracuse

Browns are finished. I'm posting this because I have a friend who is a Browns fan that looks at this board. 1-2 - Travis Hunter/CB-WR/Colorado 1-21 - Jaxson Dart/QB/Mississippi 3-94 - Jared Ivey/EDGE/Mississippi 4-123 - Miles Frazier/OG/LSU 6-179 - Trevor Etienne/RB/Georgia 6-192 - Pat Bryant/WR/Illinois 6-200 - Branson Taylor/OT/Pittsburgh 6-216 - Cam Horsley/DT/Boston College 7-255 - Elijah Simmons/DT/Tennnessee

Lions are done, 1-28 - Donovan Ezeiruaku/EDGE/Boston College 2-60 - Jonah Savaiinaea/OG/Arizona 3-102 - Jonas Sanker/S/Virginia 4-130 - Ty Hamilton/DT/Ohio State 6-196 - KeAndre Lambert-Smith/WR/Auburn 7-228 - Gerad Christian-Lichtenhan/OT/Oregon State 7-244 - Marcus Harris/CB/California

Bears are done. This is a pretty good looking draft IMO. 1-10 - Walter Nolan/DT/Mississippi 2-41 - Aireontae Ersery/OT/Minnesota 2-48 - Quinshon Judkins/RB/Ohio State 3-72 - Elijah Arroyo/TE/Miami, Fl 4-116 - Sai'vion Jones/DE/LSU 4-135 - Tai Felton/WR/Maryland 7-233 - Maxen Hook/S/Toledo 7-240 - Shemar James/LB/Florida

Badgers 6-180 - Raiders - Joe Huber/OG/Wisconsin 6-199 - Chargers - Jack Nelson/OT/Wisconsin 7-235 - Buccaneers - Hunter Wohler/S/Wisconsin

ROUND SIX 177. Bills – Carson Vinson/OT/Alabama A&M 178. Titans – Alijah Huzzie/CB/North Carolina 179. Browns – Trevor Etienne/RB/Georgia 180. Raiders – Joe Huber/OG/Wisconsin 181. Chargers – Justin Walley/CB/Minnesota 182. Jaguars – Tyler Baron/EDGE/Miami, Fl 183. Ravens – Barryn Sorrell/EDGE/Texas 184. Saints – Que Robinson/EDGE/Alabama 185. Steelers – Jordan Hancock/CB/Ohio State 186. Jets – Thomas Fidone III/TE/Nebraska 187. Vikings – Rylie Mills/DT/Notre Dame 188. Titans – Jarquez Hunter/RB/Auburn 189. Colts – Luke Kandra/OG/Cincinnati 190. Rams – Chimere Dike/WR/Florida 191. Broncos – Carson Bruener/LB/Washington 192. Browns – Pat Bryant/WR/Illinois 193. Bengals – Tonka Hemingway/DT/South Carolina 194. Jaguars – Will Howard/QB/Ohio State 195. Rams – Hollin Pierce/OT/Rutgers 196. Lions – KeAndre Lambert-Smith/WR/Auburn 197. Falcons – Clay Webb/C/Jacksonville State 198. Packers – Teddye Buchanan/LB/California 199. Chargers – Jack Nelson/OT/Wisconsin 200. Browns – Branson Taylor/OT/Pittsburgh 201. Rams – Dillon Gabriel/QB/Oregon 202. Rams – David Walker/EDGE/Central Arkansas 203. Ravens – Elijhah Badger/WR/Florida 204. Cowboys – Ahmed Hassanein/EDGE/Boise State 205. Commanders – Andrew Armstrong/WR/Arkansas 206. Bills – Jackson Hawes/TE/Georgia Tech 207. Jets – Craig Woodson/S/California 208. Broncos – Collin Oliver/EDGE/Oklahoma State 209. Chargers – Garrett Dellinger/OG/LSU 210. Ravens – Jack Kiser/LB/Notre Dame 211. Cowboys – CJ Dippre/TE/Alabama 212. Ravens – Brashard Smith/RB/SMU 213. Raiders – Kyle McCord/QB/Syracuse 214. Chargers – Nick Martin/LB/Oklahoma State 215. Raiders – Tim Smith/DT/Alabama 216. Browns – Cam Horsley/DT/Boston College

Just finished with the Vikings- 2-42 - Azareye'h Thomas/CB/Florida State 3-73 - Charles Grant/OG/William & Mary 3-97 - Lathan Ransom/S/Ohio State 5-139 - Jeffrey Bassa/LB/Oregon 5-162 - D.J. Giddens/RB/Kansas State 6-187 - Rylie Mills/DT/Notre Dame

ROUND FIVE 139. Vikings – Jeffrey Bassa/LB/Oregon 140. Panthers – Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins/DE/Georgia 141. Titans – Seth McLaughlin/C/Ohio State 142. Jaguars – R.J. Harvey/RB/UCF 143. Raiders – Zy Alexander/CB/LSU 144. Patriots – Bihal Kone/CB/Western Michigan 145. Jets – Quinn Ewers/QB/Texas 146. Panthers – Cam Jackson/DT/Florida 147. 49ers – Cody Simon/LB/Ohio State 148. Dolphins – Upton Stout/CB/Western Kentucky 149. Cowboys – Kobe King/LB/Penn State 150. Dolphins – Brandon Crenshaw-Dickson/OT/Florida 151. Colts – Devin Neal/RB/Kansas 152. Cardinals – Jaylin Smith/CB/USC 153. Bengals – Jalen Travis/OT/Iowa State 154. Giants – Jordan James/RB/Oregon 155. Dolphins – Nick Nash/WR/San Jose State 156. Steelers – Joshua Gray/OG/Oregon State 157. Buccaneers – Isaac TeSlaa/WR/Arkansas 158. Chargers – Warren Brinson/DT/Georgia 159. Chiefs – Kobe Hudson/WR/UCF 160. 49ers – Oronde Gadsden III/TE/Syracuse 161. Eagles – Ajani Cornelius/OT/Oregon 162. Vikings – D.J. Giddens/RB/Kansas State 163. Panthers – Benjamin Yurosek/TE/Georgia 164. Eagles – Jackson Slater/OG/Sacramento State 165. Eagles – Dont’e Thornton Jr./WR/Tennessee 166. Texans – Tommi Hill/CB/Nebraska 167. Titans – Malachi Moore/S/Alabama 168. Eagles – Mello Dotson/CB/Kansas 169. Bills – Dylan Fairchild/OG/Georgia 170. Bills – Damien Martinez/RB/Miami, Fl 171. Patriots – Jake Briningstool/TE/Clemson 172. Seahawks – Chase Lundt/OT/Connecticut 173. Bills – Karene Reid/LB/Utah 174. Cowboys – B.J. Adams/CB/UCF 175. Seahawks – Mitchell Evans/TE/Notre Dame 176. Ravens – Willie Lampkin/OG/North Carolina

Just as proof as I try to be as unbiased as possible when doing these, see pick #124. Horrible pick. ROUND FOUR 103. Titans – Danny Stutsman/LB/Oklahoma 104. Steelers – Ty Robinson/DT/Nebraska 105. Giants – Smael Mondon Jr./LB/Georgia 106. Patriots – Dylan Sampson/RB/Tennessee 107. Jaguars – Gunnar Helm/TE/Texas 108. Patriots – Oluwafemi Oladejo/EDGE/UCLA 109. Bills – Xavier Restrepo/WR/Miami, Fl 110. Jets – J.J. Pegues/DT/Mississippi 111. Panthers – Nohl Williams/CB/California 112. Saints – Jaylin Lane/WR/Virginia Tech 113. 49ers – Denzel Burke/CB/Ohio State 114. Panthers – Jaylen Reed/S/Penn State 115. Cardinals – Jamaree Caldwell/DT/Oregon 116. Bears – Sai’vion Jones/EDGE/LSU 117. Colts – Emery Jones Jr./OT/LSU 118. Broncos – Bhayshul Tuten/RB/Virginia Tech 119. Bengals – Barrett Carter/LB/Clemson 120. Titans – Tez Johnson/WR/Oregon 121. Buccaneers – Jalen Rivers/OT/Miami, Fl 122. Broncos – Dorian Strong/CB/Virginia Tech 123. Browns – Miles Frazier/OG/LSU 124. Packers – Logan Brown/OT/Kansas 125. Charger – Cam Skattebo/RB/Arizona State 126. Jaguars – R.J. Mickens/S/Clemson 127. Rams – Cobee Bryant/CB/Kansas 128. Broncos – Jordan Phillips/DT/Maryland 129. Ravens – Aeneas Peebles/DT/Virginia Tech 130. Lions – Ty Hamilton/DT/Ohio State 131. Saints – Elijah Roberts/EDGE/SMU 132. Bills – Sebastian Castro/S/Iowa 133. Packers – Caleb Rogers/OG/Texas Tech 134. Eagles – Caleb Ransaw/CB/Tulane 135. Bears – Tai Felton/WR/Maryland 136. Ravens – Zah Frazier/CB/Texas-San Antonio 137. Seahawks – Kyle Kennard/EDGE/South Carolina 138. 49ers – Dominic Lovett/WR/Georgia

ROUND ONE 1. Titans – Cam Ward/QB/Miami, Fl 2. Browns – Travis Hunter/CB – WR/Colorado TRADE – Panthers get first (#3 overall), Giants get first (#8 overall), third (#74 overall) and 2026 second round pick 3. Panthers – Abdul Carter/EDGE/Penn State TRADE – Raiders get first (#4 overall) and seventh (#238 overall), Patriots get first (#6 overall) and fourth (#108 overall) 4. Raiders – Ashton Jeanty/RB/Boise State 5. Jaguars – Mason Graham/DT/Michigan 6. Patriots – Armand Membou/OT/Missouri 7. Jets – Will Campbell/OT/LSU 8. Giants – Shedeur Sanders/QB/Colorado 9. Saints – Jahdae Barron/CB/Texas 10. Bears – Walter Nolan/DT/Mississippi 11. 49ers – Shemar Stewart/EDGE/Texas A&M 12. Cowboys – Tetairoa McMillan/WR/Arizona 13. Dolphins – Kelvin Banks Jr./OT/Texas 14. Colts – Tyler Warren/TE/Penn State TRADE – Broncos get first (#15 overall) and fourth (#118 overall), Falcons get first (#20 overall), third (#85 overall) and sixth (#197 overall) 15. Broncos – Matthew Golden/WR/Texas 16. Cardinals – Jalon Walker/EDGE/Georgia 17. Bengals – Mykel Williams/EDGE/Georgia 18. Seahawks – Luther Burden III/WR/Missouri 19. Buccaneers – Will Johnson/CB/Michigan 20. Falcons – Mike Green/EDGE/Marshall TRADE – Browns get first (#21 overall) and fourth (#123 overall), Steelers get second (#33 overall), third (#67 overall) and fourth (#104 overall) 21. Browns – Jaxson Dart/QB/Mississippi 22. Chargers – Colston Loveland/TE/Michigan TRADE – Chiefs get first (#23 overall) and fifth (#159 overall), Packers get first (#31 overall), third (#95 overall) and fourth (#133 overall) 23. Chiefs – Josh Simmons/OT/Ohio State TRADE – Jets get first (#24 overall), Vikings get second (#42 overall), third (#73 overall) and fifth (#162 overall) 24. Jets – Emeka Egbuka/WR/Ohio State 25. Texans – Josh Conerly Jr./OT/Oregon 26. Rams – Jihaad Campbell/LB/Albama 27. Ravens – Malaki Starks/S/Georgia 28. Lions – Donovan Ezeiruaku/EDGE/Boston College 29. Commanders – Maxwell Hairston/CB/Kentucky 30. Bills – Derrick Harmon/DT/Oregon 31. Packers – Shavon Revel Jr./CB/East Carolina 32. Eagles – Nick Emmanwori/S/South Carolina ROUND TWO 33. Steelers – Omarion Hampton/RB/North Carolina 34. Giants – Tyler Booker/OG/Alabama 35. Titans – James Pearce Jr./EDGE/Tennessee 36. Jaguars – Trey Amos/CB/Mississippi 37. Raiders – Jayden Higgins/WR/Iowa State 38. Patriots – Grey Zabel/OG/North Dakota State TRADE – Dolphins get second (#39 overall) and fifth (#148 overall), Bears get second (#48 overall), fourth (#116 overall) and fourth (#135 overall) 39. Dolphins – Kenneth Grant/DT/Michigan 40. Saints – Donovan Jackson/OG/Ohio State 41. Bears – Aireontae Ersery/OT/Minnesota 42. Vikings – Azareye’h Thomas/CB/Florida State 43. 49ers – Tyleik Williams/DT/Ohio State 44. Cowboys – TreVeyon Henderson/RB/Ohio State 45. Colts – Carson Schwesinger/LB/UCLA 46. Falcons – Benjamin Morrison/CB/Notre Dame 47. Cardinals – Jack Bech/WR/TCU 48. Bears – Quinshon Judkins/RB/Ohio State 49. Bengals – Xavier Watts/S/Notre Dame 50. Seahawks – Kevin Winston Jr./S/Penn State TRADE – Commanders get second (#51 overall), Broncos get second (#61 overall), fourth (#128 overall) and 2026 fifth round pick 51. Commanders – Nic Scourton/EDGE/Texas A&M 52. Seahawks – Marcus Mbow/OG/Purdue 53. Buccaneers – JT Tuimoloau/EDGE/Ohio State 54. Packers – Ashton Gillotte/EDGE/Louisville 55. Chargers – Tre Harris/WR/Mississippi 56. Bills – Darien Porter/CB/Iowa State 57. Panthers – Jalen Royals/WR/Utah State 58. Texans – Jaylin Noel/WR/Iowa Sate 59. Ravens – Ozzy Trapilo/OT/Boston College 60. Lions – Jonah Savaiinaea/OG/Arizona 61. Broncos – Mason Taylor/TE/LSU 62. Bills – Landon Jackson/EDGE/Arkansas 63. Chiefs – T.J. Sanders/DT/South Carolina 64. Eagles – Alfred Collins/DT/Texas ROUND THREE 65. Giants – Darius Alexander/DT/Toledo 66. Chiefs – Jack Sawyer/EDGE/Ohio State 67. Steelers – Elic Ayomanor/WR/Stanford 68. Raiders – Demetrius Knight Jr./LB/South Carolina 69. Patriots – Isaiah Bond/WR/Texas 70. Jaguars – Tate Ratledge/OG/Georgia 71. Saints – Shemar Turner/DT/Texas A&M 72. Bears – Elijah Arroyo/TE/Miami, Fl 73. Vikings – Charles Grant/OG/William & Mary 74. Giants – Cameron Williams/OT/Texas 75. 49ers – Wyatt Milum/OT/West Virginia 76. Cowboys – Omarr Norman-Lott/DT/Tennessee 77. Patriots – Joshua Farmer/DT/Florida State 78. Cardinals – Anthony Belton/OT/NC State 79. Texans – Andre Mukuba/S/Texas 80. Colts – Jordan Burch/EDGE/Oregon 81. Bengals – Jacob Parrish/CB/Kansas State 82. Seahawks – Deone Walker/DT/Kentucky 83. Steelers – Jalen Milroe/QB/Alabama 84. Buccaneers – Chris Paul Jr./LB/Mississippi 85. Falcons – Billy Bowman Jr./S/Oklahoma 86. Chargers – Princely Umanmielen/EDGE/Mississippi 87. Packers – C.J. West/DT/Indiana 88. Jaguars – Kyle Williams/WR/Washington State 89. Texans – Vernon Broughton/DT/Texas 90. Rams – Harold Fannin Jr./TE/Bowling Green 91. Ravens – Bradyn Swinson/EDGE/LSU 92. Seahawks – Quincy Riley/CB/Louisville 93. Saints – Tyler Shough/QB/Louisville 94. Browns – Jared Ivey/EDGE/Mississippi 95. Packers – Savion Williams/WR/TCU 96. Eagles – Josaiah Stewart/EDGE/Michigan 97. Vikings – Lathan Ransom/S/Ohio State 98. Dolphins – Terrance Ferguson/TE/Oregon 99. Giants – Tory Horton/WR/Colorado State 100. 49ers – Kaleb Johnson/RB/Iowa 101. Rams – Jared Wilson/C/Georgia 102. Lions – Jonas Sanker/S/Virginia

NFL.com has a section up called DraftIQ https://www.nfl.com/draft/iq/ So go to the Packers and then in the middle of the screen there are a couple tabs > click on Front Office Tendencies. Scroll to the bottom and- [b]Since 2018, Gutekunst has drafted a league-high 42 players with NGS athleticism scores that are higher than their NGS production scores as the Packers GM.[/b] That's pretty overwhelming. Gutekunst has drafted 72 players, which putting it in the most simplistic terms, breaks down as drafting 57 "athletes" versus 15 "players."

Michigan cornerback Will Johnson had his workout and would not run the 40. Only numbers that I've seen is that he had a 37 inch vertical jump and a 4.33 short shuttle. That vertical is about average for a cornerback and the short shuttle number is below average for a cornerback. There have been reports that he looked "above average" in running positional drills. McShay has reported that Johnson would not run the 40 because he was running in the high 4.5's in training. He's going to fall. I don't think he makes it to #23, but I don't think he's a top 10 pick with this information. It might even be a stretch to think of him as sitting solidly in the top 16.

Above list has been updated. Rang at FOX Sports updated and expanded his list from 101 to 150.

2026 Super Bowl odds 1 - Eagles +650 2 - Ravens +700 3 - Chiefs +750 3 - Bills +750 5 - Lions +900 6 - Commanders +1600 7 - 49ers +1800 7 - Bengals +1800 9 - Packers +2200 9 - Rams +2200 Packers regular season wins over/under is 9.5. Ravens, Bills, Lions, Chiefs, Eagles, 49ers all above that. There are 8 teams at 6.5, which puts the Packers in the #7 to #14 range. Projecting them as the 9th/10th best team at this time seems like a pretty fair estimate. Above odds come from betus.com

Might as well bring up the Jalen Ramsey subject. Have to believe this has all come up because he wants a new deal, and this is coming off a new deal he got less than 1 year ago. He has already been traded twice and it looks like the third time is coming in the very near future. Seems like one of those guys who is always unhappy. That doesn't stop the teams he's with from winning, the Rams had a great run with him on board. The guy can still play. Media reports are that his play fell off last year, but the stat sheet still looks pretty good. Last time he was traded was for a 3rd round pick and TE-Hunter Long, who at the time was a 2 year backup and has added on another 2 years as a backup since the trade (37 games played, 8 catches). Obviously the Dolphins will start by asking for the moon. They have an extra fourth, an extra fifth, no sixth, and three 7th...so they already are starting with 10 picks. My guess is that the final price will be the same as last time, a 3rd round pick and a cheap player (this one will probably have more upside than the last one). Jaire Alexander is not a possibility IMO, as Alexander really doesn't fit into the Dolphins cap situation. No doubt Ramsey would likely push for a deal pretty similar to the one that Jaycee Horn got. Roughly speaking, 4 years, 100 million with cap numbers of 23 million, 22.7 million, 28.7 million, 30.7 million. I'm not for it because I've always had the impression of Ramsey being a butthead, but I think the Packers could do this and it would definitely qualify as a big splash move for Gutekunst that doesn't involve a 1st or 2nd round pick.