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That's why they traded Wicks, to open up a spot on the roster so they could take a receiver this year. They only way it won't happen is if the guys they like get drafted higher than anticipated. Watson, Reed and Wicks were all free agents after 2026, they made the decision to get another receiver on the roster that would be controlled for the next few years.

It's worth noting that Ponds has the #1 Next Gen Stats Production score among CBs that were at the combine this year. I don't think there is a chance the Packers take him due to his lack of height. Unless there is some type of character concern or injury that we do not know about, I don't think there is any chance that Gabe Jacus makes it to round three, much less the Packer's pick in round three. I don't think he'll even make it to the Packer's second round pick, but in a scenario where R Mason Thomas and Derrick Moore would get drafted ahead of him, maybe it could happen.

Burgler has a 7-round mock up. IMO, Brugler is high enough on the credibility list to give some commentary as a Packer observer sees it. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7190297/2026/04/15/nfl-mock-draft-2026-full-seven-rounds/?unlocked_article_code=1.bFA.YG5E.j1nAiO6wjYXW&source=athletic_user_shared_gift_article_copylink&smid=url-share-ta 2-52 - Dani Dennis-Sutton/EDGE/Penn State I could not agree more. I think Malachi Lawrence (at #26) and Gabe Jacus (at #46) are the DE/OLB's Gutekunst really wants, but he will be more than happy to take the superb athletic testing Dennis-Sutton at this spot with the other two players off the board. 3-84 - Davison Igbinosun/CB/Ohio State Nope. While it's likely that Gutekunst would like Igbinosun's size, length and physical play, to me he seems too average of an athlete for Gutekunst to take this high. I'd guess Georgia CB-Daylen Everette in this spot, who ended up being picked at #93 in this mock. 4-120 - Febechi Nwaiwu/G-C/Oklahoma A reasonable enough pick as the Packers sure could use an interior swing-man. While I think Gutekunst may prefer to go offense here and pick someone like Boston College OT-Jude Bowry (#144), Penn State RB-Nick Singleton (#140) or Baylor WR-Josh Cameron (#141), I will go with SE Louisiana DT-Kaleb Proctor(#136) as the pick, who was one of the Packer's 30 visits. 5-153 - Tim Keenan/DT/Alabama I don't see this happening. Unathletic nose tackle, the type of guy that Gutekunst would bring in if he went undrafted, but I don't see him using a fifth round pick on a player like this. I'd project Mississippi OT-Diego Pounds(#182) to the Packers in this spot. 32 starts at LT in ACC(North Carolina) and SEC(Mississippi), but like Belton last year, Gutekunst would probably view him as a candidate for any spot along the offensive line except center. 5-160 - Dametrious Crownover/OT/Texas A&M This is a very reasonable projection. Crownover is very gifted and could very well have the highest upside of the middle round offensive tackles. I'm guessing Gutekunst would prefer the LT experience that Pounds brings, but wouldn't be a bit surprised if he went with Crownover instead. Considering the glaring lack of offensive line depth currently on the roster, it wouldn't be crazy to project them taking both Pounds and Crownover with their fifth round picks. However, I would think Gutekunst would be chomping at the bit to take an offensive skill position player by now. The obvious projection would be super-tester Cincinnati WR-Jeff Caldwell (#163), but I'm not projecting him to Green Bay as there just seems to be something missing with him. Even though Brugler has projected Indiana RB-Kaelon Black to the Packers at #201, I'll guess Gutekunst does not wait around and takes Black at this spot. 6-201 - Kaelon Black/RB/Indiana Very reasonable projection as he is one of the Packer's 30 visits. I'll go with Kentucky C-Jager Burton (#239) here. Burton has 23 career starts at LG, 15 starts at C and 9 starts at RG. Short-armed, very athletic guy who some think will be stuck at center, but others think he could end up at any of the interior offensive line spots. 7-236 - Jaden Duggar/LB/Louisiana Brugler goes with one of the Packer 30 visits here. Since the Packers already have 5-6 solid candidates for the 2026 roster, plus both starters being under contract in 2027, I'm guessing the Packers are looking at Duggar primarily as an undrafted free agent. But if the board is not to their liking this late in the draft, anyone becomes a possibility. I'll go with Florida WR-J. Michael Sturdivant (#251). Sturdivant looked like a future star in 2022 and has gone backwards ever since. However, he's 6-2 7/8, 207 pounds, ran a 4.40 40 and had a 39" vertical at the combine...so he appears to be a late round candidate that Gutekunst would love. 7-255 - Michael Heldman/EDGE/Central Michigan After adding Dennis-Sutton earlier, the Packers will have so many DE/OLB on the roster that it would be very hard to take a second one IMO. Heldman is another 30 visit for the Packers. I'll go with a different 30 visit, James Madison S-Jacob Thomas. Fifth safety spot is now open in Green Bay, and Thomas appears towards the top of the list of very late round/undrafted candidates that have visited Green Bay.

While this should be cause for a major celebration, I am somewhat disappointed. I was hoping he would stick around long enough to get fired, preferably in the most humiliating way possible.

Just finished a concensus board. Use Scout INC/ESPN (top 150), Jermiah/NFL.com (top 50), PFF (top 150), Ourlads (top 32), Zierlein/NFL.com (top 150), Edholm/NFL.com (top 100), Rang/FOX (top 100, almost dumped this list as it was from mid-March), Miller/ESPN (top 150), Brugler/Athletic (top 100). Put together fast, expect a couple typos- 1 QB Fernando Mendoza Indiana 2 LB Arvell Reese Ohio State 3 RB Jeremiyah Love Notre Dame 4 EDGE David Bailey Texas Tech 5 S Caleb Downs Ohio State 6 LB Sonny Styles Ohio State 7 EDGE Rueben Bain Jr Miami, FL 8 CB Mansoor Delane LSU 9 OT Francis Mauigoa Miami, Fl 10 WR Carnell Tate Ohio State 11 WR Makai Lemon USC 12 OT Spencer Fano Utah 13 TE Kenyon Sadiq Oregon 14 OG Olaivavega Ioane Penn State 15 CB Jermod McCoy Tennessee 16 WR Jordyn Tyson Arizona State 17 OT Monroe Freeling Georgia 18 OT Kadyn Proctor Alabama 19 S Dillon Thieneman Oregon 20 EDGE Keldric Faulk Auburn 21 EDGE Akheem Mesidor Miami, Fl 22 S Emmanuel McNeil-Warren Toledo 23 WR Denzel Boston Washington 24 WR Omar Cooper Jr. Indiana 25 WR KC Concepcion Texas A&M 26 CB Avieon Terrell Clemson 27 CB Colton Hood Tennessee 28 EDGE Cashius Howell Texas A&M 29 OT Caleb Lomu Utah 30 DT Kayden McDonald Ohio State 31 DT Peter Woods Clemson 32 OT Blake Miller Clemson 33 CB Chris Johnson San Diego State 34 EDGE Zion Young Missouri 35 LB CJ Allen Georgia 36 EDGE T.J. Parker Clemson 37 OT Max Iheanachor Arizona State 38 DT Caleb Banks Florida 39 QB Ty Simpson Alabama 40 LB Anthony Hill Jr. Texas 41 LB Jacob Rodriguez Texas Tech 42 CB Brandon Cisse South Carolina 43 OG Chase Bisontis Texas A&M 44 RB Jadarian Price Notre Dame 45 EDGE Gabe Jacas Illinois 46 DT Christen Miller Georgia 47 EDGE Malachi Lawrence UCF 48 CB D'Angelo Ponds Indiana 49 OG Emmanuel Pregnon Oregon 50 WR Germie Bernard Alabama 51 DT Lee Hunter Texas Tech 52 EDGE R Mason Thomas Oklahoma 53 CB Keionte Scott Miami, Fl 54 TE Eli Stowers Vanderbilt 55 LB Jake Golday Cincinnati 56 S A.J. Haulcy LSU 57 EDGE Derrick Moore Michgan 58 WR Zachariah Branch Georgia 59 LB Josiah Trotter Missouri 60 CB Keith Abney II Arizona State 61 WR Chris Brazzell II Tennessee 62 OG Keylan Rutledge Georgia Tech 63 WR Chris Bell Louisville 64 WR Antonio Williams Clemson 65 LB Kyle Louis Pittsburgh 66 S Treydan Stukes Arizona 67 EDGE Keyron Crawford Auburn 68 TE Max Klare Ohio State 69 WR Malachi Fields Notre Dame 70 OT Gennings Dunker Iowa 71 DT Domonique Orange Iowa State 72 EDGE Dani Dennis-Sutton Penn State 73 OT Caleb Tiernan Northwestern 74 RB Mike Washington Jr. Arkansas 75 WR Skyler Bell UConn 76 S Bud Clark TCU 77 EDGE Jaishawn Barham Michigan 78 WR Elijah Sarratt Indiana 79 CB Malik Muhammad Texas 80 S Jalon Kilgore South Carolina 81 WR Ted Hurst Georgia State 82 WR De'Zhaun Stribling Mississippi 83 S Zakee Wheatley Penn State 84 CB Davison Igbinosun Ohio State 85 C Connor Lew Auburn 86 EDGE Romello Height Texas Tech 87 C Sam Hecht Kansas State 88 EDGE Joshua Josephs Tennessee 89 WR Bryce Lance North Dakota State 90 C Logan Jones Iowa 91 WR Deion Burks Oklahoma 92 TE Sam Roush Stanford 93 OG Jalen Farmer Kentucky 94 DT Zxavian Harris Mississippi 95 QB Gerrett Nussmeier LSU 96 DT Tyler Onyedim Texas A&M 97 EDGE LT Overton Alabama 98 DT Gracen Halton Oklahoma 99 C Jake Slaugher Florida 100 OG Brian Parker II Duke 101 OT Trey Zuhn III Texas A&M 102 TE Justin Joly NC State 103 CB Daylen Everette Georgia 104 S Kamari Ramsey USC 105 OT Dametrious Crownover Texas A&M 106 DT Darrell Jackson Jr. Florida State 107 CB Devin Moore Florida 108 CB Chandler Rivers Duke 109 S Genesis Smith Arizona 110 TE Michael Trigg Baylor 111 CB Will Lee II Texas A&M 112 WR Ja'Kobi Lane USC 113 QB Carson Beck Miami, Fl 114 TE Oscar Delp Georgia 115 CB Tacario Davis Washington 116 RB Emmett Johnson Nebraska 117 WR Brenen Thompson Mississippi State 118 LB Keyshaun Elliott Arizona State 119 S VJ Payne Kansas State 120 QB Drew Allar Penn State 121 DT Chris McClellan Missouri 122 LB Jimmy Rolder Michigan 123 TE Jack Endries Texas 124 OT Travis Burke Memphis 125 LB Deontae Lawson Alabama 126 DT Albert Regis Texas A&M 127 OT Austin Barber Florida 128 S Jadon Canady Oregon 129 OT Markel Bell Miami, Fl 130 OT Jude Bowry Boston College 131 OG Anez Cooper Miami, Fl 132 LB Kaleb Elarms-Orr TCU 133 TE Eli Raridon Notre Dame 134 LB Harold Perkins Jr. LSU 135 DT DeMonte Capehart Clemson 136 DT Rayshaun Benny Michigan 137 OG Billy Schrauth Notre Dame 138 OT Keagen Trost Missouri 139 TE Nate Boerkircher Texas A&M 140 OT Drew Shelton Penn State 141 OT Kage Casey Boise State 142 WR Josh Cameron Baylor 143 RB Adam Randall Clemson 144 WR Cyrus Allen Cincinnati 145 RB Jonah Coleman Washington 146 LB Bryce Boettcher Oregon 147 CB Julian Neal Arkansas 148 TE Will Kacmarek Ohio State 149 RB Nicholas Singleton Penn State 150 CB Ephesians Prysock Washington 151 TE Joe Royer Cincinnati 152 S Jakobe Thomas Miami, Fl 153 DT Dontay Corleone Cincinnati 154 OT Diego Pounds Mississippi 155 OG Beau Stephens Iowa 156 EDGE Anthony Lucas USC 157 DT Kaleb Proctor Southeastern Louisiana 158 QB Taylen Green Arkansas 159 TE Marlin Klein Michigan 160 RB Demond Claiborne Wake Forest 161 EDGE Mason Reiger Wisconsin 162 OT Alex Harkey Oregon 163 WR CJ Daniels Miami, Fl 164 RB Kaytron Allen Penn State 165 EDGE Trey Moore Texas 166 EDGE Mikail Kamara Indiana 167 DT Landon Robinson Navy 168 EDGE Tyreak Sapp Florida 169 OG Febechi Nwaiwu Oklahoma 170 FB Max Bredeson Michigan 171 HB Seth McGowan Kentucky 172 CB TJ Hall Iowa 173 OT Enrique Cruz Kansas 174 RB Le'Veon Moss Texas A&M 175 TE Riley Nowakowski Indiana 176 QB Cole Payton North Dakota State 177 WR Reggie Virgil Texas Tech 178 CB Charles Demmings Stephen F. Austin 179 EDGE George Gumbs Jr. Florida 180 WR Eric McAlister TCU 181 DT Brandon Cleveland NC State 182 EDGE Caden Curry Ohio State 183 OG Logan Taylor Boston College 184 LB Namdi Obiazor TCU 185 WR Jeff Caldwell Cincinnati 186 RB J'Mari Taylor Virginia Tech 187 WR Kevin Coleman Jr. Missouri 188 WR J. Michael Sturdivant Florida 189 EDGE Max Llewellyn Iowa 190 WR Malik Benson Oregon 191 CB Jager Burton Kentucky 192 OG Jeremiah Wright Auburn 193 TE Dallen Bentley Utah 194 DT Tim Keenan III Alabama 195 LB Taurean York Texas A&M 196 RB Rahsul Faison South Carolina 197 OT J.C. Davis Illinois 198 EDGE Wesley Williams Duke 199 EDGE Nadame Tucker Western Michigan 200 RB Roman Hemby Indiana

The more and more I look at this draft, and I'm becoming more and more convinced that DE/OLB will be a pick at #52 or #84. It seems like there will be a significant drop in talent at that position from #84 to the Packer's fourth round pick at #120. If you look at Parsons rehab and Van Ness/Sorrell and have any question marks in there, then you have to pick one and cannot wait until round six to do it. Maybe Gutekunst has a later round guy that he sees as a gem, like Mason Reiger, but I would not count on that. Then I look at CB. There are some decent later round candidates here, but they have a need at this position this year and will likely have an even bigger need at this position next year. So in the first three picks, I would expect a CB to be picked. LB is the one position that I think they will avoid altogether. Cooper/Franklin/McDuffie/Hopper + Neimann/Welch pretty much fills the roster for 2026. Cooper and Franklin are both under contract in 2027. This looks like something that gets addressed in 2027, not 2026. The position that everyone has ignored is safety, but McKinney, Williams, Bullard (nickel/safety) and Oladapo all become free agents after 2027, so it may be time to get someone in the pipeline now. With Anderson gone, the 5th safety spot is now open. There are some interesting athletic safeties available in the later rounds. Other than that, just about any position at any pick.

I'm shocked the Packers got two picks for Wicks. He was a 332 yard WR last year. Three years into his career, he's a 2.3 catch, 29 receiving yards per game receiver. He's not a high volume guy and he's not a 3rd level guy. Personally, I'd like my chances to use a 5th round pick on a WR and get similar production, and have that guy under contract for 4 years at reasonable salary. I guess I don't understand what Roseman sees here, but also have to say that a fair assessment of Roseman puts him in the Stearns/Arnold tier of running a major, professional sports organization so it's hard to second-guess him. It will be interesting to see how this works out from Philadelphia's end.

Based on these visits, and Gutekunst's draft history, I don't think Gutekunst is drafting a nose tackle and, frankly, I don't think he has any interest in drafting a big guy with average/below-average athleticism despite any exceptional ability (and exceptional potential) the guy might have for clogging up an interior running game. The atitude sure seems to be - "This is a nickel/dime league and why bother with the run if we are playing pass defense 70% of the time." Hopefully this does not come back to bite them in the rear in a critical game against the Lions or Bears, two teams that could have the ability to just pin their ears back and completely run all over them. I'm not anticipating them drafting a nose tackle at all. Players like Domonique Orange, Dontay Corleone, Tim Keenan III....I'd just take them completely off the board if projecting picks to the Packers. I'm pretty sure Gutekunst would rather just take a Christen Miller or DeMonte Capehart, put them at nose tackle 25% of the time, and wager that the pass-rush upside they will bring will far outweigh any downside that might come with their ability to play the run at the nose tackle position. One should also note that the pass-rush upside for players like this is only that, upside, because these guys really weren't known as top pass-rushers in college. Also, based on the Hargrave signing, and the players they are scouting, if they end up playing a 3-4 as the base defense (and it won't actually be the base defense...the base defense will be a 4-2-5 because that's what they are likely to be in a majority of the time), it will be a 3-4 base defense in name only. They will not have a zero on the roster. They will have 4 guys on the line of scrimmage on almost every down, and one will be lined up as a 1, one will be lined up as a 3, one will be lined up as a 5, and the 245 pound guy that will be lined up as a 7 they will call an OLB, but in reality this will very likely be a 4-3 one-gap defense.

A whole bunch more Packer visits being reported over the last three days- #42 - Christian Miller/DT/Georgia #138 - Kaleb Proctor/DT/Southeastern Louisiana Kaelon Black/RB/Indiana Anthony Smith/WR/East Carolina Jaden Duggar/LB/Louisiana Malcolm Dewalt IV/CB/Akron

Texas Tech QB-Behren Morton is one of the Packer 30 visits. 6-2, 221. 2025 stats = 12 games played, 219 completions, 332 attempts, 2780 passing yards, 22 passing touchdowns, 6 interceptions, 43 rushing attempts, -113 rushing yards, 0 rushing touchdowns. 2024 = 12 games played, 295 completions, 466 attempts, 3335 passing yards, 27 passing touchdowns, 8 interceptions, 55 rushing attempts, -22 rushing yards, 1 rushing touchdown. He was at the combine and showed good arm strength and high velocity throws. At the Texas Tech pro day, he ran the 40 in 4.89 seconds, had a 30.5" vertical and a 9'5" broad jump. Morton has battled injuries throughout his college career, including injuries to his throwing shoulder. He displayed a pretty big arm at the combine, but most of the scouting reports that I've looked as indicate he doesn't show that same arm-strength in game, possibly due to the shoulder injuries. He currently projects as an undrafted player.

This morning I sat down and put together a draft board. Basically compiled lists from respected writers and organizations (I'll count ESPN's ranking at being Scout INC rankings, as ESPN do not merit the term "respected" IMO). There are other consensus lists all over the internet, but IMO pretty much all of them use a bunch of outdated lists, lists from questionable sources, and factor in mock drafts (which I don't like, because if mock drafters are missing on team needs, it really screws things up). This is the top prospect lists I used...Zierlein (NFL.com), Jeremiah (NFL.com), Edholm (NFL.com), Scout INC (ESPN), Rang (Fox Sports), PFF, Ourlads, CBS Sports, End board has a total of 213 players. Here are the rankings for the players that are Packers "30 visits." #79 - Romello Height/EDGE/Texas Tech #80 - Mike Washington Jr./RB/Arkansas #90 - Ted Hurst/WR/Georgia State #188 - Charles Demmings/CB/Stephen F. Austin Not ranked - Jacob Thomas/S/James Madison Not ranked - John Gesky/OG/Illinois Not ranked - TJ Quinn/LB/Lousiville

Prior to the Aaron Banks restructure, they would have had 6.75 million dollar cap hits in 2027 and 2028 if they cut him after this upcoming season with a post-June 1 designation. After the restructure, those numbers are now 9.947 million in 2027 and 16.341 million in 2028 according to Over the Cap. And his 2027 cap number will be 25.447, so even if he is "average," it will be hard to bring him back with a number like that.

Stephen F. Austin CB-Charles Demmings in for a visit. 6-1 1/8, 193 pounds. 2025 = 12 games played, 18 tackles, 4 interceptions, 5 pass breakups. 2024 = 11 games played, 19 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 1 interception, 10 pass breakups. Combine numbers. 40 time = 4.41, 10 time = 1.55, 42" vertical, 11'0" broad jump. Big and fast and can jump through the roof. Tackling, not so good at that. Currently grading out in the late round five/early round six area. I think he's an interesting guy for a later round pick.

Arkansas RB-Mike Washington Jr. in for a visit. 6-1, 223 pounds 2025 = 12 games played, 167 rushes, 1070 rushing yards, 8 rushing touchdowns, 28 catches, 226 receiving yards, 1 receiving touchdown. He played for New Mexico State in 2024. 2024 = 12 games played (4 starts), 158 rushes, 713 rushing yards, 8 rushing touchdowns, 9 catches, 74 receiving yards, 1 receiving touchdown. Washington was a monster at the combine. 4.33 40 time, 1.51 10 time, 39" vertical, 10'8" broad jump. Profile is pretty straight-forward with him. Big, speed guy that can be pretty dynamic once he gets into the open field. But at the same time, he is an indecisive runner that lacks good run vision. Even though Washington appears solid as the third highest graded running back in this class, he currently project right around the area the Packers are picking in round three.

The rookie draft pool for the Packers is $7,955,118. However, when subtracting out players that will get bumped off the roster after the rookies are added, OverTheCap estimates the Packers will only lose about 1.75 million in cap space. Also note that the Packers are about 22 million under the cap. However, since Nate Hobbs was designated a post June 1 cut, there is still an 8 million cap charge currently on the books that gets erased from 2026 and goes onto 2027 once we get to June. So really, the Packers sit about 28 million under the cap after the rookies are added in. I'm guessing they will be looking to stay about 15 million under the cap heading into the season for adding injury replacement players, insurance costs, etc....so I think they would still have about 13 million to spend. If they don't do anything else in free agency, I will have major, major, major questions as to why they restructured Aaron Banks contract, which looks like it could become a very questionable move unless he shows dramatic improvement.

They are going after Wisconsin kids because they don't want to spend significant money in high school recruiting. Will there be an occasional big fish out of Texas that they feel they must have and will throw some money at that guy? Sure. But for the most part, they are going to go cheap with high schoolers and throw more money at transfer players. So they are now going after Wisconsin kids early to try and develop some loyalty, so when a bigger school comes around later they are hoping they will be able to retain them. Also, for positions like the offensive line where they want to use a "high school recruit and develop" type strategy, they are hoping the Wisconsin kids will have the loyalty where they won't look to bail after backing up for two years...even when there is an opening and a promise that they will be a likely starter in year #3. And for a guy like Reiter, there will be plenty of other schools going after him hard later. He's a major get for them now, and he'll be a major retain for them if he is on the roster in the fall. I've been told they were only lukewarm on the Mallinger brothers, and they wouldn't have considered it any sort of major loss of those guys would have gone elsewhere. I've NOT been told this, but two years ago I very much suspect they would not have gone after Dustin Roach at all this early, and would have only had him on the radar as a backup plan late in the process if there was still an opening. And that is not a knock on Roach, who could develop into a very good player. But he's the perfect example of "do we want to tie up resources in a marginal Wisconsin kid like this early, when we probably can get a better player elsewhere at a later date" approach that they seemed to operate under the last couple of years.

ACME Packing Company is reporting that Illinois OG-Josh Gesky is one of the Packer's 30 visits. Listed on Illinois' roster at 6-5, 335 pounds. Redshirted in 2021, played mainly special teams in 2022, started 8 games in 2023 (began at RG, moved to LG) and started 26 games at LG over the last two seasons. He was not invited to the combine and currently projects as an undrafted player. Illinois had their Pro Day on March 12. Gesky was 6-5, down to 310 pounds, ran the 40 in 4.94 second and did 30 reps of 225. Coach Bert says he's the most NFL-ready of any player he's coached in the last few years. Here is the link for more details- https://www.click2houston.com/sports/2026/03/24/illinois-guard-josh-gesky-excels-at-pro-day-strong-interest-from-texans-to-visit-broncos/

Texas Tech OLB-Romello Height is one of the Packers 30 visits. Height went from Auburn to USC to Georgia Tech before landing at Texas Tech in his last college season. He was All-Big 12 first team and finished the season with 14 games played, 38 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, 9.5 sacks, 1 pass breakup, 1 fumble recovery and 2 forced fumbles. Previous season at Georgia Tech: 12 games played, 34 tackles 6.5 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, 1 interception, 2 forced fumbles. Combine numbers = 6-2 3/4, 239 pounds, 32 1/4 arms, 9 1/2 hands, 4.64 40, 1.63 10, 39 inch vertical, 10'5" broad jump. He currently projected as a third round pick.

Tom Silverstein is reporting that James Madison safety Jacob Thomas is one of the Packer's 30 visits. He wasn't invited to the combine, currently projects as an undrafted player. James Madison listed him at 6-0 3/4 and 212 pounds. 2025 stats = 14 games played, 71 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, 2 interceptions, 7 pass breakups, 1 forced fumble. 3 year starter, was second team All-Sun Belt in each of the last two seasons. James Madison posted some of the results from their pro day. Thomas' 40 time = 4.45, vertical jump = 36.5, broad jump = 10'1", 20 shuttle = 4.21, 3-cone = 6.80.

Packerswire is reporting Louisville LB-T.J. Quinn is another player the Packers are bringing in for a 30 visit. A non-combine invitee, Quinn is projected to go undrafted. Louisville had their Pro Day a few days ago, but like last year, media coverage of pro days is now garbage. He's listed at 6-1, 235 on Lousville's website. Third-team All-ACC in 2025. 2025 stats = 13 games played, 95 tackles, 8 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, 2 interceptions, 6 pass breakups 2024 stats = 13 games played, 82 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, Also had 92 tackles in 2023. So a guy that redshirted in 2021, backup in 2022 and then started the next three years.

As of now, Watson, Reed and Wicks are all unrestricted free agents after this year, so it wouldn't be a big surprise if the Packers added one in the draft. Moore will likely see snaps on offense, but they may view him as 95% special teams/5% offense and may already be viewing his contributions on offense as minimal. Personally, with the way things have progressed, I'm pretty doubtful that they will have 10 53-man roster quality offensive linemen in training camp, and if that's the case, thinking they end up with 7 WR and 9 OLineman in week 1 seems like a reasonable projection. I do think Packer fans should have a bit of worry in them that Gutekunst might be sitting back and saying- Offense = Love, Jacobs, Watson, Reed, Golden, Kraft, Morgan, Banks, Rhyan, Belton, Tom Defense = Perkins, Van Ness, Wyatt, Hargrave, Cooper, Franklin, Nixon, Valentine, Bullard, McKinney, Williams "We are set, I can just use the draft for filling the holes we will have after the season." If he goes WR and TE (Kraft, Musgrave, Whyle all unrestricted free agents) with the first couple picks, look for the Packers to have another 9 win season. OL and CB was garbage at the end of last season, and will bad again in 2026.

ACME Packing Company is reporting WR-Ted Hurst/Georgia State is one of the 30 players the Packers are bringing in for a visit. Hurst is 6-3 7/8, 206, 4.42 40, 36.5 vertical and fits the mode of a deep-threat/third-level WR. He is currently projecting in the mid to late round three area. In 2025, he appeared in 12 games and totaled 71-1004-6. In 2024, he played in 12 games and totaled 56-961-9. Prior to that he was at Valdosta State.

Reiter is a big get for them. Even though he's not the #1 rated Wisconsin player by the recruiting media, I've been told by insiders (LOL!) that he was the #1 want for the program...and by a pretty large margin. Take it for what it is worth.

Gutekunst is definitely not a bad drafter. Anybody who thinks that just isn't paying attention. I'm pretty sure I've posted this in the recent past, but I would guess that looking over his entire tenure as the GM in Green Bay (not just the last five years), he would grade out as somewhere between above average to "good." However, if you subtract out the 2022 draft, then that grade would drop significantly, because the 2022 draft was extraordinarily good. Just a few nights I started scrolling through some of the Packers drafts going way, way back, and to say the 2022 draft class is one of the 10 best drafts ever for this franchise would not be a stretch. So you factor that class into a five year window instead of the full tenure, and I would expect the Packers to be top 10 at minimum. Top five....probably. Number one? I don't know enough about all the other teams to say that. I do think the detractors have a legitimate point when they talk about the lack of All-Pro talent. Personally, I'd rather land three solid starters rather than getting one All-Pro type player. But the lack of hitting on this type of talent occasionally in the draft, is that what is keeping this team from jumping to the next level? People might have a point when bringing this up.

Nate Hobbs signs with San Francisco. 1 year, 1.25 million dollar signing bonus, 1.86 million dollar base salary, 50k workout bonus and up to 340k in per-game roster bonuses. So it's a 1 year, 3.5 million dollar contract.