Drafting is an educated guessing game, and I have seen 10 players that the experts think the Packers will take in the first round. It's exciting to see great college players come and try to make an impact at the NFL level. Interesting article from Mile High report shows after 5 years in the NFL, 1st round has 71% of players still on the roster. 2nd round is 41.9% and 3rd round a measly 18.8%. Packers have picked at the end of the round for many years due to their good regular season record. I don't see them trading up from #15 and small chance to trade back for an extra pick. Only two more weeks to analyze and dissect the new rookie class.

Interesting articles, both here and from the Norseman. Just some miscellaneous comments:

LOL, 37% "useless"....That sounds kind of humorous, but I guess not for the employer who's handing out a bunch of money for nothing.

"Drafting players is difficult at least in part because the scouting and evaluating part is the easy part. The more difficult part is developing the players you drafted.... How much work and discipline a player will exhibit....Player development may also be affected by coaching ability....and fit in the particular scheme." Very true. Anybody could be a successful drafting GM if all it took was punching a bunch of athletic measurements in the computer and selecting prospects according to the best numbers. In the Packers case, the Stokes pick doesn't really fit the scheme, but hopefully he can learn to adjust; or maybe Barry can learn to adjust, IDK.

I don't think the NFL overvalues first round picks (more talent=greater chance for success with all other things being equal), but later round picks are definitely undervalued.

Gute hit gold with Jaire and Jenkins. Gary was also a good pick, but let's keep him in the silver category until he returns in full form, improves his run defense, and at least makes a Pro Bowl.

The last draft seems pretty encouraging. Gute is going to need to keep it up as there is obviously no guarantee that we're going to be trotting out our third HOF QB in a row. Like it or not, until the tail end of his career, the play of Rodgers has masked a lot of shortcomings on the overall team (maybe this wasn't always true in the playoffs, but definitely the regular season).

Drafting is easy. Living with it afterwards is the hard bit.

If you think draftin’ ain’t easy, try pimpin’!

(Can’t say I’ve ever tried. I’m just trusting the Godfather’s evaluation here.)

I didn't need to do a league-wide analysis to know that Gutekunst has been below average after the first round. He got away with it because of Rodgers, but he'll need to do a lot better going forward or he'll be looking for another job in a few years.

KNOW your history first! 2011- So you want a OT,WR, RB, CB, @ TEs - How about the next LT? Tony Mandrich and Spriggs ? BPA 2023!

1 Derek Sherrod 32 T 3 2011 2014
2 Randall Cobb 64 WR 12 2011 2022
3 Alex Green 96 RB 3 2011 2013
4 Davon House 131 DB 8 2011 2018
5 D.J. Williams 141 TE 3 2011 2013
6 Caleb Schlauderaff 179 G 2 2011 2013
6 D.J. Smith 186 LB 4 2011 2014
6 Ricky Elmore 197 DL
7 Ryan Taylor 218 TE 4 2011 2014
7 Lawrence Guy 233 DT 11 2012 2022

The Daily Norseman, Christopher Gates, was a poster over at Zbuds under the name SuperGonzo, and he used to say preposterously stupid things, such as his proclamation before the 2010 season that the Vikings were "the clear class of the division" (they finished last that year, and 3 out of the next 4). Anything of his that you read .......bring the salt.

I'm a huge believer that the bell curve reigns, so when I see a sample that has 34% as "useless" and another 32% listed as great, good, or average, it gives a pretty skewed curve, so I'm skeptical of their categorizations.

Since 2017, we've added Alexander, Savage, Gary, Stokes, Walker, Wyatt, Enagbare and Slaton to the defense via the draft. On offense, Dillon, Love, Jenkins, Myers,Tom, Runyan, Watson, Doubs, Deguara.....that's quite a few good players, IMO. There's no way I can grade our drafting lower than a B.

Apparently, there is a power ranking for GMs, and I found out Gutekunst is in the Top 10. I wonder where he'll be if we get #13 in the trade?

Good info here. So at the best, only a third of draft picks pan out. Meaning average or above average.

So for all you draftnicks out there, thinking that you know better than Gute, well you might want to think again.

Since drafting is a risky business, the most logical thing to do is trade down and get as many picks as possible to improve your chance of success. So Gute, trade down.

Drafting is easy...on a simulator!

My favorite mock so I had to post.

Traded Rodgers for 42 and 170 this year and a 2nd next year.

1.15 Dalton Kincaid TE
2.42 Adetomiwa Adebawore EDGE/3T
2.45 Darnell Washington TE
3.78 Sydney Brown S
4.116 Johnathan Mingo WR
5.143 Braeden Daniels OG
5.149 Habakkuk Baldonado EDGE
6.170 Colby Wooden DT
7.232 Tyson Bagent QB
7.235 Jordan Howden S
7.242 Bumper Pool LB
7.256 Matt Landers WR

Love Adetomiwa, 6'1 280 with nearly 34 inch arms. My new draft crush and GB brought him in for a top 30 visit. Heck I might take him in the first at 15, that's how much I like him. Aaron Donald like potential, IMO.

Nice article Rex!

I have been saying it and will continue to say it because it just doesn't seem to be hitting home for most of you! This is also why I know Gutey will not trade up for a WR like JSN.

The mistake I believe most everyone here keeps making are the Packers need WR's, & TE's, but everyone lumps the move TE's with the inline TE's. I strongly believe Gutey is looking very hard at turning receiving TE's who can run like Dalton Kincaid, Luke Musgrave, Zach Kuntz into power/big slot WR's. Where they can use their size/strength/reach to block out and out muscle the smaller defensive players. No longer do slot WR's have to be those smaller quick & twitchy receivers. Musgrave, Kincaid, Kuntz will not normally play a traditional TE in the Packer offense. I believe the power/big slot WR will be taken high in the draft, and the inline TE (unless it is Washington) will be drafted later in the draft. Look for guys like Kincaid/Musgrave high in round 1 or 2, and then start looking at the really good blocking inline TE's and you can figure one of them will be drafted later in the draft. With the WR's being a less than stellar year for this position group in the draft.....look for Gutey taking one of these players and converting them to a power/big slot WR's. Find it exciting!!!

Overall, I think Gute's drafts have graded out at a C. No question he's hit big on a number of picks, but he's missed on way too many. Everyone knows the pathetic track record in the 3rd round. So is a C good enough? Not in my book, particularly when he's largely stayed away from big free agent signings.
Last season a C season-- 8 and 9 record and missed the playoffs. Seems Murphy thinks it's good enough because he extended Gute's contract last year. If the team isn't turned around in 2 years, it's time to clean house in the front office, and maybe the coaching staff.

I'm not sure what this says about GMs or drafting, but it does show how hard it is to succeed in the NFL. Everybody drafted is good, the cream of college football, and 1/3 of the picks are 'useless'. Tough job.

Very good article - I like reading information that's not just a rehash of 'yesterday's laundry'.
While a small-ish sample size, I wonder why Gute and crew do so much more poorly drafting day 2 and 3 than other clubs do. Do they stick more with BPA or fill a need...and other teams do the opposite? I would think their job would be somewhat easier than other clubs in that they've had the same HC and offensive approach...so should be able to 'draft for fit' better than clubs that have more HC churning...but that doesn't seem to be the case. This should probably be concerning to us.

Excellent article about the mediocre drafting by the Packers. 27th in the league on Day 2 is just not good enough. The article also proves that the draft is just a huge crapshoot supported by sports media hype at its most sensationalized levels.

I would grade the Packers drafts as a C at best. A few gems, plenty of average, and too many busts. Thanks, Since '61

I spent the 80's hoping they'd manage one good draft or a 1st round savior to help turn things around. They drafted two good players in the 1st round in the 80's, unfortunately one was forced to retire early do to neck issues and the 2nd eventually retired early for the same reason. The Rich Campbell pick crushed young Packer fans soul. I stayed home from school and was totally hyper when Hugh Green was still on the board when it was the Packers uen to pick. Glee quickly turned to despair.

It took me until the 90's to realize even a very qualified GM doesn't hit all that often. I don't think Gutey is a top 5 drafter but might be top 10 overall if you include FA signings. He and LaFleur were sure happy when they got Love, now we'll see if he can save their bacon.

Daily Double

1) Less than 6 months ago, why were the Packers players on the field able to work together to go 13-3, 13-3, 13-4 and 3-1 - generating more wins and less losses over this 53 game period than any of the other 31 NFL teams - until Rodgers broke his thumb?

2) Specifically which players on the field were most important in in sustaining this long period of on the field excellence generating more wins and less losses over this 53 game period than any of the other 31 NFL teams - until Rodgers broke his thumb?

If the Packers draft an offensive skill player in the first round – after never doing so for Rodgers in his 18 year tenure (last TE Bubba Franks 2000, last WR Javon Walker 2002, last RB Darrell Thompson 1990) – it will be because the Parasitic young ego and emotion driven Packer GM - and retiring President - both who have lived off of the Miracle Worker Rodgers and owe their continued employment to him - realize that Jordan Love can’t hold a candle to Aaron Rodgers.

Brian now has no other option.

Over the past 13 months Brian has destroyed the offense unnecessarily.

Brian by:

a) alienating Davante and MVS,

b) trading Rodgers over Brian's EMOTION, EGO AND JEALOUSY of Rodgers leadership and relationship with his teammates and public communication abilities,
and then

c) letting go of or alienating and pushing away players – young (Lazard and Tonyan) and older (Cobb, Lewis, Crosby) - that were particularly friendly with Rodgers

has DELIBERATELY DESTROYED a 13-3, 13-3, 13-4 team that was 3-1 and was heading toward another similar 13-3 or 13-4 season before injuries struck.

It takes DELIBERATE EFFORT to DESTROY a team that has gone 13-3, 13-3, 13-4 and 3-1 and has the best regular season record in football over those 53 games.

And for what?

The ego of JEALOUS young Brian – the general manager that feels inadequate in his place and life relative to the storied Packer Franchise’s longest tenured Packer who is loved and admired by all his teammates and any TRUE Packer fan.

Brian was not ready to be a general manager as he is too insecure to have conversations and discussions with and be questioned by the League's best and most intelligent quarterback - the person who is in arena, actually doing the REAL WORK and knows what is what, while Brian and arm chair Quarterbacks, who have never been in the arena, profess to know better.

It is THE PEOPLE (the players in the arena) that cripple themselves for life just to enrich these Parasite Billionaire Owners and the athletically talentless computer key tapping, pencil pushing, stuffed suit, otherwise empty life management parasites that lives off these players blood and sweat put out for our entertainment. And the athletically talentless wanna be arm chair GMs – with their empty lives - that post to these websites whining about the “spoiled” athletes are of the same ilk – church ladies living though gossip and drinking down Packer management PROPAGANDA and repeating it like unimaginative, unquestioning, un-critical thinking PARROTS..

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat. Shame on the man of cultivated taste who lets refinement to develop in to fastidiousness that unfits him for doing the rough work of a work day world."

Brian - AND THE PACKER "SUITS" - view Aaron and the other players as the ENEMY.

But "IT IS ABOUT THE PEOPLE" as Aaron tried to point out to Brian, the young pup who is expert at shuffling paper and calculating numbers.

The cancer to the team is the current PARASITIC Packer management who LIVED OFF Rodgers for 15 years and would have been long gone if Rodgers had not been around and led the Packers to more NFC playoff appearances (11) during his 15 years as starter than any other NFC team or QB, despite the Packers being the only team in the last 20 years - 2003 thru 2022 - to not have drafted a running back, wide receiver or tight end in the first round and despite being a team that had a top 10 defense only 3 times over 15 years relative to Brady's 12 times over the same 15 years.

And that failure in building at least a top 10 ranked defense is despite Brian having made SEVEN 1st round picks and the 1st pick of the 2nd round - Kevin King - on defense over the last 7 years. And certainly in the final couple years where Ted Thompson was terminally ill, Brian was effectively running the show then too..

And not to mention the lack of attention to special teams until Rich Bisaccia saved Brian's ass last year by directing Brian to Bisaccia’s former players that Rich had built relationships with.

It is interesting how people here parrot the propaganda and "talking points" Packer Management feeds to them and read to them.

Rebuilding, cap hell, blah blah blah.

Like a bewildered heard of lemmings and an angry mob they drink it down.

How about doing your own independent research and making some comparisons with other teams.

The Sky is not Falling.

The Packers actually have the 4th most cap space in the NFL,

And that is including the playing $31.6 cap hit of Aaron Rodgers - one year removed from leading all 32 teams' starting QBS in passer rating, a composite of completion %, interception %, touchdowns per pass attempt, and yards per pass attempt, not once but 2 years in a row and one year removed from 2 consecutive MVPs as well!!

And the Packers have the 4th most cap space in the NFL not only in terms of first 51 players, which is all that matters until September 2023:

Bears $38.3
Panthers $27.2
Lions $24.0
Packers $22.2 (adjusted $360K for the net effect of signing Dallin Leavitt for $1.4M and cutting Vernon Scott for a savings of $1.040M)
Texan $22.5

Least Cap Space:
Vikings $1.1

and also 4th most cap space in the NFL in terms of total players:

Bears $27.7 (64 players signed)
Panthers $19.0M (62 players signed)
Rams $13.4M (45 players signed)
Packers $12.3M (64 players signed)
Lions $8.7M (70 players signed)

Least Cap Space
Commanders -17.2 (75 players signed)

Google 2023 salary cap by team.

Try Over the Cap or Spotrac.

The Packers are 12 months removed from 13-3, 13-3, and 13-4 seasons.

They are also the 9th youngest team in the entire NFL.

Team age:

Rams 25.91
Titans 26.15
Browns 26.25
Giants 26.24
Colts 26.24
Chiefs 26.24
Bears 26.25
Bengals 26.27
Packers 26.29

Oldest Team:

Patriots 27.59

Rebuilding, cap hell, blah blah blah.
A LOWERING OF EXPECTATIONS AND AN EXCUSE AND COVER FOR BRIAN GUTEKUNST. PROPAGANDA PUT OUT BY PACKER MANAGEMENT FOR THE UNCRITICAL NON QUESTIONING PARROTS TO REPEAT.

The Packers are currently $22.2 million under the salary cap per "Spotrac" - or $21.3 million under the cap if you prefer "Over the Cap"- on their first 51 players, which is all the Packers need to account for until September 2023 under NFL salary cap provisions before even considering the approximate $15.8 million more ($31.6 cap hit if Rodgers plays for the Packers in 2023 minus $15.8 cap hit) cap accounting dollars the Packers would save with a trade of Rodgers after June 1, 2023.

Nonetheless, the Packers have blown their chance to use some of that $22.2 million (Spotrac) - or $21.3 million (Over the Cap) if you prefer - to sign their own free agents - Tonyan (Bears 2023 cap hit $2.6 million) , Lazard (Jets 2023 cap hit $3.2 million), and Jarran Reed (Seahawks $3 million) or Cobb and Lewis who are both still unsigned and will each probably sign one year deals in the $2 to $2.5 million range.

And the Jets, who just signed Lazard two weeks ago have $9.8 in cap space for their first 51 players compared to the Packers $22.2 million for their first 51 players.

All these re Bears, Jets, Seahawks, etc. signings of Packer veterans Tonyan, Lazard, Reed, Cobb and Lewis will prove to have been more valuable contributors to winning than whomever Brian now searches and finds to replace them.

These Packer veterans positive effect on team morale and chemistry - intangibles - and obvious on field performance relative to the current "veteran" Packer wide receivers and current tight ends as a group and defensive linemen – won’t be so easy to find and replace.

Whatever management comes up with as replacements be at the same or similar salary cap dollars as the Jets and Bears paid to Lazard and Tonyan and Seahawks paid for Reed or a million or 2 million cheaper at the league minimum $750,000 for a first year player, league minimum $875,00 2nd year player or league minimum $940,000 3rd year player.

And the miserly Brian is saving these dollars for what reason?

“THE FUTURE IS NOW” as Redskin Coach George Allen once said as he formed the “Over the Hill Gang” and turned the Redskins into winners for the first time in their history.

Current Packer management just seems to know the cost of everything and the value of nothing - including intangibles.

The Packer 2023-24 team should be a 13-4 playoff team again - as it was a year ago at this time - if player personnel were managed prudently by the General Manager.

Anyone can be a Packer Front Office Bean Counter, the value comes with thinking and recognizing value, both intangible and tangible.

Hopefully the trade falls through and Rodgers is the backup to Jordan when the season starts and we see what Jordan does - which is most likely a flop by the end of 6 games. At that point, Rodgers can right the ship.

Hopefully Brain acts sensibly and signs Cobb and Lewis and Crosby.

Hopefully, Darnell Washington, JSN or Robinson are there at the 15th pick. - I would be happy with any of the 3.

Below are lists of each offensive skill position- Running back/full back, tight end, QB and WR - drafted in all rounds over the last 20 years, 2003 thru 2022.

I have also listed all offensive skill players drafted in the first round - there has been ZERO offensive skill players drafted in the 1st round since WR Javon Walker in 2002 - since Vince Lombardi's 1st year as GM in 1959.

If the player made a pro bowl, I placed that designation after the pick #.

In the history of the Packers, Aaron Rodgers made the most pro bowls with 10, followed by Forrest Gregg and Brett Favre, both with 9.

In 2022 3 Packers made the pro bowl, Jaire Alexander (1st round pick), Elgton Jenkins (2nd round pick) and Keisean Nixon (signed as undrafted free agent by Raiders in 2019).

Running Backs:

Player, Draft Year, Round, Pick #

1) Brandon Jackson 2007, 2, 63
2) DeShawn Wynn 2010, 7, 228
3) Quinn Johnson 2009, 5, 145
4) James Starks 2010, 6, 193
5) Alex Green 2011, 3, 96
6) Eddie Lacy 2013, 2, 61 (1 time Pro Bowler)
7) Aaron Ripkowski (FB) 2015, 6, 206
8) Jamaal Williams 2017, 4, 134
9) Aaron Jones 2017, 5, 182 (1 time Pro Bowler)
10) Devante Mays 2017, 7, 238
11) Dexter Williams 2019, 6, 194
12) AJ Dillon 2020, 2, 62
12 running backs

Last first round picks of running backs going back to 1959:

Darrell Thompson 1990 Minnesota 19th pick Brent Fullwood 1987 Auburn pick 4 (1 time pro bowler) Eddie Lee Ivery 1979 Georgia Tech Pick 15 Barty Smith 1974 Richmond Pick 12 John Brockington 1971 Ohio State 9th pick (3 time pro bowler), Jim Grabowski 1966 Illinois 9th pick, Donny Anderson 1965 Texas Tech, 7th pick (1 time pro bowler), Earl Gros FB 1962 LSU 14th pick, Tom Moore1960 Vanderbilt 5th pick

Barry Sanders was there for the picking in 1989, but Packers with their 1st round pick, 2nd overall selected offensive tackle
Tony Mandarich.

Ahman Green (3rd round, 76th pick of Seattle) made the pro bowl 4 times as a halfback.

John Kuhn made the pro bowl 3 times as a fullback.

Dorsey Levens (5th round, 149 pick) pro bowl 1997 , Terdell Middleton (3rd round 80th pick) pro bowl 1978

William Henderson (3rd round, 66th pick) made the pro bowl 1 time as a full back.

Jim Taylor (2nd round, 15th pick, 1958) made the pro bowl 5 times as a fullback.

Paul Hornung (1st round, 1st overall pick 1957) made the pro bowl 2 times as a halfback.

Travis Jervey (5th round, 170th pick) , Packer Running back also made the pro bowl once in 1997 for his special teams play.

Tight Ends:

Player, Draft Year, Round, Pick #

1) Clark Harris, 2007, 7, 243
2) Jermichael Finley 2008, 3, 91
3) Andrew Quarless 2010, 5, 154
4) D. J. Williams 2011, 5, 141
5) Ryan Taylor 2011, 7, 218
6) Richard Rodgers 2014, 3, 98
7) Kennard Backman 2015, 6, 213
8) Jace Sternberger 2019, 3, 75
9) Josiah Deguara 2020, 3, 94
9 tight ends

Packer tight ends picked in the first round:

Bubba Franks 2000, 14th pick (3 pro bowls), Rich McGeorge 1970, 16th pick

Lombardi never picked a tight end in the first round from 1959 through his last year as GM in 1968.

Packer tight ends that have made the pro bowl beyond Bubba Franks:

March Chmura 1992, 6th round, 157th pick (3 pro bowls)

Keith Jackson 1988 1st round 13th pick (1 pro bowl with Packers - 4 other times with Eagles)

Ron Kramer 1957 1st round, 4th pick (

Quarterbacks:

Player, Draft Year, Round, Pick #

1)Aaron Rodgers 2005, 1, 24 (10 Pro Bowls)
2) Ingle Martin 2006, 5, 148
3) Brian Brohm, 2008, 2, 56
4) Matt Flynn, 2008, 7, 209
5) Brett Hundley, 2015, 5, 147
6) Jordan Love, 2020, 1, 26

6 Quarterbacks.

Packers QBs picked in the 1st round:

Rich Campbell 1981 6th pick, Jerry Tagge 1972 11th pick (Green Bay West High School), Don Horn 1967 25th pick, and Randy Duncan 1959 1st overall pick out of Iowa by Lombardi.

Packer QBs that have made the pro bowl:

Rodgers 10 times, Favre 9 times, Starr 4 times, Majkowski 1 time.

Based on the Packers 20 year history the odds of the Packers finding a 2 or more time Pro Bowl Receiver beneath round 1 is 2 out of 28 or 7.1%

And based on the same 20 year history, the probability of the Packers finding an EVEN one time Pro Bowl Receiver below round 2 is ZERO.

The Packers drafted 28 receivers between 2003 and 2022, only 2 of the 28 selected made multiple pro bowls and both of those were selected in the 2nd round, Jennings (2 pro bowls) and Davante (6 pro bowls) and Davante had much better catch %'s with Aaron throwing to him than Derek Carr. Jordy also made 1 pro bowl and Cobb 1 pro bowl. Aaron's made all Packer receivers look better.

The other 24 Receivers disappeared and you mostly have long forgotten them or not ever heard of them after draft day:

The Packers have drafted 28 WRs over the last 20 years:

Name of Player, round picked, overall pick#

1) Carl Ford 2003, 7, 255
2) DeAndrews Rubin 2003, 7, 256
3) Craig Bragg 2005, 6, 195
4) Terrence Murphy 2005, 2, 58
5) Greg Jennings 2006, 2, 52 (2 pro bowls)
6) Cory Rodgers 2006, 4, 194
7) Will Blackmon WR/CB 2006, 4, 115
8) James Jones 2007, 3, 78
9) David Clowney 2007, 5, 157
10) Jordy Nelson 2008, 2, 36 (1 pro bowl)
11) Brett Swain 2008, 7, 217
12) Randall Cobb 2011, 2, 64 (1 pro bowl)
13) Charles Johnson 2013, 7, 2016
14 Kevin Dorsey 2013, 7, 224
15) Davante Adams 2014, 2, 53 (6 pro bowls, 5 of those with the Packers)
16) Jared Abbbrederis 2014, 5, 176
17) Jeff Janis 2014, 7, 236
18) Ty Montgomery 2015, 3, 94
19) Trevor Davis 2016, 5, 165
20) DeAngelo Yancy 2017, 5, 175
21) Malachi Dupre 2017, 7, 247
22) J'Mon Moore 2018, 4, 133
23) Marquez Valdes-Scantling 2018, 5, 174
24) Equanimeous St. Brown 2018, 6, 207
25) Amari Rodgers 2021, 3, 85
26) Christian Watson 2022, 2, 34
27) Romeo Doubs 2022, 4, 132
28) Samori Toure 2022, 7, 258

Packer receivers drafted before 2003 that made the pro bowl:

James Lofton (1978, 1st round 6th pick) - 7 pro bowls w Packers and 1 with Bills
Sterling Sharpe (1984, 1st round, 7th pick) - 5 pro bowls
Donald Driver (1999, 7th round, 213th pick) - 3 pro bowls
Carroll Dale (1960, 8th round, 86th pick) - 3 pro bowls
Boyd Dowler (1959, 3rd round, 25th pick) - 2 pro bowls
John Jefferson (1978, 1st round, 14th pick) - 1 pro bowl w Packers and 3 with San Diego
Roell Preston (1995, 5th round, 145th pick) - 1 pro bowl for special teams
Javon Walker (2002, 1st round, 20th pick) - 1 pro bowl
Steve Odom (1974, 5th round, 116th pick) - 1 pro bowl for special teams
Antonio Freeman (1995, 3rd round, 90th pick) - 1 pro bowl
Bob Jeter CB and WR (1960, 2nd round, 17th pick) - 2 pro bowls for cornerback play

Go DE/OLB in the first round. It is a top 3 position of need, and the class in this draft is exceptional. Hopefully we can get Lukas Van Ness of Iowa or Myles Murphy of Clemson at no. 15 (or trade up for them if necessary)

Day 2 DE/OLBs I really like are Felix Anudike-Uzomah of Kansas St, Derick Hall of Auburn, and Isaiah McGuire of Missouri. Adeboware of Northwestern is an interesting 4i prospect

The pass-catchers are deep, and aside from Jaxon Smith-Njigba (who will likely be gone by 15), I don't feel there is anyone who would make a huge difference over a day 2 guy. WRs Cedric Tillman and Jonathan Mingo and TEs Tucker Kraft and Sam LaPorta (who will need to improve his blocking).

If Darnell Washington fell to round 2 that would be amazing (I would trade up for him with pick 78)

I can't see why fans think Gkunt is some elite GM. As we know, drafting is only part of the job. I guess I never got over the drafting of a long snapper AND punter in the the same draft. Then to trade up to acquire a replacement QB and piss off your HoF QB was epic incompetence. Ryan Pace type stuff. I certainly hope Gkunt was smarter than all the other GMs and Love is the next Mahomes, but I'm not holding my breath. Regardless of whether he is or not, Gkunt wasted the final years of Rogers by not acquiring legit receiver help and multiplied the disaster with the albatross of a contract Rogers got last year.

The only bright spot in my opinion has been finding mid to low level free agents and have them outperform.

So Gute is slightly below average...Seems about right, doesn't it? Josh Myers over Creed Humphrey will sting for awhile.

Just an observation about Gute's drafting record- due to team success, GB generally drafts in the 20's, not Top 5 or 10 like perennial losers (i.e. Bears, Lions, Vikings). It's a lot easier to miss on a late 1st Round pick than a Top 10. That being said, GB has had their share of wasted picks.