Excellent article. I liked all the possible scenarios. My favorite scenario was the one trading down to get seven picks beginning with Edgerrin Cooper. Next, I liked the one receiving Denver's number one next year. Third was the one beginning with Cooper De Jean.

The Packers have 71 players under contract currently. Not all of them are probably going to be here through camp, but that is more than the 62 prior to the 2023 draft.

However, it means that we need to fill 20 positions to complete the initial 91 (because one is a bonus overseas pathway exemption). Therefore we can easily pick all our picks and use them to elevate our active roster and PS. That’s even allowing for an extra punter and LS, leaving 18.

We have the ability to trade a pick or two certainly, but it’s a fallacy that we can’t use all the picks productively this year. As a result such trades need to be carefully balanced to ensure that the value is real.

14 picks. All potentially improve us now, provide extra competition. Not all will work, but all give us interesting battles to get a better overall roster. Still need 6 UDDA/SFAs

25 Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB | Alabama

41Jordan Morgan
OT | Arizona

58 Payton Wilson
LB | NC State

88 Cole Bishop
S | Utah

91 Jaylen Wright
RB | Tennessee

128 Dadrion Taylor-Demerson
S | Texas Tech

163 Tommy Eichenberg
LB | Ohio State

169 Isaiah Adams
IOL | Illinois

200 Decamerion Richardson
CB | Mississippi State

202 Brevyn Spann-Ford
TE | Minnesota

212 Hunter Nourzad
IOL | Penn State

219 Jordan Jefferson
DL | LSU

245
Dominique Hampton
S | Washington

255
Tory Taylor
P | Iowa

25.Graham Barton-OC Duke

56. Ruke Orhorhoro-DT Clemson

60. Cedric Gray-LB North Carolina

87. Jaden Hicks-S Washington State

91. Dominick Puni-OG Kansas

97. Jaylen Wright-RB Tennessee

126. T'Vondre Sweat-DT Texas

130. Elijah Jones-CB Boston College

149. Garret Greenfield-OT South Dakota State

188. Myles Cole-EDGE Texas Tech

219. DeCamerion Richardson-CB Mississippi State

238. Nathaniel Watson-LB Mississippi State

242. Tylan Grable-OT UCF

245. Dominique Hampton-S Washington

I don't think we need a DT this draft LH, but after the trade back from 41, there he was. He has a tough name for sure, but he is really athletic and 10-15 lbs more won't slow him down. He has more pass rush ability than Jenkins-Michigan and is just as good a run stopper. Sweat fell too so this became my we are trading Kenny Clark for a 2025 first round pick draft. I know you think teams will pass on us more, but our secondary will be better and no one will be able to run clock on us.

Everybody is excited to see the first pick their team makes in the first round, but how much easier would it be to fill holes with extra picks on Day 2 and early Day 3.

Andy always has interesting podcasts. Everyone here knows I hate trades up that waste picks so that scenario is a big no. It throws away the advantage of 5 picks to start and losing #126 too is costly.

As far as his other scenarios go, GB is in great shape if we stay put with the first five picks, and in even better shape with 2 trades back. Gaining 3 more picks in the 2nd, 3rd, & 4th is easily doable. And that is the strength of the draft right there. As some said earlier, 14 picks in the draft does nothing but give us upgradable options to make the strongest roster possible. The scenario where he traded back, gave us 7 picks on Day 2 and we got:

A Top 3 LB- we could have picked any of the 3
A Top 10 OT
A Top 5 Edge
A Top 3 OG
A Top 3 RB-I would have taken Wright Instead
A Top 5 S
A high upside developmental DT- I would have taken the best CB here.

Not sure why he took Puni in multiple drafts. Puni has two strikes against him; he's old and he needs a lot of technique work. You'd like to see a 6th year guy be polished and ready to play but he isn't. I could see Gutey have an interest in round 5 but I seriously doubt he'd be a day 2 consideration.

I guess the project will not get out of the 3rd round then. He plays OT & OG very well, like Barton. At the Senior Bowl he also worked out at OC, and did well.

Puni played OT & OG @ Central Missouri. Then after transferring to Kansas, he quickly became a cornerstone of their offense, earning First-team All-Big 12 honors in 2023 and demonstrating exceptional skills in both run blocking and pass protection. NFLDRAFTBUZZ

The 1st draft looked the best in the players picked and where they would be picked closer to reality. I'd like to trade down a bit but the first draft would be sweet.

For me,.....
25 IOL Barton or Powers-Johnson
41 ILB Cooper (for coverage skills)
58 OT Amegadjie
88 S Hicks, Bishop, or Bullock
91 RB Corum
126 ILB Eichenberg (for the Mike position)

or:
Trade 25 and a third rounder to move up to 19/20 for CB Quinyon Mitchell
41 IOL Barton or JPJ if still there. If not, look for S Bullard here, then IOL Haynes at 58, ILB Trotter (coverage ILB) at 91 and ILB Eichenberg (Mike ILB) at 126.
58 ILB Colson
91 S Bishop
126 slot CB J.Jones

or perhaps my favourite:
25 CB/S DeJean
41 C/G Powers-Johnson or C/G/T Barton
58 OT Amegadjie
88 S Hicks
91 ILB Trotter
126 ILB Eichenberg
169 RB Laube

Or how about trade #25 to Carolina for #33, #95 and # 159
And then draft:
#33 King Sua-OT
#41 Cooper Beebe-OG
#58 Cedric Gray-LB
#88 Jaden Hicks-S
Trade #91 to Cardinals for #104 & #138
#95Tvondre Sweat-DT
#104 Isaac Guerendo-RB
#126 Zac Zinter-OG
#138 Cam Hart-CB
#159-Kitan Oladapo-S