Give him time, and then we’ll see.

Why is it pre-ordained that Walker and Hopper are guaranteed the LB position? Another content creator
on this site mentioned the same thing.

Get Kupp from the Rams… he’s available!!!

What's especially surprising about Hopper not playing is that he looked pretty good in the preseason games. I've heard that the coaching staff didn't trust his pass coverage abilities, and that's why they didn't play him. Also, McDuffie and Wilson played pretty well, and a third linebacker is not on the field most of the time, so they had a rotation of four players in front of Hopper. That should change this year, as either McDuffie or Wilson is likely to be gone.

"While we're on the subject of Gutekunst, this has got to be another black eye for him from the fans, with two 3rd Round picks who essentially never saw the field. "

If we were to look back at the rookie year of this draft class they had 5 picks in the first 3 rounds. After this year, this class we can clearly say we have some home runs and a lot of questions.

Cooper was a homerun pick. He deserved to be in discussion for Rookie DPOY. He was fantastic down the stretch.

For different reasons we have questions in Morgan, Bullard, Lloyd, Hopper.

Morgan I believe only played in 6 games as a rookie. He got hurt and just couldn't overcome it. But he flashed talent and will most likely be a starter next year.
Bullard while was solid, I think struggled a bit with trying to play multiple positions. I think an offseason of playing one spot will help him a ton. He has good ability.
Lloyd flashed a ton of talent, but only played 1 game. He simply had bad luck with the injuries.
Hopper basically was a special teams only player. He had Cooper, Walker, McDuffie and Wilson above him. He could maybe be the guy in year 2 to take over.

For the rest of the draft Williams was another homerun pick. The rest were question marks.

Monk potentially could be a starter next year at OC. Or a key backup, or not make the team.
Oladapo is more of a question because he got hurt early and never really got a chance to flash his skills. But he did play in week 18 and I thought played well. He could have a role next year on the defense.
Glover saw action in the playoffs, and struggled. To be fair he went up against one of the best D lines and also was called for everything that other players got away with.
Pratt got let go.
King was a PS guy.

I feel like year 2 could be a huge year for this draft class. I feel like we could see a big impact made on the team from this class. Morgan, Cooper, Lloyd, Oladapo all were injured at one point which delayed how good they could be. This draft class could potentially feature 5 starters next year. Morgan, Cooper, Bullard, Lloyd, Williams. Oladapo I think has a chance to at the very least force them to find a role for him. Hopper potentially could be a starter depending on what else they do at LB. King could potentially find a role as well.

I feel like they didn't get a ton out of the rookie class in their rookie year but they have potential to be really good in the future.

As far as I'm concerned this is Gute's Last chance.... His drafting is sub par at best, obtaining Myles Garrett in free agency would make up for his lack of poor drafting..... I don't trust this GM I hope Policy his him on a short leach.
GPG.

We are just not getting enough good football players from the drafts. Too many misses, particularly in the top 100. Is this Gutekunst trying to be the smartest man in the room, bad evaluation process or poor scouting? I get it that they want top athletes but that needs to be combined with smart football players. The college tape should give you the best insight into the true players. Trust the tape.

Hopper "is like fellow languished pick Lukas Van Ness, Hopper has to go through the adversity of having two position coaches in as many years."

Actually LVN had the very same position coach for two years, the fired Rebrovich, who I feel did not coach up the entire DL much at all.

Hopper will have continuity if D assistant Sean Duggan, if, as rumored is promoted to replace Campanile as LB coach.

Duggan probably spent a lot of time with Hopper last season assisting with the LBs. Duggan is only 31 but has been coaching LBs at the collegiate and pro levels for several years.

Hopefully, with more playing time, Sophomore Hopper will jump up several rungs like Kraft did with many more snaps in his 2nd season.

Too soon to label him as a miss. Way too soon. Hafley, with his vision and break, play fast D needs to fully trust his starters in their assignments and it is a challenge for rookies. Even Cooper has to bide his time while earning trust for more playing time. Williams too as Bullard was going to be X's wingman to start but with more play, Williams took over.

With the exception of QBs, guys who are healthy and barely get snaps are unlikely to blossom suddenly into All-Pros. The coaches put him on the bottom of the depth chart because he wasn’t showing them enough in practice

Hopper was my least favorite Packer pick from the 2024 draft. Thought it was a real reach. Still, it's way too early to give up on Hopper. But I didn't find it encouraging that with the injuries to Cooper and Walker he didn't see increased playing time on defense. Apparently he hadn't been able to convince the coaching staff he was ready for meaningful plays on defense.