Speaking of Stanford, I'm intrigued by their former left tackle Walker Little. He has only played in one game since , so it's unknown where exactly he will fall on draft day.
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This is the fifth corner he has drafted since he took over in In fact, three of the five, including first-round pick Eric Stokes , have come within the first two rounds. The concern with Jean-Charles is the speed, or lack of it. He was timed at 4. My take: This may not register on the national radar but this is a huge local story. It also marks the fourth straight year that a Green Bay-area prep player has been drafted -- but the first by the Packers. Last year, it was quarterback James Morgan Jets, fourth round.
And that doesn't include Raiders fullback Alec Ingold , who made it as undrafted free agent in Van Lanen is the third offensive lineman the Packers have taken in this draft and the sixth in the last two years. He played left tackle at Wisconsin but likely projects as either a right tackle or guard. He's the first Green Bay native to be drafted by the Packers since quarterback Bud Keyes of Wisconsin in 10th round. The Packers have not invested highly at the position in recent years.
They tried the free-agent route last year with Christian Kirksey but released him one year into a two-year deal. McDuffie is undersized , but that could fit into what new defensive coordinator Joe Barry wants to do.
Jones fifth round and Williams fourth were Day 3 picks and running backs coach Ben Sirmans is among the finest teachers in the game, so why not take a flier late on a running back who started 25 games and rushed for 2, yards with 21 touchdowns and fumbled only once? Skip to main content Skip to navigation. Choose Blog Love ready, but Packers expecting Rodgers back. Green Bay adds picks in the fourth, fifth, and sixth rounds as a result of losing free agents during the offseason, with those picks coming corresponding to the losses of offensive tackle Bryan Bulaga, linebacker Blake Martinez, and edge rusher Kyler Fackrell, respectively.
In total, these picks give Green Bay one of the lower quantities of draft capital in the NFL, despite having ten selections. The Packers have shown a penchant for moving up in the draft under Gutekunst, however, trading up in the first round of each of his three drafts at the helm of the franchise. But just how far could the Packers feasibly get?
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