The draft history of Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst has been consistently surprising. From drafting players projected to go in the third-round to drafting players who didn’t fit Ted Thompson’s size profile to off-ball linebackers to Jordan Love, Gutekunst never fails to surprise with his first-round pick. Let’s go over a few Packers draft candidates…
Ron Wolf, the former Packers General Manager and Pro Football Hall of Famer, wrote in his book The Packer Way, “I once thought if we could hit .200 every year as far as adding new talent to our roster, we’d be doing a good job…Not anymore. Now, we had better hit .300 or higher if…
Wide receiver remains to be a Packers need as of March 25th, 2023. The Green Bay Packers currently have only five receivers on the roster. All of these receivers are all 25 years of age or younger. The current receivers are Christian Watson, Romeo Doubs, Samori Toure, Bo Melton, and Jeff Cotton. This position room…
The Packers draft strategy in the Ted Thompson/Brian Gutekunst era, and especially in the Brian Gutekunst/Matt LaFleur era has focused on big WRs with run blocking prowess. The specialization in these types of receivers has been so strict that many Packers Twitter members believe that it is impossible that Green Bay would take a small…
Chris Lempesis is back to close out his two-part series looking back on the season that was for the Green Bay Packers, a series that also looks ahead to the offseason that may be. In this episode, he focuses on the defense and special teams. He goes position-by-position for each unit, talking about the players…
I’m sure this isn’t the first time you’ve read about Jordan Love this week. By my count, it’s the third article on this website alone. But overreaction is exciting for fans. When teams play well, fans think they’re gonna win the Super Bowl. When they put up 9 points against the worst defense in history,…
Since Brian Gutekunst took over as the Packers General Manager in 2018, he has drafted five players in the third round. Although most of the highly touted prospects tend to be gone by the third round, players selected at this stage of the draft are still expected to contribute to the team. Gutekunst has hit…