The Green Bay Packers left the draft with eight new players for 2025 and beyond. While the team had a clear offensive focus early on and addressed some defensive needs later in the process, there are still some questions to answer over the next few months.
Cornerback depth
The Packers didn't take a cornerback until the seventh round, when the team finally drafted Micah Robinson. Coming into the draft, it was hard to imagine a scenario like this—especially knowing that Jaire Alexander will probably be traded or released.
Outside of Robinson and recently-signed undrafted free agent Tyron Herring, the room has Keisean Nixon, Nate Hobbs, Carrington Valentine, Kamal Hadden, Kalen King, Isaiah Dunn, and Kaleb Hayes.
"I don't really go in there with those kinds of priorities. We build our board and we try to stay true to our evaluations of it. And then we let the board come to us. Every draft class is a little bit different," Gutekunst explained. "It wasn't something we were gonna chase. It's important to us, adding Micah (Robinson) at the end was really, really good. He's a player we brought in here that we are pretty excited about. The board is what it is and it fell the way it fell. We feel good about our group right now, I feel the guys we have in that room got some pelts on the wall, so to speak, as far as what they've been able to do in the National Football League. We'll kinda see how it goes."
It seems like the Packers believe that cornerback is a weak-link system, and they trust Jeff Hafley to build around what they have.
Outlook of the edge rotation
The Packers didn't take an edge rusher until Day 3, and then they took one after the other in Barryn Sorrell and Collin Oliver. The question now becomes how they will impact the rotation.
"Absolutely," Gutekunst said when asked if the rookies could contribute from the get go. "Obviously there's gonna be a transition there. They are two different guys. One guy wins with a lot of power, length, hands, the other guy has some athleticism and speed, just plays on his feet a little bit as well. So I think there's some versatility there. Both of those guys can contribute. But again, we'll see, once those guys come into the National Football League, it's a different ballgame."
The only certainty is that Rashan Gary is the primary rusher. Other than that, it will be an open competition for snaps between the two rookies, Lukas Van Ness, Kingsley Enagbare, Brenton Cox Jr., and Arron Mosby. Cox and Mosby will also have to fight for a roster spot.
Who fights for what along the offensive line
The Packers value flexibility, and their last two top offensive line draft picks indicate that. Last year, they took Jordan Morgan in the first round. This year, Anthony Belton was picked in the second. Both were left tackles in college and projected to move inside in the NFL.
Green Bay will try to play at tackle and see how it goes, but it's fair to expect that Morgan will compete with Rasheed Walker to be the left tackle, while Belton will fight with Sean Rhyan for the right guard spot. Walker and Rhyan are both free agents next offseason, and it's hard to project the Packers keeping them—right tackle Zach Tom will be the priority.