
The Green Bay Packers’ Draft: The Good, Bad, and Ugly…

When you last saw the Green Bay Packers, they were on the brink of greatness.
Despite being the youngest team in football, the Packers reached the NFC Divisional playoffs and had heavily favored San Francisco on the ropes. The host 49ers rallied, though, prevailed, 24-21, and sent Green Bay to the postseason remarkably motivated for 2024.
“We’ve got to have a championship offseason so everything rolls into the season,” Packers defensive end Preston Smith immediately after that loss to San Francisco. “Coming into this next season, we’ve got to focus on the things that we can improve on, make sure that our weaknesses are our strengths, and we improve on the things we’re good at.”
It appears Green Bay accomplished many of those things on draft weekend.
General manager Brian Gutekunst, who hit home runs with his 2022 and 2023 draft classes, seemingly upgraded the roster in several key areas.
Gutekunst used his 11 picks to take three offensive linemen, three safeties, two linebackers, as well as a running back, quarterback and cornerback.
“I think we had a really good opportunity in front us as we started on Thursday and sitting here right now I feel like we did a lot of good things for our football team,” Gutekunst said shortly after the draft ended. “So we’re excited.”
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