The Packers haven’t been one of the league’s headliners this offseason, but that may change come Thursday night at the 2025 NFL Draft in Green Bay.
If this final seven-round mock is any indication, people will be talking about them.
Let’s have at it.
Note: All scouting reports come from Dane Brugler’s “The Beast” draft guide.
Round 1, Pick 14 (trade with Colts): Tetairoa McMillan, WR, Arizona
Moving up nine spots isn’t cheap, and this would require McMillan to fall a bit. The Packers send their first-round pick (No. 23) and their second-round pick (No. 54) to Indianapolis for the No. 14 pick and the Colts’ fifth-round pick (No. 151). That deal about evens out on the draft trade value charts.
Packers eighth-year general manager Brian Gutekunst might seem more likely to part with his wife and kids than that draft capital, but he’s clearly interested in McMillan after reportedly being the only GM at his private workout and hosting him on a 30 visit at Lambeau Field. The Packers shake up the first round and have their new No. 1 wide receiver of the future, a 6-foot-4 ballhawk who led the FBS in receiving yards over the last two seasons.
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