Green Bay Packers Take QB Early in Recent 7 Round Mock Draft

In a recent seven-round mock draft, the Green Bay Packers select a quarterback early on and overall have mixed results.

The NFL Draft is now just a few weeks away and for the Green Bay Packers, they will be looking to add a few key pieces that will hopefully help push them over the hump and on to the Super Bowl.

When it comes to how Green Bay and GM Brian Gutekunst are going to attack the draft, while there are certain positions like receiver, tackle, and linebacker that stand out as major needs, we don’t know when or how they will address them.

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On top of that, finding Kenny Clark some help inside, bringing in a reinforcement or two for the cornerback room, as well as adding another running back to the mix should all be on Gutey’s radar as well. Which makes pinpointing what Green Bay will do early on all the more difficult.

So with the draft not too far off, we are going to start seeing more seven-round mock drafts released as draft analysts are more comfortable making those Day 3 predictions at this stage of the game. And the most recent seven-round mock is from Matt Miller of Bleacher Report as he goes through all 255 draft picks.

Below we will take a look at how the draft ends up for the Green Bay Packers and I’ll provide my big takeaways at the end.

Miller’s Draft

Round 1: Denzel Mims WR – Baylor

"“Yes, even after adding Devin Funchess in free agency, the Green Bay Packers need help at wide receiver.Denzel Mims gives Aaron Rodgers a big, fast receiver who can split safeties down the field or put a move on a cornerback underneath and make plays with the ball in his hands. At 6’3″ and 207 pounds with 4.38 speed, Mims gives Rodgers an athletic player at the receiver position he’s not had in his NFL career.Tight end could be a consideration here, but the 2020 class lacks a true Round 1 player at the position, thus the receiver pick to pair with Davante Adams and the ascending Allen Lazard.”"

Round 2: Jake Fromm QB – Georgia

Round 3: Devin Asiasi TE – UCLA

Round 4: Alex Taylor OT – South Carolina State

Round 5: Markus Bailey LB – Purdue

Round 6: J.R. Reed S – Georgia

Round 6: Calvin Throckmorton IOL – Oregon

Round 6: Quintez Cephus WR – Wisconsin

Round 7: Stanley Thomas-Oliver III CB – FIU

Round 7: John Penisini IDL – Utah

Big Takeaways

• Starting in Round 1, I do like the Denzel Mims selection. He’s a big receiver who had a fantastic Senior Bowl and tested very well at the Combine. With Davante Adams opposite of him, he will get plenty of one-on-one matchups and Mims could very well become a favorite red-zone target of Aaron Rodgers.
• All of a sudden with a receiving core made up of Davante Adams, Denzel Mims, Allen Lazard, and Devin Funchess, things don’t look so bad in Green Bay.
• To put it simply, I am not a fan of Rounds 2 and 3 at all. In my opinion, it is still a year too early to be drafting Rodgers’ successor and Fromm does not excite me at all. Meanwhile, as Miller mentioned, this isn’t the best tight end class and rookie tight ends rarely produce during that first season.
• By taking Fromm and Asiasi at this point in the draft, the Packers would be spending two top-100 picks on players that won’t contribute in 2020 and possibly even beyond this season. Especially Fromm.
• Alex Taylor has the size and mobility that teams look for in tackles but given the importance of this position, I’d much rather see the Packers spend a 2nd or 3rd round pick on one instead of waiting until Day 3.
• I am a fan of the Throckmorton and Cephus selections in the later rounds, however. You can never have too much depth on the offensive line and Throckmorton is a very experienced player with positional versatility, while Cephus was very reliable at Wisconsin.
• Some might be upset that the Packers didn’t take a linebacker until Round 5, but I am okay with it. Under Mike Pettine, Green Bay primarily plays with just one linebacker as it is and it’s just not a premier position in this league.
• On the flip side, since Green Bay does primarily play with just one linebacker, they utilize three safeties quite often, so adding J.R. Reed to the mix makes sense for depth purposes. And the same goes for Thomas-Oliver, although I would have liked a CB selection earlier on given the lack of reliable options that Green Bay has.
• For my final takeaway, I think that not addressing the running back position was a mistake. With that said, I’m not expecting a top-100 draft pick or even a fourth-round selection to be used on that position, however, both Aaron Jones and Jamaal Williams are free agents after this season. Meaning, the Packers need to be prepared for the future, you know, just in case.

As I’m sure you could tell from my tone throughout the takeaways section, I’m not a huge fan of this draft. While I do like some of the Day 3 selections, the Packers spending two of their three top-100 picks in this scenario on players who won’t contribute right away is not something that I can get on board with.

Hopefully, things play out differently when the Green Bay Packers are actually on the clock.