Green Bay Packers Mock Draft Battle 4.0
By Paul Bretl
Mike: Pick 30 – Patrick Queen LB, LSU
This round couldn’t have gone better when the simulation was running. I saw Kenneth Murray and Patrick Queen both dropping before the Eagles took Murray. That left Queen on the board with other options being Jonathan Taylor, Jalen Reagor, Cesar Ruiz, and Antoine Winfield Jr. But it was easy to pick Queen over all those. His ability to go sideline to sideline as well as his high football IQ is something badly needed in Green Bay, and he can learn a lot from Christian Kirksey as a rookie.
Queen, as I’ve stated in previous mock drafts, would be the first Packer linebacker with true range since Nick Barnett, and he can be for Mike Pettine what David Harris was for those top Jets defenses when they were at their best.
Kenny: TRADE
Kenny sends pick No. 30 to the New York Giants and in return, he gets picks 36 and 99.
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Paul: Pick 30 – Justin Jefferson WR, LSU
I’ll start by saying that I am an advocate for the Green Bay Packers trading back. While they do have 10 draft picks, seven of them are on Day 3, so if it makes sense and they have the opportunity to land an additional top-100 pick they should take advantage of it.
With that said, there was no way that I was passing on Justin Jefferson. He will step in from Day 1 and be the go-to slot receiver and a red-zone weapon for Aaron Rodgers. Green Bay hasn’t had this type of player in their offense since the days of prime Randall Cobb. With the top-5 OT prospects off the board, landing Jefferson is about as good of an outcome as we could have hoped for in round one.