4 teams Green Bay Packers could trade up with in Draft
By Todd Welter
The Green Bay Packers enter the 2022 NFL Draft armed with 11 picks and five coming in the draft’s top-100.
The Packers have needs at wide receiver, outside pass rusher, along with the offensive and defensive lines.
The Green Bay Packers also still have Super Bowl aspirations despite trading away superstar receiver Davante Adams.
As long as Aaron Rodgers is still the Green Bay Packers quarterback, a Super Bowl is always within reach—unless the Packers have to play the San Francisco 49ers in the playoffs.
With two late first-round picks, two second-round picks, and a third-round pick, Green Bay Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst is armed to move up in the draft if he wants.
If Gutekunst wants to trade up, here are four teams he can start making calls to in hopes of moving up into the draft’s top-15.
The Green Bay Packers can call up the New York Giants to move up to the seventh pick in the first round.
The Giants own two top-10 first-round draft picks. The Giants are picking fifth due to their awful 2021 season. They will be back on the clock with the seventh pick due to a last year’s draft-day trade with the Chicago Bears.
It is highly unlikely the Giants will give up with the fifth pick. The Giants have so many needs they might be enticed to trade down and get some more draft capital.
Using the Pro Football Focus mock draft simulator, the Green Bay Packers can offer this trade package below to get the seventh pick.
This trade allows the Packers a shot to draft tackles Charles Cross or Evan Neal if they fall out of the top five. Green Bay can also make sure they can draft either USC’s Drake London or Ohio State’s Garrett Wilson. Purdue pass rusher George Karlafits could be available at this spot as well.
If the Giants do not want to pay three first-round picks, however, this next trade will also work according to the mock draft simulator.
This trade situation allows the Green Bay Packers to keep picking at 28 in the first round. The Giants get more top-100 picks to address their many needs.
Trading up to seven also allows the Green Bay Packers to jump the Atlanta Falcons who may go wide receiver at pick number eight.