The Green Bay Packers put together their smallest NFL Draft class in more than two decades, but this group of players is hardly short on talent or value.
General manager Brian Gutekunst’s long weekend got started with a quiet Thursday night, thanks to the team having traded its first-round pick, but once Friday arrived the team got off and running. The Brandon Cisse pick in round two looks like an ideal fit of player, need, and value, and those qualities continued to define the class as a whole.
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all was said and done, the Packers had addressed virtually every significant need position on the roster, aside from one or two really fringe areas like a backup in-line tight end. And they even managed to get a favorite prospect among Packers fans at an absurd value when they stopped Dani Dennis-Sutton’s fall in the fourth round.
The reviews of the draft class are coming in, and at least among those who cover the team, they are almost uniformly positive. That’s not something that every NFL team can say and while it’s not necessarily a sign that it will end up being a good class, having those who have covered the draft for years say that a team’s process is sound is hardly a bad thing.
Now let’s get to work welcoming the newest Packers to Green Bay.
2026 NFL Draft: Reviewing what the Packers accomplished | Packers.com
Every one of the Packers’ six picks has a potential pathway to early playing time. The one with the longest shot might be 5th-rounder Jager Burton, but he could even be just one injury away from seeing game action.
How the Packers addressed their biggest roster needs in 2026 NFL Draft | Packersnews.com
The how was actually pretty simple for most of the draft: they let the board come to them, and they moved up (or tried to) when the felt a player who could help them right away was falling.
5 takeaways from the Packers 2026 draft: Boxes checked, value found | Packers Wire
This year was a masterclass in addressing needs without reaching significantly.
Packers’ Small But Mighty Draft Class Followed Critical Themes | SI.com
Gutekunst’s two moves up suggested that quality was more important than quantity in a draft that was generally viewed as weaker than usual.
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2026 NFL Draft: Final snap grades for every team | NFL.com
The Packers get a B+ here, though the days that they actually made picks both get grades in the A range, so sure, why not.
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