The Green Bay Packers have no first-round pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, though this is a better year than most for that to be the case. The general consensus on this year’s class is that it is stronger and deeper in day-two prospects than it is a at the top, with only a handful of players being truly worthy of typical first-round grades.
With their only top-150 picks coming at 52, 84, and 120 overall, the Packers could well be interested in moving back to add another selection in the middle rounds.
When looking at moving back from pick 52, there are a handful of potential opportunities for Green Bay to add more picks in rounds three and four. Here’s a look at a few of those options, using the Rich Hill draft trade value chart as a guidepost since that chart is based on the actual trades that have been executed over the years.
Minimizing the move back from 52
If Green Bay wants to add something late in round four while moving back as little as possible from 52, the San Francisco 49ers could be a potential trade partner. San Francisco has four picks in the 4th round, three coming via the compensatory system and all falling between 127 and 139. Green Bay’s 52nd pick carries a value of 109 points on Hill’s chart, while San Francisco has #58 overall, valued at 93 points. Moving back those six spots matches up with the 49ers’ pick #138 in the late fourth round.
The major concern here is whether the 49ers would be willing to make this move; they have only six picks overall this year, with no third-round selection and nothing else after those four picks in round four. They may be more in line to move back than to move up. Still, the values match up perfectly here.
49ers get: #52 (2.20)
Packers get: #58 (2.26), #138 (4.38)
Earlier in round 4
Is 138 too late to find that mid-round value that you’re looking for? Let’s try to find something in the top 120 instead. Here, the Denver Broncos’ picks may line up well. The Packers might need to throw in a late selection, perhaps their 6th-rounder, to make the values work out just right, especially since Denver is in a somewhat similar predicament to the 49ers as they are without a few early picks. The Broncos have no selections in rounds one or three, having sent both to Miami in the Jaylen Waddle trade. This swap could give the Packers a big upgrade from the late 6th to the early 4th in exchange for dropping just ten spots in round two.
Broncos get: #52 (2.20), #201 (6.20)
Packers get: #62 (2.30), #108 (4.8)
Finding the turn
If the Packers would rather look for something a bit closer to the day-two/day-three turn — pick #100 is the last pick in round three — the Las Vegas Raiders have the picks to watch. 109 points is exactly the number to land their selections at #67 and #102 overall, which would give Green Bay the second selection on day three without having to give up another late-round selection.
Raiders get: #52 (2.20)
Packers get: #67 (3.3), #102 (4.2)
Pittsburgh’s Picks
There’s one team that has a pair of picks in the middle of round three that work out to a convenient swap. Dallas has the 21st selection in each round, but they also acquired the 76th overall pick from the Dallas Cowboys in exchange for wide receiver George Pickens last offseason. That pick, plus their original third-rounder at #85, would make for a very interesting package.
It would leave Green Bay dropping back 24 selections and would keep them without a top-75 pick, but they would then have three selections in the mid-third round, at 76, 84, and 85. That would give them a ton of mobility once reaching the end of round two. If Brian Gutekunst would then want to move back up into the earlier part of the third round, they could do so by sending one of those thirds and either their fourth-round (#120) or fifth-round (#160) picks, depending on how far they want to move.
Steelers get: #52 (2.20)
Packers get: #76 (3.12), #85 (3.21)
