GREEN BAY PACKERS

Round 1 (26): QB Jordan Love, Utah State
Round 2 (62): RB AJ Dillon, Boston College
Round 3 (94): TE Josiah Deguara, Cincinnati
Round 5 (175): LB Kamal Martin, Minnesota
Round 6 (192): OT Jon Runyan, Michigan
Round 6 (208): IOL Jake Hanson, Oregon
Round 6 (209): IOL Simon Stepaniak, Indiana
Round 7 (236): DB Vernon Scott, TCU
Round 7 (242): Edge Jonathan Garvin, Miami (Fla.)

1st Round:  It’s been said that aliens were searching for signs of intelligent life on earth but got the hell outta here after seeing the Packers draft. Ouch. It started when, rather than trading UP to get help for future Hall of fame QB Aaron Rodgers, they traded UP to get Rodgers’ replacement in Love. What makes the move even more curious is that Rodgers isn’t at the very end of his contract in Green Bay. He signed a monster four-year extension in August 2018 and it was restructured as recently as December 2019. He is under contract until 2023, though there is a potential out in the deal before that. Critically, that massive overlap also means that Love's value is capped as long as Rodgers is ahead of him on the depth chart. When Rodgers and Brett Favre overlapped, it predated the Collective Bargaining Agreement that made the most powerful thing in football a good quarterback on his rookie contract. Even if Love becomes a great succession plan to Rodgers down the road, the Packers will have burned most if not the entire rookie contract that would have made him such a huge advantage. The other issue is that Love is a massive gamble, even in a vacuum in the first round. PFF has already written that he simply isn’t worth the gamble of a first-round pick and that the volatility and downside to his game is too great to justify chasing his big-play ability. 
“ For Love, it’s perhaps the perfect landing spot because he will get multiple seasons to work on his game with zero threat of having to start and lead a team while he does it. For Rodgers and a team that went to a conference championship game mere months ago, it’s a total waste of impact in 2020,” contends PFF’s Seth Galina.

Balance Of The Draft: The Packers spent six of their first seven picks on offensive players, and it’s possible none of them will play in 2020. And nary a one was a wide receiver - in a class that was as deep as any in memory with wide receivers. That was shameful. Meanwhile, Boston College’s Dillon does not rank inside the top-250 on PFF’s draft board. He ranked outside the top-110 on the consensus board. And he was selected at pick No. 62 ... Deguara is one of the more intriguing route-runners in the class, but his lack of size could be an issue at the next level. If you find a high motor, plus special-teamer like him on Day 3 you're more than happy. The Packers added him on Day 2. He ranked 191st on PFF’s big board ... Green Bay made the offensive line a priority on Day 3 with the selections of Jon Runyan, Hanson and Stepaniak. Between the three of them, there are zero single-season grades of 75.0 or higher for their college careers. All project more as depth pieces than anything else.

Steal Of The Draft: None
Draft Grades: Playbook F
ESPN: C... PFF: D... SI: B-... Composite: C-

In closing we highly recommend you view the PFF Player Grades for each player in the 2020 NFL draft. PFF assigns a grade for every play to each player during a football game. Each grade is reviewed at least once, and usually multiple times, using every camera angle available, including All-22 coaches’ tape. You can view it here: PFF.Com/Grades