Between high draft prospects and trade bait, the receiver unit could look very different in 2025.
The Green Bay Packers’ wide receiver unit may well look very different in 2025 than how it did in 2024. Christian Watson’s torn ACL has a lot to do with that, but so too does the potential for the Packers to make some moves during and around the 2025 NFL Draft.
Heading towards the draft with the 23rd overall pick, the Packers could very well break their streak of not drafting a wideout in round one this season. Matthew Golden and Emeka Egbuka have been popular picks in mock drafts of late, but the player who is largely seen as the #1 wide receiver in this class is seemingly drawing more and more connections with Green Bay.
That is Arizona’s Tetairoa McMillan, who made some headlines in recent days thanks to a private Pro Day workout. McMillan would not be a like-for-like Watson replacement, but he wins down the field and against man coverage in different ways.
Meanwhile, there continue to be more and more articles written about the possibility that the Packers might be interested in trading away one of their receivers, with Romeo Doubs largely the subject of that speculation. If they do draft someone at the position in the early rounds — or if they do plan to — it may be necessary if only to ensure that there isn’t a total logjam of capable bodies.
Let’s check on both of those possibilities and more to get this week started.
First-Round Receiver for Packers? Elite Prospect Emerges as Real Possibility | SI.com
Tetairoa McMillan held a private workout after sitting out Arizona’s Pro Day earlier this month, and Brian Gutekunst was the only GM in attendance. Is that a sign that McMillan could be a serious Packers target? Time will tell.
Every team’s best trade asset ahead of the 2025 NFL Draft | PFF
PFF views Romeo Doubs as the Packers’ most valuable and tradeable asset at this point.
What will Green Bay do with Rasheed Walker? Impact of Banks signing | Packers Wire
Aaron Banks’ arrival means that the Packers already have two big contracts on their offensive line. Zach Tom probably becomes the third sometime this year, but would the team be wiling to pay big money for four of the five starters and give Walker a deal north of $20 million per year?
1967 NFL Draft: Oral history – First common draft following league merger | Packers.com
This was a different time, and there’s a lot to unpack here. But one big drama-filled sequence was Vince Lombardi getting outvoted and the league no longer allowing the drafting of college players whose eligibility had not yet expired.
How much does every NFL owner want to win? A team-by-team breakdown of their efforts – The Athletic ($)
There isn’t a numerical breakdown of free agent spending here, but the Packers do fall at the top of the second tier in this relatively subjective analysis.
Sydney ‘science nerd’ may face jail for importing plutonium in bid to collect all elements of periodic table | The Guardian
I feel like this should go without saying, but DO NOT break non-proliferation laws just to try to complete a collection. It’s not worth it.
