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While Day 1 of the draft is always exciting, Friday is going to be the day that will most impact the Green Bay Packers. Thanks to trades with the New York Jets and Buffalo Bills, general manager Brian Gutekunst owns a pair of second-round picks and a pair of third-round picks going into the second day of the event.
Once you went to sleep following the selection of Arizona tackle Jordan Morgan, draftniks frantically pieced together best available lists and Day 2 mock drafts. Let’s take a look at the latter, parsing out what does or doesn’t make sense for Green Bay in the second and third rounds of the 2024 draft.
Zierleine had the Packers addressing their two biggest positions of need, off-ball linebacker and safety, in Day 2. It would also be interesting if they brought in Andru Phillips to the cornerback room, as he is the former college teammate of Carrington Valentine.
Despite being a super athlete, there are major injury questions surrounding Payton Wilson — whose brother is a pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers. The former blue-chip recruit tore his ACL during his senior season, reinjured that knee in the summer of his freshman season and wound up missing the majority of those two seasons because of it. He also has missed a total of 14 games in his college career with shoulder issues, which at one point required surgery. He ran a 4.43-second 40-yard dash but is very much “buyer beware.”
Edgerrin Cooper is going to be a very popular name for Green Bay in the second round, especially if they do trade up early on Day 2 as reported. At the moment, Cooper is considered the consensus top off-ball linebacker in the class. No off-ball linebacker was selected in Day 1 of the 2024 draft.
Like Cooper, Junior Colson is a popular pick for the Packers in the second round — if they stick with the 41st pick. Colson doesn’t have a true calling card, but he checks all the boxes for an NFL prospect. In a bad linebacker class, there aren’t many players who can say that. Calen Bullock is somewhat of a project safety who is considered...
