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The Green Bay Packers are hosting the 2025 NFL Draft, an event that will serve as a proof of concept to show that the city can host league-level tentpoles. But what happens if the Packers don’t own a pick on the first day of the draft?
This question has come up over the last few days because Myles Garrett has made himself available for a trade. According to the reporting, the going rate for the former NFL defensive player of the year will likely be a first-round pick and change. Now that the Packers are done with their roster teardown that sent Davante Adams to the Las Vegas Raiders and Aaron Rodgers to the New York Jets, they’re out of the extra draft picks that floated them for the past couple of seasons.
So the Packers have a first-round pick...but can they feasibly trade it for Garrett or would trading the first-round pick lead to fans staying home for the biggest event that the club has ever hosted? Before you mention it, yes, Green Bay has hosted NFC Championships before. I’m well aware of this. Organizers are expecting crowds of a quarter million people to attend the draft in April, though.
According to sources, I was told that the Kansas City Chiefs were willing to part with a first-round pick for a pass rusher during the 2022 season, but ownership stepped in the way and forced the team to hold onto the draft pick because the franchise was hosting the draft the following year. It’s not out of the question that the Packers, because of the financial and political ramifications of hosting a light crowd on Day 1, would consider this when it comes to their involvement in the trade market this offseason.
That’s why I want to ask you this question: Would you still show up on Thursday of the draft, if you were planning on attending, even if the Packers didn’t have a pick that day?
Sound off in the comment section with your thoughts. On one hand, a party is a party. On the other, it’s a long drive to the party for some of us who expected the Packers to have at least one first-round pick when it was announced that Green Bay would be hosting the draft.
