2025 NFL Draft

[Matches Malone]

I’ve heard Golden compared to Jennings before, but if he runs 4.4 is he even remotely considered a round 1 pick? I wouldn’t be upset if he was our first rounder but wondering if he drops back a bit after other pro days.

He ran a 4.30

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[ReasonablySober]

Kiper:

23. Green Bay Packers
Emeka Egbuka, WR, Ohio State

Egbuka's game is really refined. He is a great route runner. He has good hands. He reads the defense well. And while Green Bay doesn't have much history of drafting wide receivers on Day 1 (Javon Walker was the last one in 2002), this seems like a good year to break the streak. Christian Watson, Jayden Reed and Romeo Doubs all have injury concerns, and I'm not sure any of them are true WR1s when healthy. Egbuka had 1,011 receiving yards last season, and he could make an immediate impact on this offense.

I'm also watching the Jaire Alexander situation. If he gets traded or cut, Green Bay could look at the cornerback class.

Puke. Going immediately after the Packers take Egbuka: Barron, Simmons, Thomas, Starks, Pearce Jr., Hairston, Grant, Banks, and Nolen.

[Profound23]

Kiper:

23. Green Bay Packers
Emeka Egbuka, WR, Ohio State

Egbuka's game is really refined. He is a great route runner. He has good hands. He reads the defense well. And while Green Bay doesn't have much history of drafting wide receivers on Day 1 (Javon Walker was the last one in 2002), this seems like a good year to break the streak. Christian Watson, Jayden Reed and Romeo Doubs all have injury concerns, and I'm not sure any of them are true WR1s when healthy. Egbuka had 1,011 receiving yards last season, and he could make an immediate impact on this offense.

I'm also watching the Jaire Alexander situation. If he gets traded or cut, Green Bay could look at the cornerback class.

Puke. Going immediately after the Packers take Egbuka: Barron, Simmons, Thomas, Starks, Pearce Jr., Hairston, Grant, Banks, and Nolen.

Ironically, Banks being the highest ranked of those players but Packer fans would go crazy if we took another tackle at 23. I like Egbuka and would not hate that pick at all. Plus it would at least shut up all of the fans crying for a #1 option and saying every year that we need to take a WR in the first. Take Egbuka in the first and either Elijah Badger, Jaylin Lane, or Thornton with a late pick and we should be set at WR. Although I will admit Nolen is an intriguing prospect because I really think we need a wrecking ball up front.

I am not against a WR like Egbuka but I would love a DT and pass rusher in the first two rounds if it falls the right way.

[ReasonablySober]

Barron's the obvious pick if the board fell that way.

[Matches Malone]

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23. Green Bay Packers - Maxwell Hairston - Kentucky · CB · Junior (RS)

It’s not clear if Jaire Alexander has a future in Green Bay, so the Packers turn to the highly dynamic Hairston at cornerback.

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23. Green Bay Packers - Maxwell Hairston - Kentucky · CB · Junior (RS)

It’s not clear if Jaire Alexander has a future in Green Bay, so the Packers turn to the highly dynamic Hairston at cornerback.

Tetairoa McMillan making it all the way down to #22? If the Packers would let that happen without moving up I'd be pretty bothered. He's the only WR in the first I'd be good with.

[Profound23]

Barron's the obvious pick if the board fell that way.

I am intrigued by Barron. Ironically he reminds me of Jaire at Louisville.

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23. Green Bay Packers - Maxwell Hairston - Kentucky · CB · Junior (RS)

It’s not clear if Jaire Alexander has a future in Green Bay, so the Packers turn to the highly dynamic Hairston at cornerback.

This is one of the worst ones I have seen. I think guys like Hairston and Ezeiruaku are reaches. To take Hairston with Tetairoa going one pick before and Emmanwori, Harmon, Azareye'h going almost immediately after would frustate me. I will admit, I didn't watch much Kentucky football so maybe he is better than advertised but I thought Hairston was a low second, high third round pick.

[Matches Malone]

This is one of the worst ones I have seen. I think guys like Hairston and Ezeiruaku are reaches. To take Hairston with Tetairoa going one pick before and Emmanwori, Harmon, Azareye'h going almost immediately after would frustate me. I will admit, I didn't watch much Kentucky football so maybe he is better than advertised but I thought Hairston was a low second, high third round pick.

Hairston was pretty good in 2023 and then last year got his season cut short with the shoulder injury. He's got the physical tools that Gute looks for in round 1 so I could see him taking an interest.

Would love if Barron fell to #23. I still like AZ Thomas, but he didn't test as well at the combine, so I don't see Gute straying from his strategy of taking athletic guys with high RAS scores in the earlier rounds.

At this point, I kind of just hope they can figure something out with Jaire for one season and find some more pass rush help early in the draft, but if they do move on from him, CB will be in play round 1. I'm pretty high on Carrington Valentine being a fringe CB2, but if Jaire is gone, I can't see Hobbs and Nixon as your boundary corners as a good plan.

[Profound23]

I will say this about Egbuka, dude knows how to catch in traffic. Every OSU game I watched this year he would make an amazing catch with one or two guys in his grill. He runs nice routes and is always able to find an opening in the defense.

I understand that people will question how much speed he has, when Egbuka has to keep making so many catches with his defender in his face. However, Amron-Ra St. Brown ran a 4.51 40 at the combine and Egbuka seems like that type of a player.

[MKE_Hodag22]

I will say this about Egbuka, dude knows how to catch in traffic. Every OSU game I watched this year he would make an amazing catch with one or two guys in his grill. He runs nice routes and is always able to find an opening in the defense.

I understand that people will question how much speed he has, when Egbuka has to keep making so many catches with his defender in his face. However, Amron-Ra St. Brown ran a 4.51 40 at the combine and Egbuka seems like that type of a player.

This is where I am conflicted --- Do we want a burner WR who may get 2-3 deep ball throws per game and catch 1-ish of them...or a guy thats gonna make a tough catch 4-5 times a game to keep a drive alive? ... I understand the homerun threat .. but man, Egbuka is a supremely skilled WR who makes those catches.

[Profound23]

I will say this about Egbuka, dude knows how to catch in traffic. Every OSU game I watched this year he would make an amazing catch with one or two guys in his grill. He runs nice routes and is always able to find an opening in the defense.

I understand that people will question how much speed he has, when Egbuka has to keep making so many catches with his defender in his face. However, Amron-Ra St. Brown ran a 4.51 40 at the combine and Egbuka seems like that type of a player.

This is where I am conflicted --- Do we want a burner WR who may get 2-3 deep ball throws per game and catch 1-ish of them...or a guy thats gonna make a tough catch 4-5 times a game to keep a drive alive? ... I understand the homerun threat .. but man, Egbuka is a supremely skilled WR who makes those catches.

This is why I would be fine with Egbuka in the first and Thornton in the later rounds.

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[M-C-G]

I’ve heard Golden compared to Jennings before, but if he runs 4.4 is he even remotely considered a round 1 pick? I wouldn’t be upset if he was our first rounder but wondering if he drops back a bit after other pro days.

He ran a 4.30

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No, I’m aware. But very few of the film guys believe he was faster in pads than Isaiah Bond who ran a 4.4. So is he just up this high because he crushed his 40. I honestly don’t know

[M-C-G]

I will say this about Egbuka, dude knows how to catch in traffic. Every OSU game I watched this year he would make an amazing catch with one or two guys in his grill. He runs nice routes and is always able to find an opening in the defense.

I understand that people will question how much speed he has, when Egbuka has to keep making so many catches with his defender in his face. However, Amron-Ra St. Brown ran a 4.51 40 at the combine and Egbuka seems like that type of a player.

This is where I am conflicted --- Do we want a burner WR who may get 2-3 deep ball throws per game and catch 1-ish of them...or a guy thats gonna make a tough catch 4-5 times a game to keep a drive alive? ... I understand the homerun threat .. but man, Egbuka is a supremely skilled WR who makes those catches.

This is why I would be fine with Egbuka in the first and Thornton in the later rounds.

Thornton mid round would be sweet. I doubt we see a drop off all that much in what we got from Watson when you factor in injuries.

[Ron Swanson]

Why the sudden obsession with categorizing these WR's into specific roles/archetypes? The best wideouts in the league are usually good at most everything and you can move them all around the field because why wouldn't you? I'm sure guys like Stefon Diggs, Antonio Brown, Amon Ra-St Brown, etc. were all viewed as strictly possession/route-runner types before they became some of the best wideouts in football.

Like, maybe you don't draft a guy you're confident is only a "slot" dude with Reed already on the roster, but just give me the best 3-4 receiving weapons/talents and figure it out. This ain't the 80's/90's West Coast offense anymore. The really good guys can play anywhere. Egbuka's built like Anquan Boldin and if he has a good pro day/runs a good 40, what's not to like?

[M-C-G]

Why the sudden obsession with categorizing these WR's into specific roles/archetypes? The best wideouts in the league are usually good at most everything and you can move them all around the field because why wouldn't you? I'm sure guys like Stefon Diggs, Antonio Brown, Amon Ra-St Brown, etc. were all viewed as strictly possession/route-runner types before they became some of the best wideouts in football.

Like, maybe you don't draft a guy you're confident is only a "slot" dude with Reed already on the roster, but just give me the best 3-4 receiving weapons/talents and figure it out. This ain't the 80's/90's West Coast offense anymore. The really good guys can play anywhere. Egbuka's built like Anquan Boldin and if he has a good pro day/runs a good 40, what's not to like?

I’m just seeing years of MLF offense and a ‘sacrificial X’ that has legit deep prowess makes everything else work as far as I can tell. Drawing the safeties attention seems to open up everything for Reed and Kraft. And it would appear that is missing with no Watson so I think it needs to be filled, this isn’t a traditional alpha led WR corp, so roles become more important as far as I can tell

[MikeIsGood]

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I am super OOTL on the draft this year, but this caught my eye a couple weeks ago because a sub-1.5 10y split is delicious. I looked into him more though and he had a pretty weird season. Maybe because Texas has so many quality WRs and they did not discriminate on who to involve, but over 1/3 of his yards on the season came against ASU and UGA in the playoffs - not that stepping up in the playoffs is a bad thing.

[Treebeard]

Bold prediction: whoever the Packers draft, 1/3 of us will love it, 1/3 will hate it, and the remaining 1/3 will say "who???"

[TroyD92]

Bit of a less expected draft but had McMillan fall.

23. Tetairoa McMillan
54. Alfred Collins (DT/Nose)
87. Denzel Burke (CB)
124. Jared Wilson (C)
159. Kurtis Rourke (QB)
198. Raheim Sanders (RB)
237. Hunter Wohler (S/ST)
250. Roc Taylor (WR)

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