Green Bay Packers: Re-drafting the 2017 NFL Draft

Re-drafting the Green Bay Packers’ 2017 draft class.

Re-drafting has become a popular activity this time of year. When you can look back and see players with 20/20 hindsight it’s fun and easy to dream up the perfect draft.

The Green Bay Packers had a solid draft in 2017, but it could always be better.

Some ground rules for this activity:

1. I’m going to keep the Packers’ needs in mind the best I can. JuJu Smith-Schuster was an awesome rookie receiver, but he’s not somebody the Packers would’ve drafted last year.
2. I’m also not going to draft with this year’s needs in mind. Again, Smith-Schuster would be awesome to have for this year, but that’s not somebody the Packers were looking for last year.
3. No significant reaches. This wouldn’t be fair. Alvin Kamara would go top-10 if not for this rule, but in reality, regardless of what you thought of Kamara, he was a second-day draft pick at best. I’m trying to keep things close to realistic.
4. I’m going to use the original draft picks for the Packers. They traded R1P29 (round one, pick 29) to the Browns for R2P1 and R4P1. I’m just going to pick at 29.

There is more than just fun to be had from this activity. As I go through who I think the Packers should have picked I’ll explain why I made them. It can be a learning activity too.

Obviously the front office won’t be reading this so they won’t be adjusting their draft board. As fans it’s a good idea to go back and look over our own evaluations of players. Even if we’re just fans we can still learn more about the game and the draft process.

With that, the Green Bay Packers are now on the clock.