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Packers NFL draft order 2018: Every Green Bay draft pick in each round

By Freddie Boston

PHILADELPHIA, PA - APRIL 27: Commissioner of the National Football League Roger Goodell speaks during the first round of the 2017 NFL Draft at the Philadelphia Museum of Art on April 27, 2017 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images)
PHILADELPHIA, PA - APRIL 27: Commissioner of the National Football League Roger Goodell speaks during the first round of the 2017 NFL Draft at the Philadelphia Museum of Art on April 27, 2017 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images) /
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The Green Bay Packers have a league-high 12 selections in the 2018 NFL Draft.

The draft is just weeks away, and the Green Bay Packers are in an excellent position to upgrade their roster during the three-day event.

New general manager Brian Gutekunst has 12 picks to work with, as well as the team’s highest first-round selection since 2009.

Here’s a full list of the Packers’ draft picks:

Round 1: Pick 14, 14th overall

Round 2: Pick 13, 45th overall

Round 3: Pick 12, 76th overall

Round 4: Pick 1, 101st overall

Round 4: Pick 33, 133rd overall (compensatory pick)

Round 5: Pick 1, 138th overall

Round 5: Pick 35, 172nd overall (compensatory pick)

Round 5: Pick 37, 174th overall (compensatory pick)

Round 6: Pick 12, 186th overall

Round 6: Pick 33, 207th overall (compensatory pick)

Round 7: Pick 14, 232nd overall

Round 7: Pick 21, 239th overall

Importantly, the Packers have four selections inside the top 101. The Damarious Randall–DeShone Kizer trade with the Cleveland Browns allowed Green Bay to jump up to pick one in both the fourth and fifth rounds.

The bonus is owning four compensatory selections, which can be traded. This gives the team more flexibility should they look to move up.

To trade or not to trade?

Gutekunst has a number of options entering the draft. If he can’t find a trade partner at any stage, the Packers will make 12 selections. That would allow Gutekunst to address each position of need. It would also give him more swings of the bat. The odds of hitting a home run go up.

I expect the Packers to trade up at some stage in the draft. If Gutekunst has a particular player he loves at a position of need but feels he has to move up to get him, the Packers have more than enough to package in a trade.

Maybe he’ll do the opposite and trade down, acquiring even more picks. Gutekunst will have plenty of options when the event kicks off in under three weeks time.

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How the Packers approach the draft remains to be seen. No matter how it shakes out, it’s going to be a lot of fun.

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