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Packers 2019 mock draft: Both sides of the ball addressed in first round

By Ryan Sanville

BLOOMINGTON, IN - OCTOBER 13: T.J. Hockenson #38 of the Iowa Hawkeyes runs for a touchdown against the Indiana Hossiers at Memorial Stadium on October 13, 2018 in Bloomington, Indiana. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
BLOOMINGTON, IN - OCTOBER 13: T.J. Hockenson #38 of the Iowa Hawkeyes runs for a touchdown against the Indiana Hossiers at Memorial Stadium on October 13, 2018 in Bloomington, Indiana. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images) /
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ARLINGTON, TX – APRIL 26: A view of the NFL Draft theater prior to the start of the first round of the 2018 NFL Draft at AT&T Stadium on April 26, 2018 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images) /

The Green Bay Packers get help on both sides of the ball in the latest 2019 NFL mock draft.

To NFL fans, it always seems as if there are years in between the Super Bowl and the NFL Draft. Luckily, the 2019 NFL Draft is only two weeks away at this point. Everyone is waiting patiently, or not so patiently, to find out which of the best college football players on the planet will be new additions to their teams.

Green Bay Packers fans are even more excited for the draft than they typically are due to having multiple first-round picks, one within the top 15 picks of the draft, and six picks within the top 120 spots.

Packers fans are ready to usher in a new era in Green Bay and hope to get back to drafting towards the bottom of the first round, which fans of the Packers have become pretty accustomed to over the last couple decades. Don’t get me wrong, it’s nice having the 12th overall pick in the draft, but we all know what that means for the prior season and what kind of success this team has seen most recently.

Plain and simple, the Packers need to get back to playing championship football, and the 2019 draft is a crucial point in time for this franchise. Aaron Rodgers is 35 years old, and by the end of the 2019 season he will be 36 years old. That means there is a small window in which this team needs to win now with the future Hall-of-Fame quarterback they have, and not just win some games, but win Super Bowls.

The Packers franchise and fans have been lucky to go from Hall-of-Fame quarterback to Hall-of-Fame quarterback, covering a span of more than a couple decades, but we also know that it is unlikely the Packers continue a stretch like that once Aaron Rodgers is gone.

The Packers must load this team with as much talent as possible and make a push to bring more Lombardi Trophies back home. This draft will be a turning point in determining whether or not that will be the case in the near future for the Green Bay Packers.

Here is how I see the first round of the 2019 NFL Draft playing out for all 32 teams.

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