Great news, everyone: an ESPN analyst is buzzing! About the Packers! If that's not the kind of update you're desperately craving from your morning NFL news roundup, I'm not sure you know ball. And I know that you didn't miss this massive development, but other, less-plugged in Packers fans might have, so let's just recap a bit, you know, for them.
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Back during the draft, the Packers made a pick that *some* people didn't like. It's true. When they took NC State offensive lineman Anthony Belton in the second round, said people didn't waste a lot of time declaring that the Packers failed the draft. The Big Boards were Big Mad; it was a huge crisis. Imagine that – the Packers taking a player that everyone wasn't in agreement on. The outrage was almost too much to handle. Almost. Packers fans were spared true agony when Louis Riddick tweeted about Belton over a week ago. Social media is truly the gift that keeps on giving.
Louis Riddick's favorite Packers pick is making fans reconsider their complaints
Time for the 4th annual list of my one favorite non-first round prospect (tried to NOT select obvious 2nd rounders as well) from EACH team in the 2025 draft that could be a significant contributor/starter within the next 2-3 years:
— Louis Riddick (@LRiddickESPN) May 1, 2025
ARZ: Cody Simon - LB - OHST
ATL: Xavier Watts -…
Sold! You don't just make the 4th annual list of his favorite non-first round prospects from each team in the 2025 draft that could be a significant contributor/starter within the next 2-3 years and then turn out to be a bust. That just doesn't happen. A lot of Packers fans look awfully foolish right now – maybe they should of thought about that list before they made theirs.
So you can book it: in the next 2-3 years, Anthony Belton will probably be a starter. That's only halfway through his rookie contract! Especially considering how many Packers' tackles are set to be free agents in the next couple years, they'll need all the help they can get. The good news is that even if that happens, they'll be in good hands, according to Louis Riddick's 4th annual list of his favorite non-first round prospects from each team in the 2025 draft that could be a significant contributor/starter within the next 2-3 years.