Normally, I'd probably hop on here and try and caution Packers fans from getting too attached to a specific draft strategy. Things tend to get a little weird after the first 10-12 picks, and with Green Bay more-or-less reacting to how the board falls for the first 2.5-3 hours of the night, it seems like a bad idea to put all your eggs in one positional basket.
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However, there are always exceptions to the rule, and reader, we may have found one. For the last 20ish years, the Packers have avoided taking a wide receiver in the first round. It probably started off as a coincidence, but now I'm deeply sure it's one of the league's longest-running bits. There is no other way to explain how one team has spent the last two decades holding onto an organizational philosophy that actively flies in the face of how football positions have changed over that same time. Good thing they know how to draft QBs.
For a few different reasons, though, it feels like this might be the year that changes. The Packers have visited with more wide receiver prospects than any other position, and reporters around the team have all hinted for a while now that going WR on Thursday night – in front of their home fans, no less – is a legit possibility this year.
And what better way to prove that than with a tiny amount of circumstantial evidence?! ESPN's Adam Schefter stoked the flames with a new "report" that claims Ohio State wideout Emeka Egubka is spending the next 48 hours visiting the Packers. I don't want to rush to conclusions, but that doesn't mean I won't.
Emeka Egbuka would look awfully good in Packers green and gold, just sayin'
Ohio St. WR Emeka Egbuka is visiting today and Tuesday with the Green Bay Packers. Egbuka spent Friday and Saturday visiting the Cowboys.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) April 7, 2025
Right now, most mock drafts have Egbuka going anywhere between 20-30, which is awfully convenient for any team that may or may not be interested in adding another young wide receiver to a roster that already has a ton of potential but hasn't quite panned out yet it out but whatever they're still definitely in a better position than the Bears. You know, any of those teams.
There's also probably a decent case to be made that Egbuka's skillset is kind of a redundancy in the Packers' wide receiver room as currently constructed, but that argument is 1. boring and 2. not why you came here.