5 draft mistakes to blame for Packers struggles in 2023

2. Josh Myers over Creed Humphrey (2021)

These two are pretty easy to compare because they were literally one pick apart in the 2021 NFL Draft.

The Packers needed help on the interior offensive line at the center position, and they targeted Ohio State's Josh Myers with the 62nd overall pick at the back end of round two. It wasn't an ill-advised selection, but the decision to pass on Oklahoma center Creed Humphrey may have been ill-advised, if not worse.

It might have been just plain, bad execution on the Packers' part.

Humphrey was pegged for most of that offseason by NFL Draft pundits as a possible first-round selection. He was absolutely outstanding in his time at Oklahoma, and when he began his inexplicable fall in the 2021 NFL Draft, it was one of the more shocking developments of the weekend.

But it wasn't the Packers who would end his fall -- it was the offensive line-needy Kansas City Chiefs. The Chiefs inserted Humphrey into their starting lineup, and he immediately became one of the best centers in the league. He's already been named an All-Pro.

Josh Myers is coming around for the Packers, but this one didn't need to be that hard.