After winning 13 games in each of the first three seasons under head coach Matt LaFleur, Green Bay went 8-9 last season, their first season with a losing record since 2018. The Packers still had a chance to reach the playoffs in the final game of the regular season but lost at home against Detroit in Week 18. Now, they enter the Jordan Love-era following Aaron Rodgers’ blockbuster trade to the Jets.
After weeks of speculation, Rodgers was finally traded to New York in a deal which saw Green Bay receive three draft picks this weekend: 13th overall in the first round along with a second round pick (No. 42) and a sixth rounder (No. 207). They also acquired a second round pick from the Jets next year, which could become a first if Rodgers plays more than 65% of snaps this season. In the deal, Green Bay sent New York their first round pick this year (No. 15) as well as a fifth-rounder this weekend (No. 170).
Jordan Love, who the Packers selected in the first round of the 2020 NFL Draft, has served as Rodgers’ backup for the past three seasons and has just one career start, which came in November 2021.
The Packers had already lost two of Rodgers’ favorite targets this offseason as WR Allen Lazard signed with the Jets and TE Robert Tonyan signed with the Bears.
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Green Bay Packers 2023 NFL Draft picks:
Round 1: No. 13 (from NYJ) - Lukas Van Ness, DE, Iowa
Round 2: No. 42 (from CLE through NYJ) - Luke Musgrave, TE, Oregon State
Round 2: No. 50 (from TB) - Jayden Reed, WR, Michigan State
Round 3: No. 78 - Tucker Kraft, TE, South Dakota State
Round 4: No. 116 - Colby Wooden, DT, Auburn
Round 5: No. 149 - Sean Clifford, QB, Penn State
Round 5: No. 159 (from ATL through JAX via DET) - Dontayvion Wicks, WR, UVA
Round 6: No. 179 (from HOU through TB) - Karl Brooks, DL, Bowling Green
Round 6: No. 207 (from SF through HOU through NYJ) - Anders Carlson, K, Auburn
Round 7: No. 232 - Carrington Valentine, CB, Kentucky
Round 7: No. 235 (from DET through LAR) - Lew Nichols III, RB, Central Michigan
Round 7: No. 242 (from JAX) - Anthony Johnson Jr., S, Iowa State
Round 7: No. 256 - Grant DuBose, WR, Charlotte
Check out draft picks for the other NFC North teams:
Minnesota Vikings 2023 draft picks
