Some organizations just like to do certain things certain ways, and the Packers have gone way too long without taking a first-round wide receiver to try to argue that it's coincidence. There are legally-drinking Packers fans out there who have never seen them take a WR in the first-round ever.
But! (There's always a but.) We may have a juicy twist heading our way. According to ESPN's Packers insider Rob Demovsky, this could *possibly* be the year that, for the first time in over two decades, Green Bay's front office decides to use their first-round pick on a wideout. In Green Bay no less!
ESPN's Packers reporter suggests Green Bay could finally take a WR in 1st round
"Could this be the year the Packers draft a receiver in the first round?" Demovsky writes. "While Gutekunst said recently it's not an organizational philosophy to avoid receivers in Round 1, they're going on 23 years without doing so. Still, with Christian Watson (ACL) likely to miss the first half of the season, and no clear-cut, go-to WR1 emerging, it behooves the Packers to make a significant addition to the group."
It does behoove them. Good word, Rob. Without Davante Adams, or DK Metcalf, or Cooper Kupp, or literally anyone else, the Packers' passing offense is going to seem awfully underwhelming when the team arrives for training camp in late July. Although I'd argue that there's no better place to break a 20+ year tradition than in front of a rowdy home crowd that's been fueling up on Spotted Cow for the first 22 picks of the evening.
So, to recap: don't get your hopes up, but it's definitely happening. Welcome to Green Bay, Luther Burden III.
