Packers fans predict OL or DB in Round 1, split on whether Brian Gutekunst will trade pick

A majority of fans think Green Bay will trade out of 25, but are divided on if the team will go up or down from there.

With just hours remaining before the start of the 2024 NFL Draft, the Green Bay Packers are set to pick 25th in the first round. But general manager Brian Gutekunst has been known to move around the draft board, both up and down, and the possibility that the Packers do not actually pick at 25 is a very real and very plausible one.

This week, we asked Packers fans what they thought the Packers would do at 25, and a majority of respondents — a full 60 percent — said that they expect Gutekunst to trade out of 25. Interestingly, however, that group was split almost evenly on whether the Packers would be moving up into an earlier pick or trading back, which could even push them out of the first round.

Take a look at those results here:

Gutekunst has not made a trade involving a first-round pick on draft day since 2020, but he did so in each of his first three seasons. And the only reason he did not do so in 2022 was because the Minnesota Vikings insisted on making the Packers wait until pick 34 to select Christian Watson instead of accepting a trade for the 32nd pick.

Assuming the Packers do not trade out of the first round, however, there appear to be just two positions on the minds of Packers fans. Over 80 percent of those who responded to this week’s Reacts survey see the Packers drafting either an offensive lineman or a defensive back, the two positions that are most commonly projected in mock drafts:

Naturally, if there’s one thing to expect with the NFL Draft, it’s the unexpected. If the Packers see a big run on offensive linemen and DBs and can’t get in on the run, that could throw all of these projections out of whack.

In any case, tune in tonight to find out whether these predictions are on the right track or if Gutekunst does indeed do something entirely unexpected.