Green Bay Packers: Should Quarterback Be On Draft Radar?

Thanks to Aaron Rodgers, the Green Bay Packers have an all-time great at the helm, but should they look at a quarterback in the 2017 NFL Draft?

The Green Bay Packers have Aaron Rodgers at quarterback. Due to that, they aren’t exactly pressed to draft another QB early in the upcoming draft. However, depth never hurt anyone, and the Packers should heavily consider drafting one later on.

Currently, Rodgers has Brett Hundley and Joe Callahan behind him. Callahan is completely unproven while Hundley is almost completely unproven. Plenty of people see major potential in Hundley. Due to that, he’s going to be a hot commodity during his first free agent stint. The Packers will still have Rodgers though, so it’s unlikely he’ll be pursued by them. Therefore, it appears a quarterback spot may be opening up soon.

This might be the draft for the Packers to pounce late. Who should they go after though?

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There’s an almost zero percent chance the Packers go quarterback in the first round. That eliminates Mitch Trubisky and DeShaun Watson definitely. It’s highly unlikely either would be available by their first round pick anyways. The second round is a toss-up, but still highly unlikely. That more-than-likely eliminates DeShone Kizer and Patrick Mahomes. Both could be taken in the first round anyways.

Even with those four gone, there are plenty of strong candidates to learn under Rodgers. Joshua Dobbs, Jerod Evans, and Seth Russell are all extremely intriguing prospects for the Packers that should be available in the later rounds.

Dobbs is interesting for obvious reasons. He’s incredibly intelligent. It would be fantastic to see what knowledge he could soak up from an all-time great like Rodgers. Evans likes to move around and throw on the run. That’s something Rodgers has mastered. He’s definitely rough in multiple areas, but he isn’t expected to start anytime soon anyways.

Russell played for Baylor, which immediately makes analysts run in fear. Personally, I don’t care that he played in a spread offense, though. Sure, it might inflate stats, but does that really matter? Can you throw a football? Do you have good footwork and mechanics? How’s your football knowledge? There are more important things that passing yards in college. I’m not asking Russell to start right away, anyway. He can get any problems fixed while he’s studying Rodgers.

The bottom line is that this draft class has a plethora of sponge quarterbacks. They might be raw, but they have plenty of untapped potential and would benefit highly from studying behind an all-time great. Quarterbacks shouldn’t just be on the Packers radar, they should be in their plans.

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