The Packers will likely do something in the 2022 NFL Draft that they haven’t done since 2002, when Tobey Maguire’s “Spider-Man” (first one) was the world’s top grossing movie: draft an offensive skill position player (RB, WR, TE) in the first round. Green Bay’s last such first-round pick was Florida State’s Javon Walker, who went 20th overall in that draft. If two-time reigning NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers gets his wish, Walker will hold that distinction for only a few more days, as the NFL Draft kicks off on April 28 in Las Vegas.
Longest active droughts since drafting WR in first round
2001: Koren Robinson, Seahawks
2001: Santana Moss, Jets
2002: Javon Walker, Packers
One of Rodgers’ primary complaints about the Packers prior to the 2021 season, and before signing a three-year, $150 million contract extension, was that he wasn’t “involved in conversations directly affecting his job.” With back-to-back All-Pro wide receiver Davante Adams, who was responsible for 30.6% of the Packers receptions (second-most in NFL) and 34.3% of the Packers’ receiving yards (third-most in NFL) last season, now a Las Vegas Raider, Rodgers will certainly be involved in conversations with general manager Brian Gutekunst about getting some more offensive firepower with their two first-round picks (No. 22 and No. 28) to cushion the blow of losing Adams.
No player in the NFL has been a more productive receiver than Adams since 2018.
“Sometimes you got to make some tough decisions,” Packers head coach Matt LaFleur said to NFL Media’s Tom Pelissero at the NFL Annual Meeting in March. “Certainly appreciate everything Davante brought to our team. I mean, he is the best receiver in the National Football League, so that was a tough one for me personally and for our organization.”
Replacing that production with one player is impossible, as the Packers indicated by signing receiver Sammy Watkins this month, in…
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