Well—OK. I sure we would take the players I want. That’s why we can’t have anything nice.
Go Packers!!!

A bit of a reach here, as many saw Belton as a late third-rounder. He is also an older prospect.

But he is a mauler, and as much as we have struggled in short-yardage situations on the ground, he should be able to help with that once he's in there. So the infusion of power on the OL is welcome.

The history of penalties is concerning, so that will have to be worked on.

I was really hoping for an edge or DL, but the best ones were already snapped up long before our pick. So we'll probably be banking on finding a gem; that is unless Gute feels our DL and pass rush just needs to be coached up. Hmmm....

LOVE protecting our QB Love! LOVE the competition with the OL. LOVE putting in road graders to help our RBs. LOVE the vision of making a dominant OL. Now we need to show some LOVE for the DL.

Obviously GB likes him.

So, consider this - Gute said they want to get bigger on the O-line. They certainly did and have been lately. Throw out your old OL size requirements. More importantly, 3 guys contracts up next year. Tom, Walker, Rhyan. My guess is they only keep Tom. Jenkins 2026 cap hit is ~25 million. He's going to be released, sad to say. That's 3 starting or semi starting (Rhyan) gone in next year. That's nothing to sneeze at. They are right to prioritize. So, who is Center - Tom (next year). Belton goes to RT.

He's a road grader. For a team with Jacobs and a nice array of back up RBs, he makes sense.

The Packer were one of the top run offenses in the NFL last year. It seems clear the O will continue to run to open up the pass game.

I see him as Rhyan's competitor at RG.

I trust the Organization when ir comes to o line.

Perhaps Gutekunst is fed up with seeing his team lose with their best linemen out injured and inadequate replacements on the field.

Fix The Offense , no matter what. As Metallica says, nothing else matters.

Score points, nothing else matters.

This moves us closer to having the best OL unit in the league. We should all want that.

The OL now has four players who were drafted in the first two rounds, plus a third round pick (Rhyan) and two lower picks (Tom and Walker) who are playing way better than their draft positions suggest they should. So they now have seven starting-caliber O-linemen. That's how many they needed last year, and they only had six. It's also interesting that the last two they've acquired (Banks and Belton) are the biggest. This is a strong statement.

I like Belton...in round 3. This felt early for me, although there are several draftniks who had him as either the next, or within a player or two, OT on the board when the Packers picked him. I love power football, and the Packers have rapidly shifted away from the Aaron Jones type of offense to RBs who are going to be their own blockers. Belton works that way, but I agree with others who say that maybe his path to snaps might be inside at first.

He's a Packer-type OL pick: a LT with a significant amount of play experience who could project to several spots on the line. If there are no changes up front, he almost immediately plugs in as the top candidate to be the swing OT which was a huge need. The OL, it is a-changing, and with contracts coming up, they need to cultivate players for the 2026 OL.

I am not going to second guess Gute. I think one of his goals is to make a good offensive line a dominant OL.
And, a good offense a great dominating offense. Love now will have all the tools he needs.
I think Gute was honest when he said our defensive line was really good just needed to play better.
Also, I thought they would have addressed the CB position with the third pic so the WR receiver was an eye opener to say the least. Clearly they are going by their board which generally in the long run is perhaps the best strategy.

Today we enter the final rounds so we can better asses the draft at the end. Not taking a CB early suggests maybe they are planning to have a friendly conversation with Jaire? Maye some serious negotiations?

I know of a number of people that will really be happy with this draft. Namely, Jordon love. GPG

This draft is showing us that what we perceived as “Packers type” draft prospects is changing, or maybe expanding. In Benton’s case, he’s still got the jumps (30”vert, 8’11” broad jump) but his size is a little bit big and his age is definitely older. And he’s a run blocker first instead of a pass protector. That’s cool, they’ll still have amazing potential to throw the ball all over the field. It’s going to be interesting to see where the pieces fit when they get the best 5 on the field. A lot depends on whether or not Jordan Morgan can become a viable left tackle (as a 1st round tackle should be) and I don’t believe they’ll be able to pay Rasheed Walker a 2nd contract anyway. Aaron Banks has been almost exclusively a left guard. Immediately, Benton wouldn’t be expected to crack the starting lineup but in time I’d think he’s a starting right tackle. That leaves center and right guard for Elgton Jenkins and Zach Tom. Somehow, it’ll work I’m sure, maybe really, really well. But I’m just guessing. With the way the Packers have shaken up the draft process from what we’re used to, I shouldn’t be surprised at any way the O-line takes shape.