The latest mock draft from Draft Wire has the Green Bay Packers landing playmaking athletes at two of the team’s biggest need positions.
Luke Easterling of Draft Wire sent TCU wide receiver Jalen Reagor to the Packers at No. 30 and Oregon linebacker Troy Dye to Green Bay at No. 62, providing the infusion of athleticism and playmaking ability that both positions so desperately need.
Reagor is a dynamic athlete with game-breaking speed who could give the Packers passing game a jolt both as a deep receiver and a creator after the catch. He’s a home-run hitter with versatility, and it’s possible he could blossom into a star with Aaron Rodgers as his quarterback in Matt LaFleur’s offense.
Dye started all four seasons at linebacker for Oregon and has three-down ability at the next level if he can add weight to his 6-4 frame. His range and coverage ability are both attributes the Packers are missing at inside linebacker, a position in need of rebuilding this offseason.
The majority of national mock drafts have the Packers taking some combination of receiver and inside linebacker in the first two rounds. It’s a potentially historically great receiver draft class, and the Packers can’t afford to miss out on a linebacker with so much uncertainty drowning the position.
Reagor and Dye is one potential combination worth investigating. They both possess intriguing playmaking attributes that could fit what the Packers are looking for at the two need positions.
In the third round, Draft Wire sent the Packers an offensive lineman in the form of Ohio State’s Jonah Jackson, a guard prospect. The fourth round saw the Packers take Larrell Murchison, a defensive lineman who could compete for snaps along the three-man front.
Draft Wire’s picks for Packers in the four-round mock:
1.30: WR Jalen Reagor, TCU
2.62: LB Troy Dye, Oregon
3.94: OL Jonah Jackson, Ohio State
4.126: DL Larrell Murchison, NC State