Packers GM Brian Gutekunst Has Flopped With His Third Round Picks
Green Bay Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst has missed badly with the majority of his third round draft picks.
Running back MarShawn Lloyd is arguably the worst third round draft pick of the Brian Gutekunst-era. Getty Images Brian Gutekunst has done an admirable job building rosters as the Green Bay Packers’ general manager since Jan. , 2018.
The majority of Gutekunst’s forays into free agency have been successful. His first round draft picks have been respectable, and his second rounders have been even better. The third wound has been a wasteland, though, for Gutekunst.
Gutekunst has drafted nine players in the third round, and by subjective count, he’s hit on just two of those (22. 2%). Gutekunst missed badly on five third rounders (55.
6%), and a case could be made that running back Marshawn Lloyd and wideout Amari Rodgers were the two worst picks of his career. The jury remains out on two other third rounders (22. 2%), but early returns haven’t been promising there either.
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