Board holds strong for Packers at CB and DL entering Day 2 of 2026 draft
The Packers have big needs at CB and DL. Through 32 picks, only 2 players at each position came off the board.
All things considered, the draft board held up quite well for the Green Bay Packers through the first 32 picks of the 2026 NFL draft. The general consensus is that defensive tackle and cornerback are the two biggest roster needs for the Packers in this draft, and general manager Brian Gutekunst probably likes the way his board looks at both positions entering Day 2. At defensive tackle, only two players were picked in the first round: Florida's Caleb Banks at No.
18 and Clemson's Peter Woods at No. 29. At cornerback, only two players were picked: LSU's Mansoor Delane at No.
6 and San Diego State's Chris Johnson at No. 27. The run on corners never happened.
And while the Minnesota Vikings made one of the biggest "reaches" of the first round on a defensive lineman (Banks was the No. 44 player on the consensus big board), Ohio State's Kayden McDonald fell out of the top 32 completely. Given the way the board looks at the two positions, it's certainly possible the Packers could pick some combination of defensive tackle and cornerback on Day 2.