Packers Draft Grades: Opinions split about Green Bay’s 2026 class

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA - NOVEMBER 22: Brandon Cisse #15 of the South Carolina Gamecocks looks on during the first half of his game against the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers at Williams-Brice Stadium on November 22, 2025 in Columbia, South Carolina. (Photo by Matt Kelley/Getty Images) | Getty Images We won’t know for sure how good the crop of players that general manager Brian Gutekunst just drafted is going to be until three years or so down the line, but that won’t stop us from speculating. I took a look at 10 draft grades that were handed out to the Green Bay Packers by national analysts and found very differing opinions about the Packers’ six-man class.

It seems like some people are holding the fact that the Packers didn’t own a first-round pick (Micah Parsons trade) against them for this class, while others are just grading on a scale for the picks that Green Bay actually owned going into the 2026 draft. The context of them not being on the clock until the 52nd overall pick is pretty big, and you see that in the variance of the grades. Packers 2026 draft class #52: Brandon Cisse, CB, South Carolina #77: Chris McClellan, iDL, Missouri #120: Dani Dennis-Sutton, EDGE, Penn State #153: Jager Burton, iOL, Kentucky #201: Domani Jackson, CB, Alabama #216: Trey Smack, K, Florida Packers 2026 Draft Grades Bleacher Report : B ESPN : C+ NFL.

com : B+ Day 1: B Day 2: A- Day 3: A A B grade for not having a first-round pick because the team traded for Micah Parsons is a choice. Pro Football Focus : B Sharp Football Analysis : 14/32 Considering that the Packers came into the draft with some of the worst draft capital in the league, I’ll take an average value draft in the NFL if we’re grading on a scale where the team didn’t have a first-round pick. The Sporting News : A- “GM Brian Gutekunst operated with limited capital and no first-rounder but did well to make the class defensive-focused.

Cisse and McClellan strengthen Jonathan Gannon’s defense up the middle and Dennis-Sutton gives Micah Parsons some good Penn State support. Burton can start and be effective soon, too. ” This is one of two A- grades that the Packers received, so I wanted to include the analysis here.