Survey says Packers fans love Green Bay’s draft class
Our readers are very pleased with the Packers’ draft haul from the past weekend.
GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN - APRIL 26: Green Bay Packers fans win tickets to Super Bowl LX during the during the third day of the 2025 NFL Draft on April 26, 2025 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images) | Getty Images The Green Bay Packers’ class of selections in the 2026 NFL Draft was their smallest in more than 20 years, as the team traded up twice on draft weekend to end with just six picks. However, those picks hit on numerous critical positions of need, particularly on defense.
General manager Brian Gutekunst addressed the cornerback position both early and late, taking South Carolina’s Brandon Cisse in the second round and Domani Jackson out of Alabama in the sixth. The team also added a versatile interior defensive linemen in round three after a small trade-up, drafting Missouri Tiger Chris McClellan at pick number 77, then they added one of the most impressive athletes in this year’s edge class in Dani Dennis-Sutton out of Penn State at pick 120 of round four. Kentucky offensive lineman Jager Burton was the pick in the fifth round, and the team closed out the draft with another SEC player, kicker Trey Smack, late in round six after trading two 7th-round picks to move up for him.
Again, that class is unusually small, and the team had no first-round pick because of last year’s trade for Micah Parsons. But for the most part, those who follow the Packers have had positive reviews of the class, particularly how the Packers were able to address critical needs while letting the board come to them. One group that has positive feedback for Gutekunst is our readers here at Acme Packing Company.
Following the conclusion of the draft on Saturday evening, we asked the community to give an initial grade for the draft, and you all were very encouraged by the Packers’ process: As the graphic above indicates, a whopping 88 percent of readers gave the Packers either an A or B grade, with the As holding a very slim lead at 45% to 43%. Only 7 percent of survey respondents gave it a C, with three percent at a D grade and two percent at an F. That’s one of the better breakdowns for a Packers class in recent memory here at APC, and it reflects the general feeling shared by Packers analysts and APC’s writers alike.