The Packers Can Benefit From the Jaxson Dart Sweepstakes
The Green Bay Packers moved up four spots in the 2020 draft in the back end of the first round to select quarterback Jordan Love. To do so, the Packers parted with the No. 136-overall pick.
The Packers won’t be in the market for a quarterback in the first round of this draft, but they can still get involved and benefit from the Jaxson Dart sweepstakes.
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There’s a universal belief that the Tennessee Titans will select Miami’s Cam Ward with the first-overall pick. After that, Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders is expected to be the next QB to come off the board. Mock drafts have Sanders going anywhere from No. 2 overall to the Cleveland Browns to No. 26 overall to the Los Angeles Rams.
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Mississippi’s Dart is the wild card in the quarterback race. He’s a polarizing prospect whose draft stock has skyrocketed since the Senior Bowl.
If Sanders goes somewhere in the Top 10, the clock will really start ticking on a team aiming for a quarterback in Round 1.
So, how do the Packers factor in?
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For one, general manager Brian Gutekunst has never been shy about his strategy of adding as many picks as possible. With Green Bay sitting at No. 23 overall and several mock drafts believing Dart will go somewhere late in on Day 1, the Packers could get involved and help facilitate a trade.
Packers’ Devonte Wyatt ranked among PFF’s top-32 DTs
If you don’t have a quarterback, you don’t have much of a shot in the NFL. As a result, teams will extend beyond normal parameters in times of desperation to try and snag a franchise-altering signal caller. The most prominent spot for this to happen is late in Round 1.
Look at recent history.
Packers’ Devonte Wyatt ranked among PFF’s top-32 DTs
In 2018, the first wave of quarterbacks were taken by the time the tenth-overall selection was made. Four quarterbacks went in the top 10, and then there was a gap.
That was until the Baltimore Ravens traded back into the first round to select Lamar Jackson at No. 32. To accomplish this, the Ravens had to part ways with three picks.
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We saw this twice in 2014. Cleveland had to give up a third-rounder to move up four spots and select Johnny Manziel. Ten picks later, the Minnesota Vikings used a second- and fourth-rounder to trade back into the first round to scoop up Teddy Bridgewater.
