100 Days of Mocks: Mayer to Packers in ‘Consensus Mock’

Plus, on a slow day of mocks, here’s a bonus all-Packers seven-round mock draft.

GREEN BAY, Wis. – NFL Mock Draft Database is your one-stop shop for all things mock draft. Hundreds of mock drafts have been inputted into the database, which allows it to put together a consensus mock draft.

The pick for the Green Bay Packers should be no surprise if you’ve followed this tedious 100 Days of Mocks series: Notre Dame tight end Michael Mayer.

The three most common picks for Green Bay are Mayer (25.6 percent), Ohio State receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba (9.7 percent) and Alabama safety Brian Branch (9.1 percent).

Mock Draft Database even has a Mock Draft Simulator. Giving it a first run, we landed Iowa pass rusher Lukas Van Ness in the first round, Texas A&M safety Antonio Johnson (from Jets in Aaron Rodgers trade) and South Dakota State tight end Tucker Kraft in the second round, and Syracuse offensive tackle Matthew Bergeron in the third round in the first two days of selections.

In Day 3, we continued with Ole Miss receiver Jonathan Mingo in the fourth round, South Carolina defensive tackle Zacch Pickens and Oklahoma running back Eric Gray in the fifth round, and Clemson tight end Davis Allen, Princeton receiver Andrei Iosivas, Old Dominion offensive lineman Nick Saldiveri and Maryland kicker Chad Ryland in the seventh round.

Hub Arkush, the longtime boss of Pro Football Weekly, created a fresh mock that sent Mayer to Green Bay. Among the players that were bypassed: Smith-Njigba and Tennessee offensive tackle Darnell Wright, who visited Green Bay this week.

CBS Sports’ Garrett Podell, noting the Packers haven’t drafted a receiver, running back or tight end in the first round since 2002 – the longest drought since the NFL and AFL ran a combined draft in 1967 – grabbed TCU receiver Quentin Johnston.

“Putting him next to Christian Watson and Romeo Doubs allows for Jordan Love to begin his time as the Packers' new starter with plenty of weapons at his disposal,” Podell wrote.

Kyle Dvorchak of NBC Sports Edge went with cat-quick but undersized Georgia pass rusher Nolan Smith. This would make it four first-round picks in three years from Georgia.

“The Packers should probably add some help at receiver to see what they have in Jordan Love, but they are more likely to make the boring pick and bolster their defensive line,” he wrote.

100 Days of Mocks

Starting Jan. 17, when there were 100 days until the start of the NFL Draft, we started our mock-worthy goal of 100 mock drafts in 100 days. Here are the last 10 days of the series.

The #Packers' run of first-round draft picks has been among the best in the NFL, according to @PFF. Will be interesting to revisit those thoughts 12 months from now.https://t.co/P4yrECFNgh

— Bill Huber (@BillHuberNFL) April 8, 2023

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21 days: Some seven-round mocks

Packer Central’s sixth seven-round mock draft

22 days: Tackle before tight ends

23 days: On the offensive

24 days: A 10-mock Monday

25 days: The Wright tackle?

26 days: A “plug-and-play” tight end

27 days: NFL.com picks Jaxon Smith-Njigba

Packer Central’s fifth seven-round mock draft

28 days: An “Energizer bunny”

Breaking down ESPN.com’s seven-round mock

29 days: Tannenbaum takes a tackle