100 Days of Mocks: Packers Trade Rodgers, Draft Quarterback

In a new mock draft, the Green Bay Packers sent Aaron Rodgers to the New York Jets but aren’t willing to bet the ranch on Jordan Love.

GREEN BAY, Wis. – The quest in this 53rd edition of 100 Days of Mocks was to find something different and not the same old, same old of Michael Mayer or Dalton Kincaid.

Pro Football Network’s Cam Mellor delivered in a new seven-round mock draft.

Mellor followed the rumor mill and sent Aaron Rodgers to the New York Jets but for only a second-round pick. With Green Bay’s pick at No. 15, Kincaid, edge Lukas Van Ness, safety Brian Branch and offensive tackles Broderick Jones and Peter Skoronski were available.

Instead, of helping Love, he gave Love a challenger: Kentucky quarterback Will Levis.

“After trading away Rodgers, the Packers are left with whatever they have in Jordan Love,” Mellor wrote. “However, unwilling to bet the franchise on just one unknown option, the pick here is Will Levis, as the next quarterback tier is a far drop-off.

With a talented arm and a lot of physical attributes to like, Levis will battle it out with Love through fall camp, hopefully picking up professional traits as early as this fall.”

So, what about their immediate needs? Mellor addressed them in Day 2.

With the pick acquired from the Jets, he went with Georgia Tech edge Keion White. White certainly fits the Packers mold. He’s huge at 6-foot-5 and 285 pounds. And he’s packed with potential, having started his career as a tight end at Old Dominion. He had 7.5 sacks and 14 tackles for losses in 2022.

With their own pick in the second round, the Packers got a sleek new tight end in Oregon’s Luke Musgrave. His college career was nothing to write home about – he missed most of 2022 with an injury – but he’s 6-foot-6 with 4.61 speed and a 36-inch vertical.

In the third round, Mellor addressed safety with Branch’s sidekick, Jordan Battle.

“Jordan Battle has great instincts in coverage and routinely jumps routes that aren’t even in his coverage area,” Mellor wrote.

The Day 3 picks started with a quarterback – yes, another quarterback – and concluded with an offensive tackle, running back, defensive tackle, receiver, guard and center.

While it is worth noting then-general manager Ted Thompson used picks in the second and seventh round on quarterbacks in 2008, when Rodgers replaced Brett Favre, imagine the mutiny from the fans if this draft came to fruition. After ticking off Rodgers by drafting Love, now they’re ticking off Love? Two quarterbacks and only seventh-round picks used on receiver and defensive tackle?

If this mock draft is too outside the box, Josh Edwards at CBS went back to the same old, same old of a tight end: Kincaid.

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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.

47 days: A fistful of tight ends

48 days: Rodgers traded; Packers take pass rusher, tight end

49 days: First-round playmakers and a seven-round mock

50 days: Rodgers, Jets and the first-round dilemma

51 days: Todd McShay 3.0

52 days: Post-Scouting Combine roundup

All-Packers seven-round mock draft 1.0

53 days: Tight end, receiver in new mocks

54 days: Powerful edge

55 days: Kincaid and figure-skating safety

56 days: The dreaded third-round tight end