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100 Days of Mocks: Packers Trade Rodgers in 33rd Team Two-Round Mock

The Green Bay Packers gained the 13th overall selection in this mock trade with the New York Jets.

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GREEN BAY, Wis. – The Green Bay Packers traded Aaron Rodgers, then gave Jordan Love two premier playmakers in a post-Senior Bowl mock draft by The 33rd Team.

In the two-round mock, led by former NFL scout T.J. McCreight, the Packers sent Rodgers to the New York Jets in exchange for their first-round pick, No. 13 overall. With that selection, Green Bay addressed a major need on defense with a familiar name.

With their own pick, No. 15 overall, the Packers grabbed Utah tight end Dalton Kincaid.

“Dalton Kincaid gives the Packers a mismatch type of tight end that will produce in the passing game and take some of the pressure off of the passer,” the authors wrote. “Kincaid would pair nicely with Christian Watson as two bigger players capable of making plays down the field.”

With two seasons at San Diego and two more at Utah, Kincaid – listed at 6-foot-4 and 240 pounds – finished as the NCAA’s active leader among tight ends with 2,484 receiving yards and 35 touchdowns. He was a third-team All-American as a senior with 70 receptions for 890 yards and eight touchdowns. In one of the most ridiculous games ever, he caught all 16 targets against USC for 234 yards and one touchdown.

According to Pro Football Focus, he had just two drops and ranked third among tight ends with 16 missed tackles.

"The biggest thing for me is just doing whatever I can to help the team win," Kincaid told Pac-12.com. "I put a big emphasis on blocking last year and really focusing on that. This year, I don't care if I have five catches or zero catches in a game as long as I'm just doing whatever I can to help my team win."

With their pick in the second round, Green Bay wound up with Ohio State receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba.

Listed at 6-foot-1 and 200 pounds by the Buckeyes, Smith-Njigba burst onto the national scene in 2021 with 95 receptions for 1,606 yards and nine touchdowns. The bulk of that production came in the slot. In a wild Rose Bowl victory over Utah, he caught 15 passes for an FBS-bowl-record 347 yards. He missed most of 2022 with a hamstring injury.

“Jaxon is probably the best I’ve ever seen,” former Ohio State teammate and potential NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year Garrett Wilson said in 2021.

For the identity of the 13th overall selection, as well as the rest of the picks, click here for the full mock.

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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’s the 100-day-countdown series.

80 days: Packers take safety in ESPN mock

81 days: Aaron Rodgers traded in three-round mock

82 days: Seven mocks, including NFL.com

83 days: Two pass-catchers in first-round mocks

84 days: Aaron Rodgers traded for extra first-round pick

85 days: PFF picks a pass rusher

86 days: Tight end in NFL Draft Bible Mock

87 days: Packers trade back, get extra second-rounder

88 days: Sorry, vacation day.

89 days: A “Eureka!” moment in two-round mock

90 days: Playmaking cornerback at PFF

91 days: Three defensive backs in seven-round mock

92 days: Kiper takes a tight end

93 days: Safety first for Bucky Brooks in NFL.com mock

94 days: College Football News mocks Mayer

95 days: Two firsts if Rodgers is traded

96 days: NFL.com’s Daniel Jeremiah goes back to Georgia

97 days: This pick would break a long drought

98 days: Stud tight end

99 days: Trading for outside linebacker

100 days: First-round quarterback?

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Bill Huber
BILL HUBER

Bill Huber, who has covered the Green Bay Packers since 2008, is the publisher of Packers On SI, a Sports Illustrated channel. E-mail: packwriter2002@yahoo.com History: Huber took over Packer Central in August 2019. Twitter: https://twitter.com/BillHuberNFL Background: Huber graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, where he played on the football team, in 1995. He worked in newspapers in Reedsburg, Wisconsin Dells and Shawano before working at The Green Bay News-Chronicle and Green Bay Press-Gazette from 1998 through 2008. With The News-Chronicle, he won several awards for his commentaries and page design. In 2008, he took over as editor of Packer Report Magazine, which was founded by Hall of Fame linebacker Ray Nitschke, and PackerReport.com. In 2019, he took over the new Sports Illustrated site Packer Central, which he has grown into one of the largest sites in the Sports Illustrated Media Group.

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