Defensive Line, WR Highlight Green Bay Packers Offseason Needs

Wide Receiver

The question marks are aplenty for the Green Bay Packers at the wide receiver position. Obviously, we’ve talked about how all of Adams, Valdes-Scantling, and Lazard are free agents (Lazard a restricted free agent), and Randall Cobb and Amari Rodgers currently lead the way as Packers under contract.

Even if Adams and Lazard are the two that return, I don’t think the position is solved. As the league continues to push toward a high-octane offense, having more than one guy who can win in multiple spots (a la Adams outside and in the slot) is important. It isn’t a slight against Lazard, but he’s schemed open a lot. Getting another multi-phase winner is crucial for a postseason run when the margins are slimmer.

There will certainly be options for the Packers at 28 and throughout the draft in a deeper group. If Chris Olave is available at 28, it should be an easy decision. He’s a no-nonsense separator who can win deep and track the football splendidly. George Pickens has limitless upside, and a player like Christian Watson fits as an MVS type on day two.

However the Packers approach receiver in the 2022 NFL Draft, expect multiple picks at the position. It’s a unit that needs to get better and more explosive.