Four thousand, three-hundred and twenty-six. That's the number of snaps the Green Bay Packers lost from just six players leaving in free agency this spring. The starting left tackle, wide receiver, center, linebacker, and two of the top three edge rushers on the depth chart are all gone. And they'll have to work on replacing those snaps without a first-round pick in the 2026 NFL Draft.
The good news is, Green Bay still has seven picks in the draft. But with none in the top 50, they'll have to be strategic about how they use them.
Round 1 Pick 20 Overall: Traded for Micah Parsons
The Packers traded their 2026 first-round pick for Micah Parsons before the start of last season. He was having an excellent season before tearing his ACL in the Week 15 matchup against the Denver Broncos.
Round 2 Pick 52 Overall: Derrick Moore, EDGE, Michigan
Green Bay hired Jonathan Gannon to be the defensive coordinator after Jeff Hafley took the head coaching job with the Miami Dolphins. Gannon has run both a 3-4, and a 4-3 defensive scheme before, but it's sounding like the Packers will start with a 3-4 front as their base.
With Rashaan Gary and Kingsley Enagbare gone, Green Bay will want to make sure they have the adequate body types to play the 3-4 outside linebacker. So in this mock draft they go with the 6'4, 255-pound Derrick Moore out of Michigan.
Moore is a good run defender who can set a solid edge before disengaging the defender and attacking the ball carrier. He also has some pass-rush juice on the back of a strong bull rush. And he has one of my favorite traits from this era of Michigan defensive linemen - he's always going after the ball.
If it's in someone's hands, no matter where they are on the field, he's chasing them. If it's out of the quarterback's hands before Moore can get to him, he's getting his hands up trying to bat it down.
Moore's strength, run defense, and ability to crush the pocket would make him an excellent running mate for Parsons in a 3-4 defense.
Round 3 Pick 84 Overall: Dametrious Crownover, OT, Texas A&M
The Green Bay Packers get back to their roots in this mock draft by finding a diamond in the rough on the offensive line. David Bakhtiari, Cory Linsley, Elgton Jenkins, Jon Runyan Jr, Josh Myers, Sean Rhyan, Zach Tom, and Rasheed Walker were all offensive linemen taken after the first round who played a lot of snaps in Green Bay.
Then the Packers spent a first-round pick on Jordan Morgan in 2024, and then big money on Aaron Banks in 2025, and what was once a deep, talented, and flexible unit turned into a bit of a mess.
Things are clearer now with Jenkins and Walker signing elsewhere this offseason. The starting lineup from left to right looks like it'll be Morgan-Banks-Rhyan-Anthony Belton-Tom, but the depth is depleted.
I like Dametrious Crownover as a mid-round pick. He's a big man at 6'7, 319 pounds, with 35 and 3/8" arms. He's almost exclusively a right tackle-only, but Belton was exclusively a left tackle in college, and they were able to train him up as a depth player before promoting him to the starting lineup full-time.
Despite his size, Crownover is always balanced. He's not the fastest or smoothest, but he's never in a rush and never where he doesn't intend to be. He can be beat with speed, but more times than not his size, arm length, and strength are going to help him win in pass protection.
In the run game, Crownover can get where he needs to go for the play to work. He's not the strongest, but he can move defenders where he needs to create a lane. And as I mentioned he's not the fastest, but he can pull or get in space just enough with his frame to make things hard on defenders.
If Green Bay took Crownover and let him sit for a year, I could see him starting on the line down the road if Morgan doesn't stick long-term with a move by Tom or Belton to the left side.