Green Bay often chooses high-upside edge rushers but that hasn't worked out in recent years (Lukas Van Ness). In a departure from that, the Packers pick the high-floor Tuimoloau who can set the edge in run defense and use pash rush moves to get home.

NFL Draft will be pivotal for general manager Brian Gutekunst's post-Aaron Rodgers rebuild of the Green Bay Packers. He and the Packers front office built both the youngest playoff team (2023) and the second-youngest playoff team (2024) of the last 45 seasons in the first two years of the Jordan Love era,

The host team for this year’s NFL draft selected a wide receiver, taking Texas’ Matthew Golden at No. 23 overall on Thursday night. The previous time the Packers took a wide receiver in the opening round was 23 years ago when Javon Walker went 20th.