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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pokerbrat2000" data-source="post: 1062139" data-attributes="member: 7261">As I said before the draft, I was pretty sure that Gute and the Packers were not going to trade out of the 1st round and make the Home Crowd go away with a Nothing Burger on Opening Night.  Short of trading up and getting a top 5 pick, I would say that the Packers made as big of a splash in Round 1 as they could.  The NFL is all about the optics and the optics of selecting a WR, no less named "Golden", was a shining moment for the Packer organization, on their own hallowed grounds.  How that pick works out, we won't know for awhile, but for now, the Packers scored a lot of points by making it.I honestly didn't look at Golden all that much, because I figured he would be off the board before the Packers pick.  I was excited to see both Harmon and Egbuka available after the Seahawks took Zabel at #18.  Not sure if Gute wanted either of those guys, more than he wanted Golden, but if he did, he probably was trying to make a trade with the 3 teams picking next.Anyway, time for me to deep dive on the Golden pick, but even if I do or don't like the pick, I'll be back in 2029 to grade the pick.  <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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