Author: Brian Maafi

We finally are here and we made it to the end of the 2025 draft cycle. The Green Bay Packers draft class is complete. They really attacked the defense on day three which was expected since they went all offense the first three rounds. While they did not have much in the way of openings for starters on defense; there were definite needs for depth. Lets get to it. How Do They Fit With The Packers In 2025? Lets of course start with the first pick of day three Barryn Sorrell the edge rusher from Texas. As what seems everyone…

So this has been an interesting draft so far. No one expected the Packers to go with three offensive players with their first three picks this year. How these plays fit will be interesting. The Packers added another offensive tackle in Anthony Belton…or did they? (more on that later). Belton is the biggest offensive lineman they have drafted since before Ted Thompson. They also added a wide receiver/gadget player in Savion Williams. After the Golden pick on Thursday no one was expecting them to draft another receiver until maybe late day three. They are now stacked at wide receiver. What…

Matthew Golden is now a Packer. First off Let me put it out there…I was wrong. I was very vocal that the Packers just don’t take receivers in the first round. What Does This Tell Us? It now seems that was more of a Ron Wolf/Ted Thompson thing. It also seems that Gutey saw the receivers that they had been drafting and felt there was something missing from them, likely that 1st round receiver pedigree or upside. Another thing about Golden is his arm length fell short of what the Packers and even Gutey had targeted in the draft. So…

My final positional rankings for the 2025 draft. This years defensive back group has been much debated. Some feel outside of a few players its not a great class. Some have even complained about a few of the guys coming off injuries. To me though the class is pretty strong overall. The depth at safety does kind of fall off after day two, but CB is pretty strong throughout. Top Five Defensive Backs Travis Hunter – CB/WR – Colorado: Could this spot have gone to anyone else? of course not. Hunter is the top defensive back in the class and can…

This years linebacker class is an interesting one because there are a lot of varying opinions of of the class and the players. Also there are some “tweener” players that some scouts see as a linebacker and others see as an edge rusher. The class isn’t strong at the top, but there is some good depth and definitely some day 2- early day 3 prospects that could come in and become starters at some point in their careers. Lets get to my top ten. Top Five Linebackers Jihaad Campbell – Alabama: Campbell is a freak athlete who has played some…

This years edge rusher class is pretty strong at the top with some solid depth on day two, but it kind of falls off after that. Early in the college football season it looked like this class might end up as a bust. All of the top prospects had a slow start to their seasons, but as the season went guys started producing. There were also of course surprising producers like Michael Green who was not known to most of draft media entering the season. This will definitely be an interesting class to watch going forward. Lets get to the…

Something I have seen that Packers fans and even content creators have yet to question or talk about is do the Packers view their outside corners different from their nickel/slot corners? After the drafting of Javon Bullard last year, his selection threw me for a bit of a loop. He did not fit the Packers thresholds that I had known at safety or corner. So, I did a deep dive to figure out what I had missed. It  took me maybe a few days to figure out. I’ve seen a lot of mock drafts by major media members sending a…

After a number of downs draft classes of defensive tackles we finally got a really strong class in 2025. This years class is strong at the top and deep overall. We could easily see four to five go in the first round. We have even one guy that should go in the top 10. Cutting this list down to ten players was difficult, but lets get to it. Top Five Defensive Tackles Mason Graham-Michigan: Graham is likely a top eight pick. Despite his short-ish arms he can do almost anything you ask him to do. He can play nose, three…

We are finally back to finish up the offense with my final interior offensive linemen rankings. I like most people in the scouting community combine both guards and centers for my rankings because there is so much versatility that goes on in the NFL that most interior offensive linemen need to be able to play both unless you are a top level guy. This years interior offensive line group is very deep. This years group is full of centers and guards, but also a lot of college tackles that project to move inside in the NFL. One caveat though is…

Here we are. I am finally catching up on my final positional rankings. This time we take a look at the offensive tackles. I waited a bit because its such a weird offensive line class that I needed to see some of these guys measure in and at least a few of them work out. Most of them didn’t do agility drills which makes it more difficult, but as I said its a weird class. Overall its not a very strong offensive tackle class, its a class full of guys who will end up moving to guard in the NFL.…