Green Bay Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst, like just about every NFL executive in his position, is a polarizing figure among his fan base. While some fans believe that he has generally done a good job during his tenure, many have not been able to move past their outrage that he dared select Jordan Love in the first round of 2020 NFL Draft while the Packers still had Aaron Rodgers.
While the Love pick looks like it certainly was the right one now that he is playing well and Rodgers is currently unemployed, there is no getting around the fact that Gutekunst has had some pretty rough recent draft classes. Of the nine players the Packers selected in 2020, only Love remains on the team. Four of the nine no longer are on NFL rosters.
Of the nine players Green Bay selected in 2021, only Isaiah McDuffie, a sixth round selection that year, remains on the team.
Green Bay Packers General Manager Brian Gutekunst Denies Using a Popular Draft Tool
As many fans that follow the months, weeks, and days leading up to the 2025 NFL Draft, one of the most popular tools used to evaluate prospects is the Relative Athletic Score (RAS), which can be found at ras.football.
This score is created by a formula that takes into a consideration each prospect’s weight and height measurements, speed drill times, weight-lifting reps, and other drills from the NFL Scouting Combine and/or pro days.
Over the course of the past several years, the players that the Packers have drafted have all had a pretty high RAS. In other words, Gutekunst has a type of athlete on which he focuses, and it has become a kind of joke among fans on social media of what players are automatically ruled out based on their scores.
However, on Monday, the Packers general manager revealed to the media that he does not use RAS in his evaluation of players. Instead, Green Bay has their own measurement system that they use, and it is nothing like RAS.
Fans are not buying it.
Green Bay Packers Fans Call Out Brian Gutekunst for Lying
While not all of Gutekunts’ picks have panned out, they all were really good athletes based on their RAS. So common are the traits of the players Green Bay has drafted during his tenure that fans cannot help but call out the Packers general manager on what they feel is an obvious lie:
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— zach jacobson (@zacobson) April 21, 2025
Lol. Lmao. Ha.
I don’t care if they actually look at RAS or not, the players they draft early almost exclusively have 8+ RAS scores.
They can call it whatever they want, but clearly their system is very very similar to RAS. https://t.co/qQjNmigylN
— Eli Berkovits (@BookOfEli_NFL) April 21, 2025
I’d love to be paid to be a professional liar https://t.co/28yHnbDjC7
— Michael Allen 🧀 (@MichaelAllenNFL) April 21, 2025
(1) Just to be clear, Gutey wouldn’t tell you all even if they do use RAS!
(2) It really doesn’t matter what system they use, the correlation is pretty clear that the metrics they use are very much in line with RAS!
(3) GUTEY WOULD NOT TELL YOU ALL EVEN IF THEY DO USE RAS! ✌🏾 https://t.co/mYO8Y1Tg3F
— Tazim Wajid Wajed (@NFLHitman33) April 21, 2025
This last post is from Tazim Wajid Wajed, formerly known as Tim Watson, who was drafted by the Packers in 1993 and is the father of current wide receiver Christian Watson.
While fans and former players will continue to debate whether the Packers use RAS or not, there is no denying the fact that it is a useful tool that helps many fans predict and understand what kind of players their team is looking for.
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