Green Bay Packers NFL draft picks 2021: Analysis for every selection

My take: Should it really be any surprise that the Packers went defense in the first round? This is the ninth time in their last 10 first-round picks they’ve addressed that side of the ball, with the lone offensive player being quarterback Jordan Love last year.

With no scouting combine this year, they’re all technically unofficial times and it’s hard to compare 40 times in different conditions and at different locations.

They almost certainly will take a receiver or receivers at some point this weekend, considering they’ve shied away from the position in each of the last two drafts, but the streak of no receivers in the first round continues.

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