Chicago Bears' NFC North Rivals: Reviewing the Packers' 2024 NFL Draft

As we continue reviewing the 2024 draft class of the NFC North teams we look at the Green Bay Packers 2024 draft class.
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The Green Bay Packers have made a seamless transition from Aaron Rodgers to Jordan Love, who has waited patiently behind Rodgers for three years before becoming a starter in 2023.

In last season's opener, he and the Packers destroyed the Bears in Chicago. A new quarterback with the same result. While the Packers stumbled to a 2-5 start, they still finished 9-8 and slid into the playoffs by beating the Bears again in the last game of the season. What was even worse, they destroyed the NFC East Champion Dallas Cowboys in the opening round of the playoffs, 48-32. Then they came very close to pulling another upset when they lost to the San Francisco 49ers the following week. Had it not been for poor defense and kicking game, they would have won the game.

The 2023 season was another harsh reminder for the Bears fans how much gap still exists between the Bears and the Packers.

The Bears have improved significantly on both sides of the ball thanks to the draft last week. But is it enough to close the gap and even beat them this upcoming season? Let's take a look at the Packers and see who they drafted last week.

Their general manager, Brian Gutekunst, who has been with the organization since 1999, has steadily climbed up the organization. He became the general manager in 2018 replacing Ted Thompson when he was diagnosed with a neurodegene

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Though he has his share of misses, just like every other general manager, he has been very solid with his draft picks. Among the players he has selected that turned into key contributors are below.

Player Name

Position

Drafted Year

Jaire Alexander

Cornerback

2018

Rashan Gray

Edge Rusher

2019

Elgton Jenkins

Offensive Line

2019

Jordan Love

Quarterback

2020

Josh Myers

Center

2021

Quay Walker

Linebacker

2022

Devonte Wyatt

Defensive Tackle

2022

Christian Watson

Wide Receiver

2022

Romeo Doubs

Wide Receiver

2022

Zach Tom

Offensive Line

2022

Luke Van Ness

Edge Rusher

2023

Jayden Reed

Wide Receiver

2023

Luke Musgrave

Tight End

2023

Tucker Kraft

Tight End

2023

The Packers have multiple players who have become starters or regular contributors in the last two drafts after sporadic results in the first four years under Gutekunst. The Bears fans are definitely familiar with some of these names because it seems like they have had big games against the Bears.