BACKUP: The 2026 QB class provides ample options for the Packers chasing a Malik Willis replacement

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🗓️ 1 April 2026

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Malik Willis provided so much value for the Packers behind Jordan Love that it's impossible to ignore. Can they find a replacement on Day 3 of a class loaded with Day 3 QBs? Jason Hirschhorn from The Leap joins us to talk about the Packers' "types" at QBs and this class full of potential options.

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0:00.0	If the Green Bay Packers want to find a Malik Willis replacement in this draft, there are plenty of options.
0:07.0	Jason Hirshorn helps us hunt for Hasselbacks.
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0:41.7	We hope you like starting your day with us as much as we like starting our day with you here
0:45.8	on the Lockdown Podcast Network, the number one sports podcast network. Jason Herschorn,
0:51.5	America's guest, my co-founder at the Leap, he joins us today on the show to talk about finding a backup quarterback because we often talk about receiver models and cornerback models and pass rusher models and all of these thresholds and athletic testing numbers and statistical thresholds that the packers seem to like
1:14.3	when it comes to other positions.
1:16.8	We don't think about quarterback like that, but it is like that, at least in Green Bay.
1:24.3	And Jason has been at the front lines of this.
1:27.1	He has been the pioneer of this stuff when it comes to the quarterback position
1:30.4	and what Green Bay likes to prioritize.
1:33.9	So we had the multiple pieces now at the leap explaining the methodology,
1:39.4	explaining some of the players.
1:40.9	Go subscribe if you want to get more information.
1:43.2	But Jason and I are going to tease this out
1:45.6	figure out what's going on with the quarterbacks in this draft it is a loaded draft on day three
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