DETENTION: Why there's NO problem if NONE of the Packers rookie class start in Green Bay for 2026

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🗓️ 30 April 2026

⏱️ 32 minutes

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It's possible, maybe even likely, that none of the 2026 Green Bay Packers rookie class starts the season for Green Bay. Don't freak out; the Packers are already good enough to contend. Plus, what's the situation at key backup positions for the Packers, and why the draft shed new light on the Dontavyion Wicks trade.

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0:00.0	It's likely not a single 2026 Packers rookie will start.
0:05.3	Don't freak out.
0:12.3	You are Locked on Packers.
0:14.8	Your daily Green Bay Packers podcast.
0:17.5	Part of the Locked on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:25.3	You are Locked-on Packers, part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:30.3	I'm Peter Bikowski and I cover the Packers for The Leap, a newsletter I would love for you to subscribe to.
0:34.7	Thanks to everyone who makes Locked-down Packers their first listen every day.
0:38.1	We hope you like starting your day with us as much as we like starting our day with you.
0:42.1	On today's show, the roadmap, we're going to revisit the Dontavian Wickstray because after the draft, it seems a little weirder.
0:51.3	And I have some theories as to why.
0:53.3	I want to go through key Packers backups.
0:57.0	What is the depth situation at some key positions for Green Bay?
1:01.0	But let's start with this rookie class.
1:04.1	Over the last couple years, as this young team has grown into a team that fancies itself a Super Bowl contender. We have seen
1:13.6	rookies either start the season as no doubt starters or end of the season as no doubt
1:21.6	starters. Now in 2023, that made more sense, right? It was a young team. They were resetting
1:26.3	the timeline. Jordan Love.
1:28.3	Aaron Rogers is out the door. And so, okay, Jaden Reed, Wicks, Dobbs, Watson, Kraft, Musgrave,
1:34.4	all these guys. The new offensive line, you got, you know, a bunch of new first time starters,
1:41.5	the defense in transition.
1:52.9	Now, you're hoping to get the draft that is going to reinforce a Super Bowl caliber group.
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