Mock Draft Monday: Packers Build Defense and Depth One Week Out
Packernet Podcast: Daily Green Bay Packers Podcast
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4.7 • 524 Ratings
🗓️ 13 April 2026
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
With the 2026 NFL Draft just over a week away, Ryan puts a bow on the Jonathan Gannon cornerback scheme fit series before diving into a full seven-round mock draft — and the results might surprise you.
🧠 Gannon's CB Non-Negotiables: Forget the checklist of measurables — Ryan breaks down what actually matters in Gannon's system. Post-snap route processing, football IQ, click-and-close speed, and run support are the true non-negotiables. Man coverage ability and extreme short-area quickness? Nice to have, not required.
🏈 Round 2 — Kristen Miller, DT, Georgia: The 21-year-old interior disruptor checks every box — 90 run defense grade in 2025, elite technique, and the kind of functional dominance that makes you forget he's not 330 pounds. Ryan makes the case why he's the most complete option on the board.
📋 Full Mock Recap:
- Rd. 2, Pick 52: Kristen Miller, DT, Georgia
- Rd. 3, Pick 84: Malik Muhammad, CB, Texas
- Rd. 4, Pick 120: Eli Raritan, TE, Notre Dame
- Rd. 5, Pick 153: Ta'Cario Davis, CB, Washington
- Rd. 5, Pick 160: Matt Gulban, IOL, Michigan State
- Rd. 6, Pick 201: Jeff Caldwell, WR, Cincinnati
- Rd. 7, Pick 236: Red Murdoch, LB, Buffalo
- Rd. 7, Pick 255: Chip Traynum, RB, Toledo
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| 0:00.0 | Ladies and gentlemen, welcome once again to the Packernet podcast. |
| 0:13.0 | I am your host and resident panelist as always Ryan Schlipp. |
| 0:16.3 | Check us out online Packernet.com. |
| 0:18.8 | Find me on Twitterpack underscore. |
| 0:20.4 | That ad. Well, um... out online packernet.com find me on twitter pack underscore that ad well um today as of i don't |
| 0:28.4 | know 42 seconds ago um the plan was to finish our our, I guess. It's kind of been like a two-part thing. We go through the |
| 0:43.9 | roster one time. We go through the roster a second time. There's two positions we haven't |
| 0:50.2 | covered as far as, you know, aside from the one we skip, tackle. And that would be |
| 0:54.8 | corner and safety. Now, safety, we would also probably skip, although it is still interesting |
| 0:59.1 | to ask the question, what does it mean to be a Gannon, I keep wanting to say Rich Gannon, a |
| 1:07.4 | Jonathan Gannon safety? It's a worthwhile question, but it's not really what we're doing |
| 1:13.7 | right now, which would leave Corner. The problem with Corner is very similar to, I forget, |
| 1:22.8 | I think, defensive tackle. It was the same kind of question of, haven't we already gone over this? |
| 1:27.7 | And I think the answer is yes and no. And I was kind of tackle. It was the same kind of question of, haven't we already gone over this? And I think the answer is yes and no. And I was kind of on the fence in terms of, you know, |
| 1:33.2 | again, it's kind of a deep dive, but it's a deep dive into things that we've largely covered. |
| 1:39.4 | It's just kind of a question of maybe finding a couple pieces here and there that fit that profile. |
| 1:46.1 | So what I thought we would do as sort of a compromise, it's evolving in my head as we go here. |
| 1:52.6 | But the thing that kind of tipped me in the other direction is the fact that it's Monday today. |
| 1:58.5 | And mock draft Monday definitely when you're a little over a week out from the draft, |
| 2:04.2 | certainly needs to be a thing. We need to make sure we're getting some mock drafts in and whatnot. |
| 2:12.0 | But what I want to do is pending any kind of breaking news, which I'm, again, trying to kind of stay away from the news. |
| 2:18.7 | I have Twitter up, but I'm not scrolling to see if I miss something. |
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