Green Bay Packers 2025 NFL Mock Draft: How Do They Take The Next Step?

With a couple corners, elevating the pass rush, and adding at WR.

The Green Bay Packers season ended in a thud, losing their last two regular season games due to mistakes that were often self-inflicted. That continued in the postseason, squandering chances to knock off the 2nd-seeded Philadelphia Eagles.

To take the next step, several things will need to happen. Green Bay must figure out their identity on offense. Hopefully, that means a heavier dose of under center football in 2025, capitalizing on Jordan Love’s work in play action. Love must also be better as a true dropback passer in 2025.

The defense must find a way to get a couple more alphas up front and in the secondary, and potentially add another wide receiver into the mix.

Green Bay will either pick 23rd or 24th, depending on the result of the Rams-Vikings game on Monday night. Either way, let’s get rolling with a Green Bay Packers mock draft that features a couple of trades.

**Editor’s Note: The Vikings lost, Green Bay will pick 23rd.**

Trades:

Packers send Jaire Alexander to the LA Rams for a 3rd round pick (86).

Packers trade 23 to the Kansas City Chiefs for 31 and 95.

Jaire Alexander just mentioned in the locker room cleanout that he isn’t sure if he’ll be here next year. There could be quite a few suitors with notable cap space. Both teams in LA, the Commanders, the Raiders, and others could be interested in Alexander.

With the trade down and the Alexander trade, the Packers net a couple extra third-round picks.

****Not all picks traded are set in stone.****

Round 1, 31st Overall: Trey Amos, CB, Mississippi

We get right to rebuilding the corner room in the first round. It’s been nice to see Keisean Nixon and Carrington Valentine stepping up as much as they can, but if Alexander goes, the room needs a massive facelift.

Trey Amos has moved up the college football ranks, from Louisiana-Lafayette to Alabama and Mississippi. He has 2,459 snaps to his collegiate name, and never allowed a passer rating higher than 79.4 in coverage (his final year at LA, in 2022). Amos enjoyed his most productive season with Mississippi in 2024, finishing with three INTs, 10 passes defensed, and a 54.5 passer rating allowed.

As a prospect, Amos looks comfortable in both press and off-coverage. He is patient at the line of scrimmage, has impressive quicks and movement skills in coverage, and plays physical in route stems and when passing off receivers in banjo coverage looks. Amos has a good feel in zone coverage and a nose for the football when giving the opportunity to create turnovers. He can step in and be the Packers CB1.

Round 2, 54th Overall: Jayden Higgins, WR, Iowa State

The Packers wide receiver room was decimated with injuries by the end of the Eagles game, but that’s not the only reason that Green Bay will look this direction. Both Romeo Doubs and Christian Watson will be free agents after 2025. Watson’s improvements in year three were noticeable, but he must now recover from an ACL tear. Doubs has been a go-to guy at times, but he just suffered another concussion.

Jayden Higgins is a type of player that, while not valued quite near the top of the wide receiver, has enough potential to be the best of the bunch. He’s listed at 6’4” and 215 pounds, yet is able to run impressive routes with great hip sink and efficiency at the top of routes. He catches everything that comes his way and can be a big-play threat. His production has been impressive in two years at Iowa State. He slashed 87/1189/5 in 2024 while posting 3.13 yards per route run versus man coverage and 2.60 yards per route run against zone coverage.

Round 3, 86th Overall: Aeneas Peebles, DT, Virginia Tech

That first touchdown for the Eagles was a tough watch. Seeing the entire Eagles offensive line lock down the Packers pass rushers shows that upgrades need to be made. It could be done earlier in the draft with the likes of Walter Nolen or Derrick Harmon at 3-tech, but in the third round, we’ll roll with Aeneas Peebles.

Peebles transferred to Virginia Tech after four seasons at Duke, and has had 70 pressures and nine sacks in his last two collegiate seasons. He can provide a twitched-up, disruptive presence capable of creating quick pressure.

Round 3, 87th Overall: Mello Dotson, CB, Kansas

The Packers are famous for the double (and triple) down at positions of need in the NFL Draft. It continues here at the cornerback position, which could see Eric Stokes potentially depart along with Alexander.

Mello Dotson isn’t talked about as much as his teammate Cobee Bryant, but Dotson provides better size at the position, something the Packers consistently take into account. He’s a strong player in off-coverage, where he can keep eyes on the quarterback and make plays on the football. He’s allowed a passer rating under 70 in back-to-back seasons, and has nine interceptions and 13 PBUs in his last two seasons.

Round 3, 95th Overall: Kaimon Rucker, EDGE, North Carolina

Like defensive tackle, the edge/defensive end room could also use another player to jump start the pass rush.

Kaimon Rucker only played in eight games in 2024, and had a down year numbers-wise. If the last couple drafts have been any indicator, it’s that Green Bay takes notice of guys who had strong seasons before their final one in college. Rucker fits the bill there, posting 60 pressures and eight sacks in 2023.

At 6011v (6’ 1 1/8”), he isn’t typically what the Packers look for at edge, but his twitch, burst, and violent hand usage should be what Green Bay looks at to improve the edge room, if they don’t do it earlier.

Round 4, 122nd Overall: Jonah Monheim, OL, USC

There will be plenty of expectations for Jordan Morgan to deliver in 2025 as a starter, and he has the tools to get there. Still, it never hurts to continue fortifying the offensive line. Versatility is something the Packers covet, and Jonah Monheim makes perfect sense there. In five seasons with the Trojans, Monheim played 1,157 snaps at right tackle, 807 at center, 781 at left tackle, and 387 at right guard. He could be a movable piece along the line for Green Bay.

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