Although the NFL announced the compensatory selections in the NFL’s 2021 Draft 12 days ago, the league waited until the weekend to finalize the exact draft order, just as it is for this year’s selection meeting. The current draft, available on NFLcommunications.com, contains details of all the compensatory choices and all the negotiations that have been processed so far across the league after the first few days of free agency.
Of course, the Packers did not complete any negotiations, but they did receive three compensatory choices, one in each round four, five and six. As a result, Packers’ selections are completely blocked as follows:
Packers’ 2021 Picks
| Round | To choose | General | Grades |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round | To choose | General | Grades |
| 1 | 29 | 29 | |
| two | 30 | 62 | |
| 3 | 29 | 92 | |
| 4 | 30 | 135 | |
| 4 | 37 | 142 | Compensatory |
| 5 | 29 | 173 | |
| 5 | 34 | 178 | Compensatory |
| 6 | 30 | 214 | |
| 6 | 36 | 220 | Compensatory |
| 7 | 29 | 256 |
In all, the Packers have ten choices in this year’s draft. Combined, these choices are worth 1,177 points on Jimmy Johnson’s classic choice trading chart, which is between the 12th (1,200) and 13th (1,150) overall choices in the draft. Realistically, if the Packers wanted to negotiate their draft choice from the third round to move up in the draft, they would be able to get about 22 or 23 choices using the same trading chart.
As one of the oldest organizations in the NFL, the Packers had draft opportunities in just about every slot imaginable. This year’s draft slots – at least going back to the fourth round – actually have some notable players in the history of the Packers draft, including a handful of recent big names.
- 29: LB Nick Barnett (2003), S George Teague (1993)
- 62: RB AJ Dillon (2020), CB Quinten Rollins (2015), CB Casey Hayward (2012), WR Robert Brooks (1992), G Ken Gray (1958 – future All-Pro with Cardinals)
- 92: S Marques Anderson (2002)
- 135: G Josh Sitton (2008), RB Najeh Davenport (2002)
- 142: K Chris Jacke (1989)