GREEN BAY, Wis. – Everyone knows the history. The Green Bay Packers have not drafted a receiver in the first round of the NFL Draft since 2002.
That was about a year-and-a-half before Texas receiver Matthew Golden was born. Arizona receiver Tetairoa McMillan was about a year from being born. Ohio State receiver Emeka Egbuka, the old man of the group of receivers who Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst personally scouted over the last week, was 6 months old.
All three are expected to be first-round draft picks and would fill a major need. Gutekunst swears the team doesn’t have a policy against using a first-round pick on a receiver.