GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Brian Gutekunst is a planner. Always has been.
Just ask anyone who has worked with him since he joined the Green Bay Packers as a scouting intern in 1997, or since he became the team's general manager in 2018.
"Some guys just throw s--- on the board and think it's a plan," said an NFL personnel analyst who worked for the Packers in multiple capacities during Gutekunst's tenure. "This is a clear plan. He has a three-year plan and a five-year plan. You can see that by the way he's shaped the roster.