In each of his first three years as General Manager of the Green Bay Packers, Brian Gutekunst has traded up in the first round of the NFL Draft. It’s a process that, so far, has proven to be effective.
In 2018, he traded up for the 18th pick to select the team’s next franchise corner in Jaire Alexander. In 2019, Gutekunst moved up from pick 30 to 21 and selected safety Darnell Savage. Last year, he kept the tradition alive when he traded up four spots to select Jordan Love at 26. It’s a small sample size, but Gutekunst has been aggressive in his approach to the draft, and because of that, you can’t rule out the possibility of him moving up on day one again in 2021.