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Packers GM Brian Gutekunst makes case for drafting a QB in the 1st round

Brian Gutekunst isn’t shy about discussing Aaron Rodgers’ replacement.

The second-year Green Bay Packers general manager said in January that he’d never pass up a chance to draft a quarterback who can start in the NFL.

On Friday, he hammered that point home while telling Packers beat writers that he’d even consider using a first-round pick in this year’s draft to select a quarterback.

‘It’s a good crop this year’

“Sure,” Gutekunst told reporters when asked if he’d take a quarterback with the No. 30 pick. “You guys have heard me say this before.