NFL Draft grades i sued upon the conclusion of the selection proce s, in which Sporting News gave the Packers for their 2020 cla s, are not nearly as important as the grades teams i sue to NFL prospects before the Reggie White Youth Jersey draft. Those evaluations fuel all of the picks.

And when Green Bay scouted Jordan Love, it certainly did not give him Darren Waller Youth Jersey a D. Quite the contrary.

In the context of Aaron Rodgers' continued strong play and the Packers' apparent need for help at wide receiver, among other positions, their in the first round to select the quarterback from Utah State was the most criticized move of the . (The Eagles one night later). Yet Green Bay's reasoning for such a selection was simple.

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"I know a lot of people are saying this puts a clock on Aaron, but I dont see that at all," Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst NBC Sports' Peter King on Sunday. "We prioritize the quarterback position, and have for a long time with this franchise. I remember Matt Slater Youth Jersey one year in camp they had Brett Favre, Ty Detmer, Kurt Warner and maybe Mark Brunell.

"Its one of the most important positions in sports, and if you dont have one, you can't win."

Gutekunst understands the worst time for an NFL team to try to find a quarterback is when it needs one. With the 36-year-old Rodgers hoping to play at least until he is 40, Cam Newton Jersey which would take him though the four years remaining on his current contract, the Packers obviously did not need a quarterback in the 2020 NFL Draft.

But that's not the point.

Gutekunst told King he did not think the Packers would draft Love. Green Bay thought the quarterback would be selected earlier in the first round, "but (the Packers) had him ranked so well on their board that once JJ Arcega-Whiteside Youth Jersey he started falling through the 20s, he became a target." Gutekunst also told King the Packers had "significant intel" that another team was trying to trade up in the first round to draft Love.

So Gutekunst felt it was nece sary to make a Charles Woodson Youth Jersey move he knew wouldn't be praised.

"(Former Packers GM) Ron (Wolf) traded a one in 1992 for Brett (Favre), who'd been a second-round pick and wasnt even starting for Atlanta, Gutekunst told King. "Imagine the media fervor if that happened today. I believe if you're going to sit in this chair, you Marcedes Lewis Jersey have to accept that you'll be heavily criticized. ... But Im trying to do the right thing for the organization. That's my sole focus."

An important note Gutekunst reiterated to King: The Packers indeed were targeting a couple wide receivers in the second round. They even made several efforts to trade up for and select one of those receivers, but both were picked before Green Bay was able to make a move.

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Those who criticize the Packers for their 2020 NFL Draft cla s point to the fact that they reached the NFC championship game last season. Why not try to addre s the weakne ses of a championship-caliber roster and increase the chances of a title run in the near future?

Gutekunst' Detroit Lions Polo s thinking is this: Exactly the Packers already have a championship-caliber roster in 2020. But what will they have in, say, 2026?