Green Bay Packers free agent star gives the only condition to join the Packers back but the Packers on their side are not willing to consider Dreams Trade Scenario to replace David Bakhtiari With Young Star
The Green Bay Packers have almost no choice but to part ways with David Bakhtiari this offseason, though the franchise should have multiple options in its attempt to replace him.
Kristopher Knox of Bleacher Report on Tuesday, February 20, authored a “dream trade scenario” for Green Bay that involves moving up in April’s NFL draft and selecting an elite-level prospect to replace Bakhtiari in the offensive line’s most important slot.
If the Packers ultimately choose to move on from Bakhtiari, trading up for a top tackle prospect like Notre Dame’s Joe Alt or Penn State’s Olumuyiwa Fashanu would make a ton of sense. Of course, moving up from 25th overall to do it won’t be easy. Alt and Fashanu are the fifth- and sixth-ranked prospects on the Bleacher Report Scouting Department’s draft board, respectively.
If there is an early run on quarterbacks, though, Alt and/or Fashanu could fall out of the top 10. It would still leave Green Bay in need of a huge jump, but a trade might be manageable. … This would still be an expensive trade, but Alt and Fashanu are elite tackle prospects who could solidify Green Bay’s left tackle spot for the next decade or more.
In his initial 2024 mock draft, Mel Kiper Jr. of ESPN projected Alt to come off the board at No. 7 for the Tennessee Titans and the New York Jets to select Fashanu with the 10th overall pick. Meanwhile, the Packers don’t select until No. 25, which complicates matters when it comes to moving up.
Kiper agrees that the Packers will target an offensive tackle in the first round. However, his mock has Green Bay selecting Kingsley Suamataia out of BYU as the sixth tackle drafted.
