It’s time for some instant reaction draft grades, the highest bar of football talk that never looks embarrassing three years later. For a refresher, here are the selections that the Green Bay Packers made in the 2025 draft, before we get into how people ranked the Packers’ draft relative to the rest of the league.

Packers 2025 Draft Picks

1st round, #23: Matthew Golden, WR, Texas

2nd round, #54: Anthony Belton, OL, North Carolina State

3rd round, #87: Savion Williams, WR, TCU

4th round, #124: Barryn Sorrell, DE, Texas

5th round, #159: Collin Oliver, DE, Oklahoma State

6th round, #198: Warren Brinson, DT, Georgia

7th round, #237: Micah Robinson, CB, Tulane

7th round, #250: John Williams, OL, Cincinnati

For the most part, people seem to have graded the Packers’ draft around the B-grade range, which is roughly average for draft analysts. Below is a collection of draft grades, including some excerpts from the outliers — both on the high end and the low end.

Packers 2025 Draft Grades

Green Bay ended its 23-year streak of not drafting a receiver in Round 1 with Golden, whom the team surely hopes is the downfield playmaker Jordan Love needs. Instead of adding a cornerback and edge rusher in Day 2, the Packers gambled on Belton’s size to overcome his lapses against speed and took advantage of versatile offensive weapon Savion Williams still being on the board.

Power rusher Sorrell and hybrid linebacker/edge Oliver bring much-needed punch to the defensive line. Brinson wasn’t a big name on Georgia’s defense, but the Packers still went back to that talent well because of his quickness and power off the snap. The team finally picked a corner (Robinson) and announced the tenacious John Williams as a guard, although he started in tackle in college.

Either the Packers didn’t like what they saw from their receivers last season or they really want a crowded receiving corps. It’s going to be on coach Matt LaFleur to form the right rotation for Jordan Love on the field, but players competing for snaps is rarely a bad idea. Green Bay might still lack a legitimate No. 1 wideout, but Golden is a speedy weapon and a friendly target with reliable hands. Williams has received comparisons to Deebo Samuel with his ability to contribute from the backfield. Perhaps the Packers focused too much on the offensive side and waited too long to add another pass rusher.

Based on how fans have voted in our draft grade poll, the bulk of the grade being in the B range is more than fair. 55 percent of Packers fans on APC said that Green Bay executed a B-grade draft. 23 percent gave the draft an A while 22 percent gave the team C, D or F grades.