{"id":856834,"date":"2026-04-06T12:40:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T12:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/856834\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T12:40:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T12:40:18","slug":"nfl-draft-2026-packers-seven-round-mock-sees-green-bay-reinforce-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/856834\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Draft 2026: Packers seven-round mock sees Green Bay reinforce defense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Article-featuredImageImg\" alt=\"Washington Commanders v Green Bay Packers - NFL 2025\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/gettyimages-2236473486-1.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"433\" width=\"770\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/teams\/GB\/green-bay-packers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Green Bay Packers<\/a>&#8216; 9-7-1 record in 2025 depicts the rollercoaster that it was at Lambeau Field.<\/p>\n<p>They raced out to a 9-3-1 record through the first 14 weeks behind efficient play from quarterback <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/players\/2239997\/jordan-love\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jordan Love<\/a>, and edge rusher <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/players\/2967590\/micah-parsons\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Micah Parsons<\/a> living up to the All-Pro standard expected after trading for him. Then, the wheels came off in a 34-26 road loss at the <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/teams\/DEN\/denver-broncos\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Denver Broncos<\/a>, the AFC&#8217;s No. 1 seed, in Week 15. Parsons tore his ACL that day, and right tackle <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/players\/2806066\/zach-tom\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zach Tom<\/a>, Green Bay&#8217;s best offensive lineman, partially tore his patellar tendon. Neither of Green Bay&#8217;s most important players in the trenches along the line of scrimmage played another down.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That led to the Packers finishing on a five-game losing streak, capped off with their 31-27 wild- ard meltdown at the <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/teams\/CHI\/chicago-bears\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago Bears<\/a>, a game they lost after leading 21-3. That 18-point blown cushion represents the largest blown lead in franchise history and the largest blown lead against the Bears.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Packers are in win-now mode, and they have been since trading for Parsons. Green Bay leads the <a href=\"https:\/\/cbssports.com\/nfl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NFL<\/a> in playoff appearances with 12 since the 2011 season despite not appearing in the <a href=\"https:\/\/cbssports.com\/nfl\/superbowl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Super Bowl<\/a> over this span. They&#8217;re the only team in NFL history to reach the playoffs 12 times in a 15-season span without getting to the Super Bowl.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 NFL Draft is crucial, even without possession of a first-round pick. The right draft choice in a couple of different spots could help get Green Bay over the hump. With that in mind, let&#8217;s conduct a seven-round mock draft for Green Bay. Here we provide a full seven-round mock draft after using Pro Football Focus&#8217; mock draft simulator to project a few different outcomes. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Packers 2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/cbssports.com\/nfl\/draft\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFL Draft<\/a> picks<\/p>\n<p>Round 2: Pick 52Round 3: Pick 84Round 3: Pick 92 (via <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/teams\/SF\/san-francisco-49ers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">49ers<\/a>)Round 4: Pick 120Round 5: Pick 160Round 6: Pick 201Round 7: Pick 236Round 7: Pick 255<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 NFL Draft will take place April 23-25 in Pittsburgh. You can find more draft coverage at CBSSports.com, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/draft\/mock-draft\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">weekly mock drafts<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/draft\/prospect-rankings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">regular evaluations of the top prospects<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Packers seven-round mock draft<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty Images The Green Bay Packers&#8216; 9-7-1 record in 2025 depicts the rollercoaster that it was at Lambeau&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":856835,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1586,331,7,116947,345,1724,3031,52089,1592,6,15,111133,20094,20095,116946,102469,94886,113882],"class_list":{"0":"post-856834","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl-draft","8":"tag-aaron-rodgers","9":"tag-college-football","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-full-mock-draft","12":"tag-green-bay-packers","13":"tag-jordan-love","14":"tag-matt-lafleur","15":"tag-micah-parsons-trade","16":"tag-nfc-north","17":"tag-nfl","18":"tag-nfl-draft","19":"tag-nfl-mock-drafts","20":"tag-packers-draft","21":"tag-packers-draft-picks","22":"tag-packers-first-round-pick","23":"tag-packers-offseason","24":"tag-packers-updates","25":"tag-rashan-gary-trade"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116357814494246619","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=856834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856834\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/856835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=856834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=856834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=856834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}