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Packers Won't Receive First-Round Pick After Aaron Rodgers' Injury

Sep 13, 2023 8:08 AM

The Green Bay Packers have taken a hit as a result of the Aaron Rodgers' injury.

Rodgers will miss the remainder of the season after suffering an Achilles injury on the fourth play of his debut with the New York Jets.

As a result, the Jets will now send the Packers a 2024 second-round pick instead of a first-round pick, since Rodgers will fail to play in 65% of the Jets' offensive snaps this season.

 

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Caleb Williams Could Stay At USC In 2024 Depending On Draft Order

Sep 6, 2023 2:30 PM

Caleb Williams could return to USC in 2024 if he has concerns about the franchise that ends up with the No. 1 pick in the draft.

“I’ve always been able to choose the team that I’ve played on,” Williams told GQ. “And then everything’s been scheduled for me. I’ve had a plan for treatment, I’ve had a plan for workouts, I’ve had a plan for eating, I’ve had a plan for nutrition and things like that. Vitamins. A lot of shrimp and chicken breasts and fish. But now, going into this next part of my career, it’s weird ’cause it’s so uncertain. You don’t know anything. You can’t control anything but you and how you act. That’s honestly the weirdest part for me, is the uncertainty.”

Williams won the Heisman Trophy last season and is the favorite to win again in 2023.

“The funky thing about the NFL draft process is, he’d almost be better off not being drafted than being drafted first. The system is completely backwards,” Williams' father, Carl Williams, told GQ. “The way the system is constructed, you go to the worst possible situation. The worst possible team, the worst organization in the league—because of their desire for parity—gets the first pick. So it’s the gift and the curse. I mean, I’ve talked to Archie Manning—his career was shot because he went to a horrible organization. I’ve talked to Lincoln [Riley], and Kyler [Murray] struggled because of where he was drafted. Baker [Mayfield] struggled mightily because of where he was drafted. The organizations matter.” And there’s a break-in-case-of-emergency option that Carl is keeping in mind. “He’s got two shots at the apple,” he says. “So if there’s not a good situation, the truth is, he can come back to school.”

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