The Green Bay Packers lost guard Jon Runyan earlier in the offseason in NFL free agency. They already addressed offensive tackle in the 2024 NFL Draft by selecting Jordan Morgan from Arizona 25th overall. Will general manager Brian Gutekunst try to find offensive guard help in the later rounds?
Green Bay has the 88th overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft. There will also be some very good players available with that pick in the third round. It is a deep offensive line draft and this is a very good year for the Packers to address that position in the 2024 NFL Draft.
Jon Runyan was an important piece on this offensive line. The question is, who can potentially replace him moving forward whether that is through the NFL Draft or not?
The Green Bay Packers Find Their Jon Ruynan Replacement In the Third Round Of the 2024 NFL Draft
Vinnie Iyer of Sporting News released a second and third-round NFL Mock Draft after the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft was over with on Thursday night. The second and third rounds will take place on Friday night and the Packers will also have the 41st and 58th overall selections in the draft.
At 88th overall, Iyer has the Green Bay Packers finding their Jon Runyan replacement by selecting Christian Mahogany, an offensive guard from Boston College. He is 6’3″ and weighs 314 lbs. The reasoning that Iyer gave as to why the Packers make this is as follows:
“The Packers need to think about guard, too, after not re-signing Jon Runyan in free agency. Mahogany is a welcome, athletic option in their scheme.”
Drafting a guard in the third round would be a good move for the Packers because the offensive line could use quality depth and potential starters. According to the Bleacher Report scouting department, his strengths are:
“Delivers jarring, rattling power on contact to crater and displace his target, Violent, physical playing style with a bully mentality as a finisher, and Excels covering up, lifting and uprooting defenders on combo and double-team blocks with solid quickness to line up and delete targets on his climb.”
Some of his weaknesses are:
“Inconsistent footwork and tardy strike timing against post-snap movement, slants and gap exchanges leaves him behind his target, and Bites on stutters and hesitations in pass protection, causing him to drift and overset against crafty, widely aligned rushers.
The Green Bay Packers are very good at developing offensive linemen usually. Christian Mahogany could be a player that develops nicely at the NFL level if they took him as Jon Runyan’s replacement in the future.
