Packers still thrilled with Micah Parsons as their 2026 first-round pick

GREEN BAY, Wis. — For the first time in his nine years as Green Bay Packers general manager, Brian Gutekunst didn’t make a pick in the first round of the NFL Draft.Doing so was never a realistic possibility on Thursday night.“Jon-Eric took care of all that,” Gutekunst said, referring to new Miami Dolphins GM and former longtime Packers executive Jon-Eric Sullivan, who made two trades on Thursday night. “He was trading all over the place, which was really cool to see … to get up into the first round was going to be quite expensive, certainly. If it wouldn’t have been, we may have entertained it, but that never really came.”Advertisement