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What Gutekunst hasn't done on offense is add a receiver, which was expected, or an offensive tackle. Or a defensive lineman or linebacker for that matter. But Gutekunst is proving he's not a needs drafter. He trusts his process to draft the best available players.
Still, grabbing a receiver sometime in the first two days seemed as sure a bet as anything. But as 13 receivers were chosen to set a record through the first two rounds, the Packers didn't take one.
That's likely to change Saturday with six more picks – one in the fifth round, three in the sixth and two in the seventh, as of now.
After the way the first round fell, Gutekunst wasn't surprised no receiver to his liking lasted until the latter portions of the second and third rounds, where the Packers were picking. And trading away his fourth-round pick Thursday night limited the opportunities to move up on Friday.
Day 3 will test just how deep this highly touted class of receivers really is. If the Packers can find a receiver in the fifth round or later legitimately capable of competing for the No. 2 spot behind Davante Adams, the position will have lived up to the hype.
It sounds like Gutekunst believes it can.
"We have to trust our work and the board," he said. "We feel like there's still some good players, and we'll see if we can get a little bit of that done (at receiver) tomorrow."