1 player Packers would love to steal from each NFC North rival

Packers would love to steal WR Justin Jefferson from the Minnesota Vikings

If we didn’t have Justin Jefferson as the player the Packers would steal for the Vikings, that would frankly be malpractice.

Since being selected as a first-round pick in 2020, all Jefferson has done is immediately establish himself as one of the best receivers in the NFL. This past season, he finished with a league-high 128 receptions and 1,809 yards while also adding eight touchdowns to his credit. He’s now amassed at least 1,400 yards and seven touchdowns in all three seasons that he’s been in the league out of LSU.

On the flip side, there is very little proven about the Packers in the wide receiver room. Christian Watson came on strong at the end of last season, Romeo Doubs flashed some potential and has developed some rapport this offseason with Jordan Love, and Jayden Reed has plenty of fans as a rookie. At the same time, though, none of those guys have a full season of helping carry an offense, especially when a future Hall-of-Famer is no longer at quarterback.

Adding Jefferson to the mix would be the game-changer that’s missing when you look at the pass-catchers right now in Green Bay. His ability to attack quite literally every level of the field at an elite level would be something special. Moreover, the best could still be yet to come — a scary notion for the rest of the NFL — for the wideout as he turned just 24 years old in June.

Yes, we don’t know what the Jordan Love era will look like for the Packers. But given what Jefferson has done with the king of mediocrity in Kirk Cousins, it’s hard to imagine that the floor for Green Bay’s new QB1 wouldn’t be raised substantially if they somehow added the all-world receiver to the offensive depth chart.