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Given the FA of Bahktiari and Sitton, Tretter and Lang, what if Cody Whitehair was there in round 2 when the Packers were on the board?
I'm guessing the Packers will sign 3 of the 4 OLs just mentioned. Bahktiari and Sitton --can't seem them letting them go. And I like Tretter a lot. He's versatile and filled in pretty well at LT when Barclay was a disaster. Could mean Lang will not be signed perhaps?
Whitehair reminds me a lot of Tretter, but a better version (perhaps)--very versatile. Best as a OG but is also able to play OT. He could take over for Lang, would give the Packers a pretty good looking OL group for 2016: Bahk-Sitton-Linsley-Lang-Bulaga with Tretter and Whitehair as backup, and they could let someone go in 2017 without leaving a gaping hole in the OL.
I think Cody would be a very good, very smart pick in round 2 *if* we got a Floyd-type guy in round 1.
Whitehair is most likely the best guard prospect in this year's draft. With that being said I wouldn't feel comfortable with picking him to be a backup next season before addressing a more pressing need on the defensive line.
I agree that most likely the Packers will re-sign Bakhtiari and either Sitton or Lang but expect Tretter to leave in free agency to be the starting center somewhere else.
If the Packers don't feel comfortable replacing one of the guards with someone on the roster next season the 2017 draft is the one to spend an early rounder on the position.