How Packers aim to upgrade roster without a first-round pick

GREEN BAY, Wis. -- The trade for Micah Parsons, the blockbuster deal that cost first-round picks in the next two drafts, defined the Green Bay Packers 2025 season. They don’t plan to let that limit them in the 2026 offseason even without a first-round pick for the first time since Brian Gutekunst became general manager in 2018. Despite having to wait out 51 selections before he gets to make his first pick in the 2026 NFL draft, Gutekunst doesn’t consider himself handcuffed when it comes to improving a roster that produced nine wins last season but flamed out with five straight losses to end the season, including the wild-card playoff loss to the Bears. “No, you’re talking about one player,”...