Green Bay s first two draft picks from 2020 played minimal roles last season.
Dillon has a chance to be one of the most productive young running backs in the league if he can continue carrying the workload Williams had behind Jones last season.
Williams contributed 505 rushing yards on 111 carries and caught 31 of his 35 targets for 236 yards. Dillon earned 48 touches in both aspects of the offense.
The 23-year-old is expected to at least match what Williams added to make Green Bay s offense a well-rounded unit around Rodgers.
When Dillon was at Boston College, he ran for 1,000 yards in each of his three seasons, but he only had double-digit receptions in his final year.
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Packers Friday Musings: Can TJ Slaton help reverse misfortunes with D-line selections?
The past decade of draft choices along the defensive line has been sketchy in terms of finding reliable rotational pieces.
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Over the past week, the Green Bay Packers have learned their upcoming season schedule and begun to lock up their latest draft selections one-by-one. While the uncertainty and rumors continue to swirl around who the team’s starting quarterback will be in 2021, the same type of unknown can be applied to a few of the Packers’ latest rookie additions.
Today’s musings center around a trio of players who are trying to answer questions about which roles they can play early on in their time with the Packers and just exactly what kind of long-term promise they can bring to the team at positions that have been yearning for meaningful depth.
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Hello Wisconsin: Packers Have a Strong Draft, and Yes That’s the Only News of the Week
Tim s special post-draft edition of Hello Wisconsin focuses on the draft, which was the only real bit of Packers news this past week.
It was unequivocally a great weekend to be a Packer fan!
The Packers addressed a ton of areas of immediate need in the draft, something they generally failed to do in a 2020 draft that remains mysterious for so many reasons.
Their first-round pick, Eric Stokes, is an elite athlete and a strong cornerback prospect who played high-caliber football against outstanding competition in the SEC. He was a shut-down corner at the college level, has blazing speed and should complement Jaire Alexander nicely if he lives up to his potential.