Packers Draft: Defensive Tackle & Cornerback Needs Met

0:00It's April 24th. Welcome in. This is NFL News Today, where the league meets AI. I'm Cory with the story. The Green Bay Packers came out of the first round of the 2026 NFL Draft in solid shape. Their biggest needs are defensive tackle and cornerback, and only four players total got snatched up at those spots through the first 32. Picks. Fortis Caleb Banks win 18th overall. Williamson's Peter Woods 29th, LSU's Mansour Delane, 6th and San Diego State's Chris Johnson, 27th. That means no big run on corners like some expected, and the board fell nicely for General Manager Brian Goudacunst heading in today too. The Vikings reached big time on Banks, who was ranked around 44th on the consensus big board, while Ohio State's Caden McDonald ranked. 28. Slived completely out of the top 32. Fans and analysts are buzzing because this sets up the Packers perfectly to address both holes early Friday night. Goudacunst has to be smiling at how the draft shook out, especially with key targets still

1:02on the board that fit Green Bay's scheme. At defensive tackle, standouts like McDonald, Georgia's Creasy Miller ranked 46 Texas Tex, Texas Tex Lee Hunter 55th in Iowa States. Dominique Orange 68th are all available. The Packers hosted Miller and Hunter on pre-draft visits, scouted Orange's workout, and even had another visitor in Collab Proctor. Cornerbacks are loaded too, with Tennessee's Germain McCoy 17th overall rank, Clemson's Abbey on Terrell, 36th and South Carolina's. Brandon's 64th still hanging around. Only Texas A&M's will leave the third, visited pre-draft, but if guys like Colton Hood or Terrell Slide, Green Bay might even trade up at Pick 52. To grab an ideal fit and keep building that defense.