Packers pick Jordan Morgan in the first round of 2024 NFL draft. Twitter reacts to the selection.
For the first time in 13 years, the Green Bay Packers selected an offensive lineman in the first round of the NFL draft when they picked Arizona's Jordan Morgan 25th overall tonight.
The pick of the 6-foot-5, 311-pounder fills a need for the Packers after they lost a couple linemen to free agency, parted with longtime left tackle David Bakhtiari and also look to add more depth in protecting quarterback Jordan Love.
The selection of Morgan comes a year after Green Bay picked Iowa edge rusher Lukas Van Ness in the first round, a stretch of 11 drafts in 12 years where the Packers took a defensive player with their opening pick.
What is social media saying about Morgan?
Some are satisfied, while others question why the Packers didn't take Iowa cornerback Cooper DeJean, a trendy mock draft selection for the team. And one person in Detroit for the draft was utterly shocked by the pick.
Here's instant reaction to the Packers selection of Morgan, who returned to the field in 2023 after tearing his ACL in 2022.
With the 25th pick in the 2024 #NFLDraft, the #Packers select OL Jordan Morgan from the University of Arizona!@amfam | #PackersDraftpic.twitter.com/rLPqDLOOKZ
— Green Bay Packers (@packers) April 26, 2024
Congrats to Jordan Morgan 🧀 #GoPackGo#Packers
— Rashan Gary ® (@RashanAGary) April 26, 2024
Interesting pick from the Packers... OT Jordan Morgan helps protect Jordan Love! https://t.co/YPIHlWFp3e
— Idiots Talk Sports (@ITS_pod_) April 26, 2024
The Packers will Packer but Jordan Morgan is the pick you make when you just lost the Great David Bakhtiari. The Packers made the right pick, the smart pick and Jordan Love will thank them for it. Jordan Morgan is BIG, smart and talented. He will develop into a starter quickly. pic.twitter.com/ucGv9VXB9g
— Robert Griffin III (@RGIII) April 26, 2024
The #Packers will select Arizona T/G Jordan Morgan with pick No. 25, adding another developmental offensive lineman to their team.
Packers have had a ton of success going this route. pic.twitter.com/jqTHXSo5yW— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) April 26, 2024
NFL Network: “He’s a David Bakhtiari (4x-All Pro) replacement.”
Jordan Morgan finds a home in Green Bay. pic.twitter.com/NyUzcFnHHI— Matt Reynoldson (@Matt_Reynoldson) April 26, 2024
The Packers have earned themselves the benefit of the doubt along the OL, but... Jordan Morgan? At #25? pic.twitter.com/8sTHWgrueM
— Iggles Nest (@IgglesNest) April 26, 2024
This Packers fan was too stunned to speak 😂 pic.twitter.com/re3px7jUYv
— Bussin' With The Boys (@BussinWTB) April 26, 2024
Jordan Morgan is everything the #Packers look for in an offensive lineman...
And I'm still stunned.
Not sure how you pass on DeJean or Kool-Aid there.— Eli Berkovits (@BookOfEli_NFL) April 26, 2024
Cooper DeJean on the board and the Packers pass. @dpbrugler ranked Morgan as his No. 2 guard in the draft. https://t.co/CjIjWStH0k
— Matt Schneidman (@mattschneidman) April 26, 2024
LIVE COVERAGE: Green Bay Packers NFL draft 2024 updates with Tom Silverstein
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Packers pick Jordan Morgan in NFL draft first round, Twitter reacts
