Green Bay Packers General Manager finally went on the offensive to start the final day of the draft Saturday by selecting Missouri wide receiver J'Mon Moore in the 4th round with the 133rd overall pick.
The Packers had two key deletions from the wide receiver depth chart this off-season when Gutekunst decided to let Jordy Nelson go in a salary cap move and Jeff Janis departed for Cleveland as an unrestricted free agent.
Moore is slightly under 6-3 and 207 pounds and had a very productive career with the Tigers. As a junior, he caught 62 passes for 1,012 yards and 8 touchdowns, going slightly higher in his senior campaign with 65 receptions for 1082 yards and 10 scores last fall.
Green Bay's director of college scouting Jon Eric Sullivan said Moore did very well against some of the best competition in the country in the Southeastern Conference and while his targets went down last fall, his production went up and he believes Moore is trending that way as he comes to Green Bay.
"He can help us", Sullivan said.
As for J'Mon, he was simply thrilled to get a draft day call from the Pack.
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There were a couple of factors that led to Moore waiting until the fourth round. At the NFL Scouting combine, he ran a 4.6 40, considered plodding for a receiver. Moore said his technique was poor on that day and it was the slowest he's ever run.
Sullivan said Moore's play speed is much better than his timed speed.
Drops were also an issue at times in Columbia. Moore is aware of the knock and said at times he'd tried to make moves on the defender before securing the ball and his concentration would get distracted, something he's been working on every day he's been working out this off-season.
There are opportunities to get on the field with Aaron Rodgers in 2018 with Davante Adams and Randall Cobb returning with only promising youngsters next in line. Players like Geronimo Allison, Trevor Davis, Michael Clark and last year's draft pick, DeAngelo Yancey who spent his rookie year on the practice squad.
Moore says he simply wants to come to camp and compete and sees where he stacks up. He stacked up pretty well in the SEC last year, earning second team all conference acolades.