Packers use trade with Eagles to bolster OL depth before roster cutdowns

All you had to do was listen to the coaches or watch the preseason tape or check the injury list to know the Green Bay Packers probably had to look outside the organization for help along the offensive line entering the 2025 regular season.

General manager Brian Gutekunst didn't wait around for roster cuts around the NFL on Tuesday. Instead, he swung a trade with the Philadelphia Eagles for offensive lineman Darian Kinnard, sending a sixth-round pick in the 2027 draft to the defending champions for the 2022 fifth-round pick, per ESPN's Adam Schefter.

The writing was on the wall for the Packers offensive line.

"The depth right now for us, it’s not where we want it to be," offensive line coach…