Green Bay Packers trying to address weakness at receiver position

The Green Bay Packers have a glaring weakness at wide receiver after trading Davante Adams to the Las Vegas Raiders and losing Marquez Valdes-Scantling to the Kansas City Chiefs in free agency.

Coach Matt LaFleur isn't trying to hide it, and he knows they have to do something significant to address issues at the position.

«Certainly, if you look at our roster right now, we definitely need to get some speed in that room,» LaFleur said Tuesday at the NFL owners meetings in Palm Beach, Florida. «We need a legit guy that can take off the top of the coverage. We lost a guy that was pretty good at doing that.»

LaFleur called Adams their «separator» because of the precise way the All-Pro ran routes and created space, even against double teams. He dubbed Valdes-Scantling as «our speed guy,» given his penchant for catching deep balls.

At this point, the top of the Packers' depth chart at receiver includes Allen Lazard, Randall Cobb and second-year pro Amari Rodgers. They also lost Equanimeous St. Brown to the Bears in free agency.

«It's like putting a puzzle together; you've got to find those pieces that you're missing and put it all together,» LaFleur said. «How that's going to look in the end? I have no idea right now.»

Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst armed himself with plenty of draft picks and perhaps will finally break the NFL's second-longest streak of first-round picks without a receiver, as Green Bay hasn't taken one since Javon Walker in 2002. The Adams trade with the Raiders brought a first- and second-round pick this year, meaning Green Bay has picks Nos. 22, 28, 53 and 59 in the first two rounds.

«To replace a guy like Davante Adams is gonna be kind of a multi-faceted approach,» Gutekunst said. «It won't be