Packers must use free agency or draft (or both) to replace Davante Adams - Green Bay Packers Blog- ESPN

GREEN BAY, Wis. – Davante Adams has 669 career catches in the NFL. What’s left of the Green Bay Packers' receiving corps has barely more than that.

And most of those belong to Randall Cobb with 591.

Next on that list is David Moore, who has 78 career catches -– none of them with the Packers. The rest are Josh Malone (11 catches), Juwann Winfree (eight), Amari Rodgers (four), Rico Gafford (two) and Chris Blair (zero).

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Allen Lazard, and his 109 catches, would rank second on this list, but he hasn’t signed his restricted free-agent tender yet and isn't technically on the roster.

It's safe to say that’s not the group that will line up for the Packers six months from now in the season opener.

At least the Packers now have the draft capital — four picks in the top 60 after trading Adams to the Las Vegas Raiders on Thursday night — to maneuver through what is a receiver-rich draft. They could move up in the first round to take one of the best, Ohio State’s Garrett Wilson or USC’s Drake London. Or general manager Brian Gutekunst could channel a move one of his mentors, Ron Wolf, might make and take multiple players at the same position early in the draft. (Wolf once drafted defensive backs with each of his first three picks).

But this is also a team that has the NFL’s third-longest streak without drafting a receiver in the first round. They haven’t done so since Javon Walker in 2002. Only the Jets and Seahawks (both in 2001) have gone longer.

As demanding as Rodgers can be on receivers, there’s no guarantee a rookie would make an immediate impact.

Nevertheless, both Mel Kiper Jr.