Lil Wayne took a swing at helping the Packers, and the internet was quick to swat it away.
After Green Bay’s 35-14 loss to the Atlanta Falcons on Thursday, Sept. 24, the rapper and longtime Packers fan posted a brief idea about Miami Hurricanes quarterback Darian Mensah. “Mensah would look great in green n yellow,” Lil Wayne wrote on X.
It didn’t take long for fans to zero in on the problem. The post read like a draft suggestion for Green Bay, but the Packers do not have a first-round pick in the 2027 NFL Draft. That detail turned the reaction into a pile-on.
Quincy Avery, a private NFL quarterback coach, fired back with, “ This how dumb fans are,” Avery wrote.
Another user made the same point in simpler terms: “ Dude has no idea they don’t have a first round pick,” the user wrote.
The jokes kept coming from there. One fan mocked the fantasy of Green Bay landing multiple top prospects at once: “ Packers getting Jeremiah [Smith] and Mensah with their imaginary first round pick,” the user wrote.
Another fan took aim at Lil Wayne’s football lens, posting, “ I gotta remember Wayne just a casual with a large platform,” the fan wrote. “He got a few slick tweets about Love because his POV is flawed from having Rodgers.”
A separate reaction landed on the same issue: “Hate to be the one to break it to Lil Wayne but you dont got a first round pick next season 🤷♂️.”
Mensah, for his part, has become a name to know during the 2026 season. The Miami quarterback has already entered early conversations for the 2027 NFL Draft.
But Green Bay’s bigger concern right now is a lot more immediate than future quarterback shopping. The Packers dropped to 1-2 after Atlanta controlled both sides of the ball at Lambeau Field, and the loss also snapped Green Bay’s 13-game home-opening winning streak.
The numbers from the game told the story. Green Bay finished with only 17 rushing yards while allowing 242 on the ground. Jordan Love passed for 312 yards and two touchdowns, but Atlanta kept finding answers, and the Falcons ripped off 27 straight points after the Packers opened with a touchdown.
For now, that leaves the Packers staring at offensive line and run-game problems before they can even entertain any future draft-day dreams. Lil Wayne’s post got people talking, but Green Bay’s current roster issues make the whole idea a long shot.
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