NFC North: Any A-Pete bargains out there?

Green Bay Packers

The skinny: Finally, the Aaron Rodgers Era begins, and who knows what that portends. The Packers fell one game short of the Super Bowl, then lost Brett Favre to retirement. Now Rodgers gets his shot, and he'll have no shortage of weapons -- with running back Ryan Grant and wide receivers Donald Driver and Greg Jennings getting most of the touches.

Primary need: Cornerback. Charles Woodson is 32 and Al Harris is 34. Neither was effective in the championship game loss to the Giants.

Secondary needs: Outside linebacker, tight end, running back.

Possible targets: The top cornerbacks will be gone at No. 30. Someone like Antoine Cason from Arizona could be there. So could the University of Kansas' Aqib Talib.

Summary: Rodgers steps into a nice situation. The team is young, accelerating and loaded with playmakers on both sides of the ball. Rodgers doesn't have to be Favre. He just can't be Scott Hunter. The Packers aren't desperate for a cornerback, but they will be soon. Find one now, then fill in at other positions.

Detroit Lions

The skinny: I give up with the Lions. Of their past nine first-round draft picks, only four remain -- tackle Jeff Backus, wide receiver Roy Williams, linebacker Ernie Sims and wide receiver Calvin Johnson. The guts of this team should be the draft picks of the past five years, but the draft picks of the past five years have been ... how do we say this ... underwhelming. So Detroit fires Mike Martz, trades away Shaun Rogers, releases Kevin Jones and starts all over. Good luck.

Primary need: Running back.

Secondary needs: Guard, defensive tackle, defensive end, cornerback.

Possible targets: With Jonathan Stewart recovering from surgery, Illinois' Rashard Mendenhall and Arkansas' Felix Jones move to the head of the class.

Summary: The Lions made it clear they want to run the ball, and with Martz moving to San Francisco they can try. But who's doing the running? And where are the holes? This is not a team that will win 10 games, as Jon Kitna predicted again, but it is one that could lose 10. There are far too many needs, especially on defense.

Minnesota Vikings

The skinny: The pieces are there for a run at a division title, only the Vikings are short in one area: Uh-huh, the passing game. Quarterback Tarvaris Jackson is shaky and he could use a veteran wide receiver or two. If Jackson settles down, the Vikings should reach the playoffs for the first time in four years. If he doesn't, coach Brad Childress better hope owner Zygi Wilf is a man of patience.

Primary need: Wide receiver

Secondary needs: Defensive end, safety, quarterback.

Possible targets: Florida defensive end Derrick Harvey, Clemson defensive end Phillip Merling or LSU wide receiver Early Doucet.

Summary: The Vikings cross their fingers with Jackson, 8-4 as a starter a year ago, and look elsewhere for immediate relief. It's a good time to look for a wide receiver or a pass rusher, with the Vikings in need of both. Maybe the Troy Williamson disaster sours them on a pass catcher, I don't know, but I see them going defense first -- especially with the Kenechi Udeze setback.