PACKERS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B+

1-10-24 B+

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Grand theft in pick 203: the Packers steal Barrett and grade out a B+.

by alexleroy7137gmailcom · 2024 NFL Draft · 14 picks · 2 steals · 1 reaches
Value B
Need B-
Trades A+
Future B

The trade table was a mismatch, and the Packers were on the right end of it, hauling in a fortune in surplus value.

The Barrett pick is the one they will point to when this weekend is judged. The Smith pick reads as want over need, and the roster will feel it at edge rusher, quarterback and other spots. They will regret leaving edge rusher for another day if the season turns on it.

They are betting Crumedy proves the room right and everyone else wrong.

In sum, a sensible class that nudges the roster the right way.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.30 · Pick 30 · Kamren Kinchens · S · rank 25
In the 30th pick they get a ballhawk on the back end at fair value. More want than need.
R2.22 · Pick 54 · Kiran Amegadjie · OT · rank 53
A straight-up fair deal on Kiran Amegadjie at No. 54, value and slot in agreement. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R2.25 · Pick 57 · T'Vondre Sweat · DL · rank 60
T'Vondre Sweat in the Round 2 slot is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A need, and now a little less of one.
R3.9 · Pick 73 · Trey Benson · RB · rank 72
A market-rate running back, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Trey Benson. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R3.20 · Pick 84 · Christian Haynes · OG · rank 77
Christian Haynes in pick No. 84 lands just on the right side of the ledger. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R3.25 · Pick 88 · Maason Smith · DT-EDGE · rank 87
Hard to square with the roster. With positions of obvious need still on the board, Maason Smith adds a DT-EDGE and leaves edge rusher, quarterback and other spots untouched.
R3.29 · Pick 92 · Audric Estime · RB · rank 96
They paid sticker price for Audric Estime in slot 92, and that is fine. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R4.25 · Pick 125 · Kris Abrams-Draine · CB · rank 118
Kris Abrams-Draine at No. 125 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R4.35 · Pick 135 · Cam Hart · CB · rank 133
They took Cam Hart at par in pick 135, which is nothing to complain about. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R5.23 · Pick 159 · Kitan Oladapo · S · rank 160
No edge and no loss on Kitan Oladapo in pick No. 159; it is a wash and a sensible one. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
R6.28 · Pick 203 · Michael Barrett · LB · rank 180
Michael Barrett in the 203rd pick is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A minor need, but a need all the same.
R6.42 · Pick 217 · Jaden Crumedy · DT-EDGE · rank 225
A premium they did not need to pay, Jaden Crumedy a notch or two before his time. Hard to map this one onto the depth chart at all.
R6.44 · Pick 219 · Myles Jones · CB · rank 204
Myles Jones slipping to the Round 6 slot is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R7.26 · Pick 246 · Walter Rouse · OT · rank 248
Walter Rouse in Round 7, Pick 26 is fair value, right on his grade. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.