PACKERS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B-

1 RB Late Interrsting B-

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A respectable, level-headed haul for the Packers: B-.

by jj3325 · 2024 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 2 steals · 5 reaches
Value C+
Need B
Trades B-
Future B-

The Packers looked at the value chart, folded it up, and took John Emery Jr. at slot 219 regardless, 124 picks early. Good, not great, and the B- says as much.

On value alone, Barrett makes the weekend a net positive. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped quarterback, which is a strange place to end up. Edge rusher is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it.

The weekend tilted hard toward the defense.

Solid rather than spectacular, and there is nothing wrong with that.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.25 · Pick 25 · Kool-Aid McKinstry · CB · rank 19
In slot 25 they get an island corner. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R2.9 · Pick 41 · Jackson Powers-Johnson · C · rank 51
A reach for Jackson Powers-Johnson in Round 2, Pick 9; a little patience would have been rewarded. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R2.25 · Pick 57 · Chris Braswell · LB-EDGE · rank 57
Chris Braswell in the 57th pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R3.25 · Pick 88 · Malachi Corley · WR · rank 79
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Malachi Corley at No. 88 is the proof. A need, and now a little less of one.
R3.28 · Pick 91 · McKinnley Jackson · DL · rank 88
McKinnley Jackson at the Round 3 slot nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R4.25 · Pick 125 · Cedric Gray · LB · rank 135
They liked Cedric Gray enough to skip the value, taking him in the 125th overall pick. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
R4.35 · Pick 135 · Malik Mustapha · S · rank 139
They paid sticker price for Malik Mustapha in slot 135, and that is fine. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
R6.28 · Pick 203 · Michael Barrett · LB · rank 183
Michael Barrett at the 203rd overall pick is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
R6.42 · Pick 217 · Demani Richardson · S · rank 246
This one needs a full-page explanation: Demani Richardson in the 217th pick, miles early. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
R6.44 · Pick 219 · John Emery Jr. · RB · rank 343
They talked themselves into John Emery Jr. at No. 219, and the board did not agree. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R7.26 · Pick 246 · Walter Rouse · OT · rank 258
They jumped the gun on Walter Rouse, taking him earlier than his grade liked. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.