PACKERS MOCK DRAFT GRADE D-

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Green Bay Packers

The Packers got the worse of every deal, and it shows in the D-.

by Cheezhed63 · 2024 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 2 steals · 3 reaches
Value B-
Need B-
Trades F
Future C+

The Packers lost the trade war and it was not close, handing partners the better end again and again. Put together, it is a D-.

Every board in the league had Foster lower, and that gap is the story. They punted on edge rusher, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

The Williams pick reads as want over need, and the roster will feel it at edge rusher, quarterback and other spots. The Packers clearly valued win-now help, adding bodies who have done it before.

Add it up and it is a weekend the front office will hope everyone forgets, edge rusher very much included.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.25 · Pick 25 · Graham Barton · OT · rank 30
In the Round 1 slot they get protection for the quarterback at fair value.
R2.9 · Pick 41 · Tyler Nubin · S · rank 31
Tyler Nubin is a better player than Round 2, Pick 9 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
R2.31 · Pick 63 · Brenden Rice · WR · rank 71
A reach for Brenden Rice in No. 63; a little patience would have been rewarded. A need, and now a little less of one.
R2.32 · Pick 64 · Zach Frazier · C · rank 65
No drama and no debate, Zach Frazier went about where he belonged in slot 64. It fills a real need, too.
R3.28 · Pick 91 · McKinnley Jackson · DL · rank 88
A tidy little value on McKinnley Jackson in pick 91, a step better than break-even. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R3.31 · Pick 94 · Zak Zinter · OG · rank 94
Zak Zinter in the 94th overall pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R3.32 · Pick 95 · Kris Abrams-Draine · CB · rank 118
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Kris Abrams-Draine. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R3.35 · Pick 98 · Javon Foster · OT · rank 126
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Javon Foster well ahead of where he belonged. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R4.25 · Pick 125 · Will Shipley · RB · rank 129
No edge and no loss on Will Shipley in pick 125; it is a wash and a sensible one. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R4.32 · Pick 132 · James Williams · S · rank 130
Hard to square with the roster. With positions of obvious need still on the board, James Williams adds a safety and leaves edge rusher, quarterback and other spots untouched.
R4.35 · Pick 135 · Tommy Eichenberg · LB · rank 125
A slide stopped in the 135th pick, with Tommy Eichenberg worth more than the price. A minor need, but a need all the same.
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