Call it larceny. Trey Benson sat on the board until slot 126, and the Packers did not need to be asked twice. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B-.
That edge rusher hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. Greenfield has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced.
Cornerback was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job.
All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but edge rusher.
Pick-by-Pick
R1.25
· Pick 25
· Quinyon Mitchell
· CB
· rank 19
In Round 1, Pick 25 they get a press-man option on the boundary. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R2.9
· Pick 41
· T'Vondre Sweat
· DT
· rank 45
T'Vondre Sweat at the Round 2 slot is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It fills a real need, too.
R2.26
· Pick 58
· Edgerrin Cooper
· LB
· rank 49
They let Edgerrin Cooper come to them and pounced at the 58th overall pick. A minor itch, scratched.
R3.25
· Pick 88
· Kingsley Suamataia
· OT
· rank 61
Kingsley Suamataia in No. 88 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R3.28
· Pick 91
· Jaden Hicks
· S
· rank 85
A reasonable price with a little left over, Jaden Hicks in pick No. 91. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R4.26
· Pick 126
· Trey Benson
· RB
· rank 87
They robbed the room for Trey Benson here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R5.33
· Pick 169
· Marist Liufau
· LB
· rank 166
Marist Liufau at pick 169 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the linebacker. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
R6.27
· Pick 202
· Garret Greenfield
· OT
· rank 216
A conviction pick on Garret Greenfield at the 202nd pick that the board grades a round light. A need, and now a little less of one.
R6.44
· Pick 219
· Tylan Grable
· OT
· rank 231
They liked Tylan Grable enough to skip the value, taking him in slot 219. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R7.25
· Pick 245
· Josh Proctor
· S
· rank 244
No edge and no loss on Josh Proctor in pick 245; it is a wash and a sensible one. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
R7.35
· Pick 255
· Bub Means
· WR
· rank 245
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Bub Means at the Round 7 slot. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.