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The Packers won the night they stopped Simpson from sliding. Grade: B.

by mhollander21 · 2024 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 5 steals · 2 reaches
Value B+
Need B-
Trades B-
Future B-

Somebody in Round 7, Pick 25 was going to get robbed, and it turned out to be the rest of the league. The Packers sat still while Jaylin Simpson, the No. 137 name on the board, slid all the way to them, then sprinted to the podium.

They will need Wallace to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it. Leaving edge rusher unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

They went 3 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

Good work on the whole, with edge rusher the one box left unchecked.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.25 · Pick 25 · Olumuyiwa Fashanu · OT · rank 8
In pick 25 they get a long-term starter on the line at a price that makes it sweeter. A real need, handled.
R2.9 · Pick 41 · Cooper DeJean · CB · rank 27
Cooper DeJean is a better player than the Round 2 slot suggests; smart patience, rewarded. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R2.26 · Pick 58 · Junior Colson · LB · rank 52
A clean, defensible pick in No. 58 with a little surplus value in Junior Colson. A minor itch, scratched.
R3.25 · Pick 88 · Jaden Hicks · S · rank 85
Good price on Jaden Hicks in Round 3, Pick 25, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
R3.28 · Pick 91 · Dominick Puni · OT · rank 88
They did well to land Dominick Puni in the 91st pick, just ahead of his grade. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R4.26 · Pick 126 · Isaac Guerendo · RB · rank 128
By-the-book stuff, Isaac Guerendo at the 126th overall pick squarely in line with his ranking. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R5.33 · Pick 169 · Trevin Wallace · LB · rank 233
Value said wait; Trevin Wallace in pick No. 169 says they were not listening. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
R6.27 · Pick 202 · Javon Foster · OT · rank 119
A offensive lineman of that caliber at slot 202 is the definition of value, full stop. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R6.44 · Pick 219 · Kitan Oladapo · S · rank 154
Steal is underselling it; Kitan Oladapo at pick 219 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
R7.25 · Pick 245 · Jaylin Simpson · CB · rank 137
Jaylin Simpson in Round 7, Pick 25 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R7.35 · Pick 255 · Nick Gargiulo · C · rank 281
They left a pile of value on the table to take Nick Gargiulo this early at the 255th pick. It fills a real need, too.
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