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Larceny in slot 243 lands the Packers a B, Smith and all.

by mhollander21 · 2024 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 11 steals · 0 reaches
Value A
Need B
Trades B-
Future B-

Every so often the board makes a mistake, and the Packers were there to profit. Ainias Smith, the No. 131 name on the board, should have been long gone before pick 243. Call it a sensible B, earned the boring way.

The Colson pick is fine in a vacuum, less so with edge rusher, quarterback and other spots still on the board. The edge rusher spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. Cornerback is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it.

Value over need was the throughline, for better and worse.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the edge rusher spot they never got to.

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.
R2.9 · Pick 41 · Terrion Arnold · CB · rank 24
The board had Terrion Arnold higher than slot 41, and the cornerback fell to them anyway. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R2.26 · Pick 58 · Tyler Nubin · S · rank 39
Somehow Tyler Nubin was still sitting there in No. 58, and they pounced on premier safety value. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R3.25 · Pick 88 · Edgerrin Cooper · LB · rank 42
Taking Edgerrin Cooper in the 88th pick is close to grand larceny; a linebacker that good had no business lasting this long. A minor need, but a need all the same.
R3.28 · Pick 91 · Junior Colson · LB · rank 50
A curious use of pick No. 91. Edge rusher, quarterback and other spots needed the pick; a linebacker in Junior Colson did not.
R4.27 · Pick 127 · Braelon Allen · RB · rank 109
They barely believed it either: Braelon Allen still on the board at the 127th overall pick. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R5.32 · Pick 168 · Kitan Oladapo · S · rank 156
Kitan Oladapo is a better player than Round 5, Pick 32 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. Stacking talent where they were already deep.
R6.29 · Pick 204 · Dillon Johnson · RB · rank 170
Circle this one: Dillon Johnson at the Round 6 slot is a fall that decides a draft. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R6.41 · Pick 216 · Walter Rouse · OT · rank 172
Walter Rouse in slot 216 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R7.23 · Pick 243 · Ainias Smith · WR · rank 131
Ainias Smith at pick No. 243 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R7.31 · Pick 251 · Caedan Wallace · OT · rank 180
They robbed the room for Caedan Wallace here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
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