B-
Green Bay Packers
A respectable, level-headed haul for the Packers: B-.
by emc2feld ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 2 steals
· 4 reaches
The Packers torched the value chart for Sam Hartman, taking him 56 spots sooner than anyone had him slotted. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B-.
They banked enough surplus on Suamataia to cover a lot of smaller sins. A whole weekend of picks and wide receiver is somehow still a want.
On the needs board they went 7 of 8, with edge rusher the one that mattered most.
Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.
Pick-by-Pick
In the Round 1 slot they get an island corner. The biggest hole, addressed.
A market-rate interior defensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on T'Vondre Sweat. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
A slide stopped in Round 2, Pick 26, with Kris Jenkins worth more than the price. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Kingsley Suamataia at the 88th pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Dadrion Taylor-Demerson at pick No. 91 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. A minor need, but a need all the same.
They talked themselves into Isaiah Davis at No. 126, and the board did not agree. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
A big swing on Tanor Bortolini at the 169th pick, well ahead of any board in the building. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Value said wait; Sam Hartman in the Round 6 slot says they were not listening. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Trey Knox at Round 6, Pick 44 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
C.J. Hanson at the 245th overall pick is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. It fills a real need, too.
A straight-up fair deal on Darius Muasau at pick No. 255, value and slot in agreement. It adds depth where they could use a little.
