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Green Bay Packers
Nobody dealt better than the Packers this weekend: B.
by emc2feld ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 18 picks
· 4 steals
· 10 reaches
The Packers put a flag in the ground for Sam Hartman, 49 picks before anyone else would have, and the value took the hit. They moved the roster forward and banked a B for it.
The trade ledger is the best part of the whole weekend. Getting Jacobs where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class.
The Packers paired the rookies with proven help, Kamren Curl leading the way.
Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.
Pick-by-Pick
Edgerrin Cooper at slot 46 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
They liked Zach Frazier enough to skip the value, taking him in pick No. 52. The roster fit checks out.
They jumped the gun on Kiran Amegadjie, taking him earlier than his grade liked. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Max Melton at No. 83 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Cedric Gray at the 88th pick is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
A slide stopped in pick 91, with Calen Bullock worth more than the price. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
They paid a round early for Isaac Guerendo in pick 117, more than the board wanted. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
No edge and no loss on James Williams in the 126th overall pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
A conviction pick on Khristian Boyd at Round 5, Pick 33 that the board grades a round light. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Tip Reiman in pick No. 188 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
They read the board right and Cornelius Johnson was the payoff at slot 202. A need, and now a little less of one.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Sam Hartman this early at the Round 6 slot. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Curtis Jacobs at No. 213 is money in the bank, a linebacker taken below his worth. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
The board had cheaper options than Tylan Grable at the 219th pick, and it noticed. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
A quiet steal in the 245th pick: Daijahn Anthony for less than the market said. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
C.J. Hanson at the 248th overall pick jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
This one needs a full-page explanation: Dylan McMahon in slot 254, miles early. It fills a real need, too.
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Evan Anderson. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.